From the monthly archives: January 2012
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Jan. 17 (GIN) – Liberia’s Nobel peace laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf took the oath of office for a second term in the presidency in a lavish $1.2-million ceremony attended by Secretary of State President Hillary Clinton and hundreds of guests and [...]
Bogalusa, Louisiana, January 19, 2012 – Early Monday on the morning of January 16, 2012, at approximately 3AM, the daughter of Civil Rights icon Robert Hicks heard a loud, frightening knock on the door of her family’s home in Bogalusa. Barbara Hicks Collins ran to open the front door, only to see her car exploding [...]
By Lauren Victoria Burke Special to the NNPA from the Washington Informer The Congressional Black Caucus will launch a multi-city “voter protection” tour that will kick-off the weekend of March 3 near the 47th anniversary of “Bloody Sunday.” “We intend to launch our voter protection tour, which will consist of field hearings [...]
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama — Birmingham civil rights activist Colonel Stone Johnson, who once helped carry a Ku Klux Klan bomb away from Bethel Baptist Church in Collegeville before it exploded, died January 19, 2012. He was 93. Bishop Calvin Woods said Mr. Johnson fell ill about two weeks ago and Woods took [...]
By Jennifer Bendery, Huffington Post WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama used Tuesday’s State of the Union address to lay out a vision of America in which everybody gets a fair shot at economic success and everybody — including the wealthy — plays by the same rules as the average citizen. In [...]
Thank you for your support and electing me to take the oath of office in January, 2007. I am Etta B. Edwards, seeking your support once again to serve Greene County as Circuit Clerk. The polls will open on the morning of Tuesday, March 13, 2012, and once again I solicit your vote [...]
WASHINGTON, D. C.– U.S. Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL) will join the residents of Greene County for a county visit on Saturday, January 28, 2012, at 7:30 am Central Time. The county visit, which is open to the public, will take place at Ruby’s Café, located at 102 Main Street in Eutaw, Alabama. Senator Shelby will [...]
The January 24, 2012 meeting of the Eutaw City Council and Mayor allowed citizens to witness a relatively civil order of conducting business. Iris Sermon, E-911 and EMA Director had requested $30,000 from the City of Eutaw for general operations. Councilman Ralph Liverman noted that since January is a heavy income month for the city, [...]
A prelude to the Greene County School Board meeting held Tuesday, January 24, 2012 was a joyous recognition of past and current school members as part of School Board Member Recognition Month. Robert Hines was given special recognition as one of the first African Americans elected to the Greene County Board of [...]
Special to the NNPA from the Global Information Network Jan 3 (GIN) – A major bank in Minneapolis has closed the accounts of companies wiring money to Somalia from their U.S.- based families, creating a crisis for Somalis who depend on the U.S. funds. Minnesota, home to the largest Somali-American population in the U.S., reportedly [...]
Weather for Eutaw, Ala. Tuesday Wednesday Thursday 
Partly Cloudy90/70
Chance of a Thunderstorm81/68Chance of a Thunderstorm86/66Categories
Archives
- May 2013 (26)
- April 2013 (32)
- March 2013 (37)
- February 2013 (31)
- January 2013 (43)
- December 2012 (33)
- November 2012 (40)
- October 2012 (42)
- September 2012 (35)
- August 2012 (50)
- July 2012 (41)
- June 2012 (37)
- May 2012 (43)
- April 2012 (38)
- March 2012 (35)
- February 2012 (43)
- January 2012 (36)
- December 2011 (45)
- November 2011 (43)
- October 2011 (36)
- September 2011 (45)
- August 2011 (29)
- July 2011 (13)
- June 2011 (18)
- May 2011 (15)
- April 2011 (14)
- March 2011 (18)
- February 2011 (14)
- January 2011 (15)
- December 2010 (16)
- November 2010 (13)
- October 2010 (13)
- September 2010 (15)
- August 2010 (10)
Tags
Alabama New South Coalition ANSC Bingo disbursement Black Farmer Lawsuit CEO Luther"Nat" Winn CFO Paula Bird Congresswoman Terri A. Sewell Dr. Martin Luther King Eutaw City Council Eutaw Mayor Raymond Steele Federal Emergency Management Agency ( FEMA) Federation of Southern Cooperatives /Land Assistance Fund Fund First Lady Michelle Obama George Zimmerman Greene Co. Sheriff Joe Benison Greene County Board of Education Greene County Commission Greene County Commissioner Greene County High School Greene County School System Greene County Sheriff Jonathan Benison Greene County Superintendent Dr. Emma Louie Greenetrack Greenetrack Bingo Inc John Zippert Jr. Lester Brown Mayor Hattie Edwards Mayor Pro-Tem Hattie Edwards Mayor Raymond Steele Mitt Romney NAACP Nick Underwood President Barack Obama President Obama Rev. Al Sharpton SCLC Senator Hank Sanders Superintendent Emma Louie Superintendent Isaac Atkins Supreme Court The Black Belt Community Foundation BBCF Grants Trayvon Martin Vice President Joe Biden
