Archive for the ‘Crime’ Category

Current News: Cemetery Vandalized

July 11, 2009

Image of Leader-News Article about Old Greenville Cemetery Vandalism

The City of Greenville is offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of vandals who toppled at least 25 headstones at the historic Old Greenville Cemetery on Court Row in Greenville sometime over the weekend [of the 4th].

Assistant Chief Darren Harvey said the city is offering a $500 reward for information resulting in an arrest.

Harvey said Revolutionary War pioneers William Russell and William Campbell are buried in the cemetery.

The two founded Greenville in 1799.

Anyone with information about the vandalism may call the Greenville Police at (270) 338-3133.

General News

October 15, 2008

Four Bandits Wound Elderly Woman Near Drakesboro

Story involves Miss Mary Heltsley, age 68 in 1932, and her sister Mrs. Emma Myers