Butler County News

Come Thanksgiving Day 2009, Jimmy Love will have much to be grateful for. The 56-year-old big rig truck driver believes he truly dodged a bullet.

A Florida woman was killed this morning in a one-vehicle wreck in Butler County, according to Alabama State Troopers.

The AHSAA released the 2010-2012 football classifications and region alignments today, and local teams have a few changes to adjust to.

Misting rain and overcast skies couldna t keep folks from going down on the farm.

This Saturday, folks will have a chance to enjoy a cotton-pickina good time as Old Time Farm Day returns to Butler County.

About 31 years ago, we had the ribbon cutting for the Butler Activity Training Center in Greenville.

Sept. 4 - The state of Alabama plans to spend more than $6 million in federal stimulus money in an effort to control a pesky, grass-like weed that much like kudzu has spread across the state.

The Greenville YMCA is going through some changes and the Montgomery YMCA is taking over the facility.

By his own admission Percy Simpson isn't feeling very confident these days, the result of losing his job two months ago and living off savings.

Superintendent Mike Looney learned Tuesday morning he's one of two finalists in the running for a position in Tennessee.

Elected officials plan event for job seekers Published Friday, August 14, 2009 Butler County's elected officials are not sitting back and waiting for the unemployment situation to resolve itself.

The superintendent of Limestone County Schools is a finalist for the superintendent's post in Tennessee.

MCKENZIE -- Think it's tough walking around outside when the temperature is pushing toward 100 degrees and the humidity isn't far behind? Air conditioning has a way of rectifying that, but such is not the case for Jerry and Karen Wingard, who spend their days in the oppressive heat picking tomatoes, okra, peas, squash, watermelons and lots ...

Other E-911 services have not been so fortunate. a oeWea re holding on right now, and ita s not easy,a Greenville mayor and Butler County E-911 chair Dexter McLendon told his county commissioners earlier this month.

Technology is usually considered a good thing, but it's starting to take a toll on area emergency services.

In the wake of losing two of his police officers, Fort Deposit Police Chief Ben Turner seemed shocked by everything that has taken place over the last few days.

Two Fort Deposit police officers are facing a robbery charge after allegedly robbing a man they stopped on Interstate 65.

Two Fort Deposit police officers are in jail accused of robbing a citizen. District Attorney John Andrews tells WSFA 12 News the Alabama Bureau of Investigation arrested the officers after they allegedly stopped a citizen on Interstate 65 and robbed that person.

A Butler County economic development official says the Chapman Forest Products plant in Georgiana will close in less than two weeks, leaving 265 workers without jobs.

For years the Champman Forest Plant has been the backbone of Butler County, manufacturing plywood and lumber, and employing what many call one of the strongest workforces around.