From the daily archives: Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Federation of Southern Cooperatives to hold Annual Meeting August 18-20

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      EPES, ALABAMA: The Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund announces its 44th Anniversary Celebration and 10th Estelle Witherspoon Lifetime Achievement Award Dinner. The kickoff for the celebration will be the Estelle Witherspoon Dinner in Birmingham on August 18 followed by the Annual Meeting at the Rural Training & Research Center in Epes, [...]

Greene County School System makes AYP but Greene County High School does not

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    According to Greene County Acting Superintendent Dr. Emma Louie, the Greene County School System made AYP, but Greene County High School did not. This puts the high school in Year 2 of School Improvement. Louie attributes the lack of leadership at the high school for the low scores. “I look for student enrichment [...]

Budget woes main topic of county commission meeting

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Commission Chair William Underwood said that Sheriff Joe Benison could not be blamed for all of the problems in his department. ‘There were three sheriffs before him,” said Underwood.
According to Underwood, the Sheriff is not willing to lay off any personnel but would consider reducing work hours.

Judge promises quick ruling on whether or not to return

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An emergency hearing on whether or not the state had to return the bingo machines seized from Greenetrack on June 1 ended with Judge Houston L. Brown sticking to his original ruling. He ruled on August 3 that the state must return all property seized by the State Attorney General’s Office  in the June 1 [...]

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