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County boy gets brother, dogs out of burning house

By Tim Altork | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on County boy gets brother, dogs out of burning house

Two kids and four dogs were unharmed after a house fire on County Road 266 near Foster’s Crossroads Thursday. And the Holloway family has 12-year-old son Isaac to thank for that. Isaac was home with his 5-year-old brother Eli around 4 p.m. Thursday when Isaac discovered plumes of smoke coming from the home’s garage. The…

Sheriff’s office investigating after Roanoke man murdered

By Editor | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Sheriff’s office investigating after Roanoke man murdered

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 20, 2024, dispatch received a call in reference to a residence in the 1800 block of County Road 59 due to an unresponsive male. While traveling to the residence, the deputy ascertained the victim was en route to the hospital via ambulance. The deputy continued on to…

Roanoke Police arrest reports

By Editor | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Roanoke Police arrest reports

Arrest are for the period ending on March 25th Arrest Keimon Gregerian Sanders, 30, of 212 Piedmont Street, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay, Harassment – March 20 LeLane Fernezz Trammell, 38, of 126 Centerway Drive, Roanoke – Criminal Trespass – March 21 John Corbin Whaley, 39, of 135 Lebanon Street, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay…

Randolph County Sheirff’s reports

By Editor | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Randolph County Sheirff’s reports

Incident and arrest are for the period ending on March 25th A Woodland woman was arrested after property owners reported an attempted theft on County Road 512, near Hawk, on Saturday night. The owners of a pallet yard reported they pulled up and saw Sabrina Gail Harrington, 44, with two other people loading a black…

High speed chase leads to arrest

By Editor | March 13, 2024 | Comments Off on High speed chase leads to arrest

Randolph County Sheriff’s Department assisted Lineville Police Department, Clay County Sheriff’s Department and State Troopers with a high-speed chase on Saturday afternoon. The driver of a green 1997 Chevrolet truck fled from Lineville Police during a traffic stop in which the officer had seen drug paraphernalia in plain sight inside the vehicle. RCSO spotted the…

County approves nearly $2M in equipment purchases

By Editor | March 13, 2024 | Comments Off on County approves nearly $2M in equipment purchases

At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commission approved over one million dollars in equipment purchases for the road department. The highest purchase approved was $1,172,425.20 for four Komatzu motor graders. Other equipment approved for purchase were two Caterpillar back hoe loaders at $306,324.46, one Energreen side cutter at $276,000 and one Caterpillar dozier…

Primary election results certified, Brown won’t contest

By Tim Altork | March 13, 2024 | Comments Off on Primary election results certified, Brown won’t contest

Despite losing by just 29 votes amid widespread reports of ballot errors, sitting District 1 county commissioner Chris Brown will not contest the results of last Tuesday’s Republican primary in his district. Brown lost to challenger Chris Lunsford by a final tally of 553-524, but will be content to serve the rest of his term…

Legislative update: Governor signs school choice bill into law

By Editor | March 13, 2024 | Comments Off on Legislative update: Governor signs school choice bill into law

Surrounded by a group of smiling students and legislative leaders, Governor Ivey signed her top legislative priority into law on Thursday. This new law, called the CHOOSE Act, creates a statewide program called Education Savings Accounts (ESAs), which enables school choice for many Alabama parents and students. The Senate passed the bill on Wednesday with…

Lunsford unseats Brown in county commission race

By Editor | March 6, 2024 | Comments Off on Lunsford unseats Brown in county commission race

By a margin of a mere 29 votes, challenger Chris Lunsford defeated incumbent District 1 county commissioner Chris Brown in Tuesday’s primary elections here in Randolph County. Lunsford edged out Brown, 553-524, but with provisional ballots remaining to be counted and some ballot issues at the polls on election day, Tuesday’s results may not be…

Life comes full circle

By Editor | March 6, 2024 | Comments Off on Life comes full circle

Tammy Hall, a 1980 graduate of Handley High School who works as a nurse in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Birmingham, recently had a heartwarming full-circle moment when she was able to care for the child of a man who was once also her patient many years ago. Hall…