Browse past news stories for Greenville High School in Greenville, AL.

• Honoring all veterans (Herald-Banner)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 06:30:02 am
  GREENVILLE — Veterans will have their day, or days, this week, with several events scheduled to honor the men and women of the armed forces. All federal, State of Texas, Hunt County and City of Greenville offices will be closed for Veterans Day Wednesday, as will most banks.
• A and M-Commerce prepares for Veterans Vigil (Herald-Banner)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 07:45:02 am
  The Texas A and M University-Commerce campus will soon be swarming with individuals there tho pay their respect to those men and women who have so bravely served their country.
• Michigan soldier injured in Fort Hood rampage (The Kalamazoo Gazette)
  posted on November 7, 2009 at 04:36:10 am
  When details of the Fort Hood, Texas, bloodshed flashed across Ashley Saucedo's television, her first instinct was denial. No way, the former Greenville resident thought, was her husband, Pvt. Raymondo “Ray” Saucedo, among 13 people killed or 30 wounded after a gunman opened fire Thursday on the U.S. Army base, which has housed as many as 52,000 troops this year.
• Hundreds of children flock to Fall Festival at GES (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 09:53:44 pm
  Hayrides, “Hit the Car,” delicious treats, a dunking booth and a chance to show off your seed spitting prowess: all of these activities and much more were a part of a crisp fall evening of fun and fundraising.
• Honoring veterans: Veterans Vigil planned (The Commerce Journal)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 07:28:33 pm
  This Monday will begin the 18th Annual Veterans Vigil hosted by Texas A&M University-Commerce. This two-day event, which will run Nov. 9-11, is dedicated each year to a particular branch or section of the military who have served their country during times of military action.
• Lansing soldier among those injured in Fort Hood shooting (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 6, 2009 at 06:40:52 am
  When details of the Fort Hood, Texas, bloodshed flashed across Ashley Saucedo's television Thursday afternoon, her first instinct was denial.
• School employee charged with rape (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 10:08:39 pm
  A Butler County Schools bus driver has been arrested and charged with rape, 2nd degree, for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a 15-year-old female.
• GHS choir to perform in Nativity exhibit (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on November 4, 2009 at 08:08:44 am
  For the last two years, Greenville resident Carrie Maxwell has started her Christmas season by attending the Interfaith Nativity Exhibit in Montgomery.
• Former Alabama guard takes Hillcrest High School to 8-32 record, drawing ire (Mobile Press-Register)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 03:08:07 pm
  Fans of Hillcrest High School's Jaguars were sparse Friday night as the team finished one of its worst seasons since head coach Maurice Belser arrived. But parents and supporters of the Evergreen school turned out for another event days earlier. They went to the Conecuh County School Board to express firmly their concerns about Belser, pointing to a four-year record of eight wins and 31 losses ...
• Greenville High School alumni featured in benefit concert (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:40:38 am
  The event is part of the Education Foundation of Greenville's OUR3 campaign to enhance the district's performing arts and academic programs.
• What's happening in Butler County (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 10:08:35 pm
  Sweet Potato Festival: The Butler County Optimist Club is holding its annual Sweet Potato Festival from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m., November 7, 2009 at the Butler County Fairgrounds.
• Trial Begins In Anchorwoman Killing (WYFF 4 Greenville)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 02:37:07 pm
  A man accused of killing a popular Arkansas television personality from Greenville, S.C. goes on trial on Monday.
• Trial to start in slaying of TV anchor and Greenville native Anne Pressly (The Greenville News)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 07:09:31 am
  Popular television personality Anne Pressly never regained consciousness after she was found in her bed, brutally beaten by an intruder. Now, Arkansas prosecutors hope DNA evidence will do the talking for her.
• Wiseman~Schield (The Telegraph)
  posted on November 1, 2009 at 12:45:37 am
  Fred and Denise Wiseman of Greenville, Ill., are announcing the engagement and forthcoming marriage of their daughter, Nikki Wiseman, to Tyler Schield, son of Tom and Nancy Schield of Larkspur, Colo.
• Former legislator Macko dies at 81 (The Daily Mail)
  posted on October 31, 2009 at 06:31:17 am
  FREEHOLD — Former Greene County Legislator Andrew Macko passed away at the age of 81, at his home in Freehold on Friday. Macko was a leading and longtime figure in the county government for two decades, representing the Greenville district from 1978 until his retirement in 1997.
• Halloween on the Square kicks off observances (Herald-Banner)
  posted on October 30, 2009 at 05:00:14 am
  The City of Greenville is going trick-or-treating one day early, with the 10th annual Halloween on the Square scheduled downtown this evening.
• Image-conscious, civic-minded (Delta Democrat Times)
  posted on October 25, 2009 at 11:16:07 am
  GREENVILLE — Just about every day of the week before he goes to work, Rodney Griffin heads out on litter patrol in his south Greenville neighborhood.
• Greenville fisherman hooks monster flathead catfish (Belleville News-Democrat)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 01:37:28 pm
  Josh Adkins and some of his buddies often fish Shoal Creek and the Kaskaskia River below the dam at Carlyle Lake for flathead catfish.
• Old Claussen's bakery building in Greenville to get new life (The Greenville News)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 06:14:49 am
  A group of investors has bought and plans to redevelop the former Claussen's Bakery building downtown. They're just not sure what to do with it yet.
• GISD support system receives positive feedback (Herald-Banner)
  posted on October 22, 2009 at 04:45:28 am
  The Positive Behavior Support (PBS) model instituted this year at all Greenville Independent School District schools received positive feedback at the GISD Board of Trusteeas meeting Tuesday night.
• Book provides a first-person history lesson (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on October 20, 2009 at 07:02:57 am
  Imagine not being able to go shopping for shoes with your mother because you've been told no white person would want to try on shoes that had been on your feet. Or having to enter the local movie theater by an outside staircase to the balcony - the only place people of your color are allowed.
• GHS celebrates art of writing Oct. 20 (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on October 19, 2009 at 09:03:06 pm
  There will be a whole lotta writin’ going on at Greenville High School on Monday, October 19. That’s because Tuesday, October 20, is National Day on Writing. The entire student body will be writing about a topic, and those writings will be displayed throughout the school on walls and in hallways.
• Local news and events (Suburban Journals)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 07:03:13 am
  Blood drive challenge Memorial Hospital Foundation in Belleville and the Central Illinois Community Blood Center have kicked off the 2009-10 High School Blood Challenge.
• Pep Rally for GHS versus Demopolis game (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 07:17:16 am
  Greenville High School will host a community-wide pep rally on Thursday at 6 p.m. at Tiger Stadium, weather permitting, said principal Dr. Charles Farmer.
• Father sentenced to 19 years for killing son (The Daily Mail)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 06:31:18 am
  ALBANY — A Coeymans man appeared remorseful before an Albany County Court judge Wednesday, having an emotional statement read during his sentencing after pleading guilty to killing his 18-year-old son, who was a former Greenville High School student.
• Mother grieving loss of third child, this time in Grand Rapids shooting (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 15, 2009 at 05:25:58 am
  Mallory Ashlyn Mathews died about a mile from the scene of a Westside shooting near West Fulton Street and National Avenue SW just after 2 a.m. Wednesday.
• 'Lost Boys' to speak at Performing Arts Center (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 12, 2009 at 09:40:38 am
  "Lost Boys" Benjamin Ajak and Alephonsion Deng will share their stories of survival during a presentation from 7-9 p.m. Tuesday at Greenville High School's Performing Arts Center, 111 N. Hillcrest.
• Chris Culliver breaks kick return mark (The Greenville News)
  posted on October 11, 2009 at 04:05:06 am
  COLUMBIA -- Chris Culliver broke South Carolina's school record for kickoff return yardage on his 61-yard return late in the first quarter that set up the Gamecocks' first touchdown -- and that effort only ranked as his second-best kickoff return of the day.
• Big GHS reunion for all classes planned in November (Greenville Advocate)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 09:17:20 pm
  An idea for a Greenville High School reunion that started on the social networking website Facebook has grown to encompass all classes and all ages. The big reunion is planned for Thanksgiving weekend, Friday Nov. 27 to Sunday, Nov. 29.
• Greenville schools and education foundation launch campaign to fund arts, enrichment programs (The Grand Rapids Press)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 01:10:38 am
  GREENVILLE -- Superintendent Pete Haines said the Greenville school district has long sought to provide more than "the basics" through its general fund allocations. But with state funding lagging and budgets tightening, the ability to do that has been hampered....