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Billy Faye Norred Gay

December 6, 2024

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Billy Faye Norred Gay, 91, of Wadley will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2024, at 2 p.m. at…

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Marilyn “Maria” Hodges

December 4, 2024

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Marilyn “Maria” Hodges, 64, of Wedowee will be held on Friday, Dec. 6, 2024, at 2 p.m. at Rocky…

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Alma K. Treadwell

December 3, 2024

  (MELBOURNE, Fla.) Graveside services for Alma K. Treadwell, 97, of Melbourne, Fla., will be held on Monday, Dec. 9, 2024, at 2…

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Wanda Lynn Nix-Koch

December 3, 2024

(FIVE POINTS) Funeral services for Wanda Lynn Nix-Koch, 65, of Five Points, will be held at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 ,…

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Betty Baker

December 2, 2024

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Betty Baker, 87, of Wedowee, were held on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel…

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News

County Commission approves renewal of school sales tax

December 4, 2024

With very little discussion, Randolph County Commission approved renewing the one cent sales tax to benefit education in the county and City of Roanoke. Commissioner…

Public forum planned for Lake Wedowee

December 4, 2024

On December 16 and 17 FERC and Alabama Power will host a public meeting in the Wedowee South Marina. Easy to access and understand information…

A final farewell to our feline friend

November 27, 2024

I wasn’t working at the Leader when Chestnut moved in as the resident office cat. Maybe because of that it just seemed to me like…

County board members sworn in

November 27, 2024

At last week’s meeting of Randolph County School Board, Probate Judge George Diamond swore in all board members, the new members and those that faced…

County 911 board continues to deliberate over EMS bids

November 27, 2024

In the 1970’s, a country music artist recorded a song called Behind Closed Doors. The last line of the song says, “No one knows what…

Sports

Wadley to play for 1A state championship

November 29, 2024

The Wadley Bulldogs are heading back to Birmingham. Wadley continued on its playoff path of destruction in Friday’s state semifinal game against Hackleburg as the…

Football Friday Night: Wadley wins, Vols fall in state quarterfinals

November 22, 2024

It’s safe to say the Volunteers of Clay Central had not faced a defense this season nearly as stingy as what they encountered Friday in…

Football Friday Night: Wadley marches past Meek, Central also advances

November 15, 2024

In every Wadley game this season there has been a snowball, a seemingly exponential accumulation of Bulldog points as inevitable as gravity. In the Bulldogs’…

Football Friday Night: Trinity overwhelms RCHS; Wadley, Central advance

November 8, 2024

A series of special teams plays helped put RCHS in a deep first-half hole, and the Tigers were overwhelmed in the third quarter as they…

Football Friday Night: Regular season ends in defeat for three local teams

November 1, 2024

The regular season ended with a thud for the three local teams that took the field Friday night, with two of those teams taking losses…

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