At its Feb. 23, 2012 meeting, the Greene County Board of Education announced that the system had recently completed the closing on securing the designated land on Hwy. 11 South for construction of the new high school. The new school site will sit on approximately 43 acres providing a more central location for the single [...]
Checks totalling $57,543.80 were distributed by Sheriff Joe Benison to the Greene County Commission, various cities in the county and the Greene County Sheriff’s Department. $30,483.88 came from Greenetrack for the month of October; Green Charity pre-paid $17,655.00 for November. The distribution was as follows: Greene County Commission – $16,088.71 from Greenetrack and [...]
On Monday, October 31, Sheriff Joe Benison distributed checks from Green Charity and Greenetrack. The money was from the bingo distribution following the bingo rules and regulations written by Sheriff Joe Benison. The checks from Green Charity were for September and October; Greenetrack’s checks were for September only. Benison said there would be [...]
After rumors flew around the county concerning the financial condition of the Sheriff’s Department, Greene County Commission Chair Nick Underwood made an adament statement that “Greene County is not contemplating nor is there any possibility of Greene County filing for bankruptcy.” This statement was in response to a 33/40 news broadcast of [...]
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.
Sheriff Joe Benison recently provided a statement of the first disbursements of bingo receipts from the Frontier Bingo issued through Dreams, Inc. When questioned about a distribution for May from Frontier, Sheriff Benison said, “We’re still working on that.” The disbursements made by Sheriff Benison on July 5 represented the second distribution of Greenetrack’s bingo [...]
On July 5, 2011, Sheriff Joe Benison announced there would be a distribution of bingo funds from the May receipts to the Greene County Commission, the Greene County Sheriff’’s Office and the cities of Eutaw, Boligee, Forkland and Union. Benison said, “Section 4 of the Greene County Bingo Rules of regulating that I, [...]
Pictured with some of the bingo machines stored at the Poole warehouse are L-R Greene County deputies Jeremy Rancher and Jimmie Benison; Greene Co. Sheriff Joe Benison and Assistant Eutaw Police Chief Luther Davis. Over 2,000 electronic bingo-type machines were discovered stored at the former Hasson-Poole warehouse properties on Wilson Ave. in Eutaw on March 19. [...]
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