Florida murder suspect arrested in Roanoke
A Florida murder suspect was found and arrested during a routine traffic stop in Roanoke early Monday morning, less than 36 hours after he allegedly killed someone in the Pensacola area. Twenty-four-year-old Isaiah Collie is accused of shooting and killing another man during a drug deal in Pensacola late Saturday night in the 3400 block…
Read MoreRoanoke approves employee Christmas money, discusses citizens’ trash dumping
A little extra Christmas money will be showing up on the paychecks of City of Roanoke employees after the Roanoke City Council agreed to its annual one-time December pay raises for its workers. Full time employees and fire department employees will receive $150, while part timers and police reserves will receive $100. The council also…
Read MoreSale of community center building on shaky ground
Roanoke may soon be looking for another buyer for its empty community center building on Price Street. The building has been for sale for over a year, and in October the city approved a $185,000 offer from Dr. Nipa Parikh, a dentist who has been in practice in Anniston. But at last Monday’s city council…
Read MoreFetner won’t be on ballot for GOP primary
Potential Randolph County Commission candidate Jeff Fetner will not be on the ballot after a mistake in the qualifying process left him ineligible. Fetner submitted his qualification information for commission District 3, but he no longer lives in that district after the lines were redrawn following the 2020 election. Fetner now resides in District 4,…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Wadley sets school record in second round win; Handley, RCHS eliminated
A week after setting the school record for points in a game, Handley’s offense found much more potent resistance in the defense of Booker T. Washington Friday in Tuskegee, and the result was a 22-9 defeat that gave Handley its earliest playoff exit since a second-round loss in 2019. Big plays in the passing game…
Read MoreRematches in store for county commission primaries
Next year’s race for the five County Commission seats will see two rematches from the 2020 election, with the possibility of a third rematch awaiting in November. Qualification for the March 5 primaries closed Friday, and six of the 14 total local seats up for election will be challenged, while eight incumbents will run unopposed.…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: An upset in Lineville, a rally in Wedowee and a romp in Roanoke
In the battle of the two winningest coaches in the history of Alabama high school football, No. 1 stunned No. 2 as Terry Curtis’s fourth-seeded UMS-Wright team came to Lineville and knocked off Danny Horn’s top-seeded Clay Central 7-0 in Friday’s Class 5A first-round playoff game. The two coaches drummed up a dueling defensive masterpiece…
Read MoreFootball Thursday Night: Wadley cruises in round one
The last time Wadley and Cedar Bluff met, Wadley lost on a heartbreaking go-ahead touchdown pass in the final minute of a 2015 playoff game. And if there’s such a thing as an exact opposite of a last-second loss, Wadley’s first-round playoff reunion with Cedar Bluff Thursday night was it. The Bulldogs led from start…
Read MorePlayoff preview: Wadley, RCHS, Handley and Clay Central start playoff journeys this week
Many people love November because they see it as the start of the Christmas season. (Whether that’s actually true is up for debate. I’ll just say that your Christmas season can start whenever you believe it does. The real one starts the day after thanksgiving.) What’s not up for debate is what the month of…
Read MoreFootball Friday Night: Wadley, RCHS go 9-1; Central finishes 10-0; playoff matchups set
There was very little drama in the outcome when Woodland and Wadley met Friday night in the regular season finale for both teams. The 56-21 final score tells you all you need to know in that regard. But for Wadley the game will serve as a useful tuneup as it prepares for its playoff odyssey.…
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