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Sports
Over the next five weeks for the entire month of July the Leader will be recognizing the athletes from the 2025-2026 sports seasons that made…
As is so often the case when a coaching change is made at a small-town high school, more than one sport is effected in the…
When your team wins at a high level, the rest of the state tends to take notice of the players that made that happen. That…
All-star tournaments for local youth baseball teams in four different age groups will begin Monday, with tournaments being played in Roanoke, Wedowee, Ashland and Lineville.…
We all have the subjects in school that become our favorites, and many times some form of those subjects becomes the focal point of our…
News
The Declaration of Independence gave us our freedom, and guys like this one from Texas have helped preserve that freedom for the past 250 years.…
“We must all hang together, or, most assuredly, we shall all hang separately.” – spoken by Benjamin Franklin before signing the Declaration of Independence, though…
The United States of America turns 250 years old this week, and Randolph County is pulling out all the stops to make sure it’s a…
Handley Middle School student Kaselynn Taylor earned a 3rd runner up finish at the Miss Elementary America pageant in Little Rock, Arkansas, last week. Taylor…
Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded more than $6.3 million to help low-income Alabama residents reduce their home energy bills through the Weatherization Assistance Program. Of…
Obituaries
Funeral services for Willardean Kirby Martin, age 83, of Roanoke will be held on Monday, July 6 at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral…
Read MoreMemorial services for Sylvia Gilliland Chandler, age 89, of Decatur, GA, will be held on Thursday, July 2, 2026, at 2:00 PM EST,…
Read MoreDylan Thomas Fairbanks, born Dylan Geiger, passed away on June 20, 2026 at the age of 32. Dylan lived a complicated life sprinkled…
Read MoreFuneral services for Brenda J. K. Heard, age 82, of Roanoke, will be held on Tuesday, June 23, 2026, at 2:00 PM at…
Read MorePrivate graveside services for Winifred Head Barton, age 97, of Wetumpka, formerly of Roanoke, will be held at Randolph Memory Gardens with Quattlebaum…
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