Greene County Bancshares News

United Way of Greene County will hold its third report meeting of the 2009 campaign at 7:30 a.m. this Wednesday at the local YMCA.

More than 500 third-grade students from 11 Greeneville and Greene County schools visited the Nathanael Greene Museum this week to learn about "Growing Up In Greene." The annual event, now in its 20th year, is a partnership between the museum, Tusculum College Arts Outreach, Youth Builders and the Greeneville and Greene County school systems.

Plans are now finalized for "Christmas in Downtown Greeneville" on Friday evening, Dec.

The 2009 Christmas season will be ushered in on Sunday afternoon with Christmas parades in Greeneville and Bulls Gap.

A Springfield man was one of two who died during this year's Thanksgiving holiday counting period - a significant drop from the 14 fatalities during the period last year, according to the Missouri Highway Patrol.

While most Greeneville and Greene County citizens will be gathering in warm homes to celebrate Thanksgiving, some local residents will be struggling to heat their homes today and throughout the holiday season.

Most local offices will be closed this Thursday, and in many cases on Friday, in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday, Nov.

In a scheduled change-of-command ceremony at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, this month, Cmdr.

Three people charged with first-degree murder in an Oct. 13 home-invasion robbery, allegedly over "pills and money," were bound over Monday to the Greene County Grand Jury by General Sessions Judge Kenneth Bailey Jr.

Sun Photo by Phil Gentry It may seem a few months out of season, but there it was: a bee collecting pollen this week on a beautiful, blooming Yellow Iris at the home of Jackie and Robin Quillen on Fairview Road in Afton.

Greeneville Federal Bank has made a $5,000 donation in support of the Volunteer Center's fourth annual Youth Summit, which will be held here on Wednesday, Jan.

Longtime Greeneville Alderman W.T. Daniels announced Monday that he will run for the Greeneville mayor's seat in the June 2010 municipal election.

The 2009 Blanche W. Grady Community Service Award was presented Monday evening to Rob and Caroline Russell, a local couple who have long filled their lives with service to others.

Greeneville City School administrators have started to more closely evaluate what its "stakeholders" require of the school system, according to discussion Tuesday morning during the fall retreat meeting of the Greeneville Board of Education.

Sun Photos by Phil Gentry In top photo, State Rep. David Hawk, R-5th, of Greeneville, standing at left, addresses the crowd during Wednesday's traditional Veterans Day program in front of the Greene County Courthouse.

Work crews for the next two weekends will close part of Interstate 81 in Greene County for repairs on cracked support beams at overpasses atop U.S. 11E.

This is the full text of the Nov. 9, 2009, letter to the Board of Directors of Green Bankshares, Inc., from Scott M. Niswonger, the largest shareholder in Green Bankshares.

Volunteers from a half-dozen Greeneville-area churches have joined forces with Greeneville-Greene County Community Ministries to meet the winter-heating needs of less-fortunate citizens who heat their homes with wood.

A Greene County man has reportedly died after being struck by a car Friday night.

Greeneville Mayor Laraine King on Tuesday reactivated the town's Traffic Safety Committee in response to growing concern about accidents on U.S. Highway 11E.