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Roanoke to buy second garbage truck

Discontent with the notion of waiting at least another year for a second garbage truck, the city of Roanoke took action Monday to cut that wait time short. The Roanoke City Council agreed Monday to purchase a second truck at a cost of just under $310,000, a move that canceled a previous agreement to buy…

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State Legislature passes grocery tax cut bill

Tax Cut Bills The Grocery Tax Cut bill, HB479, passed both houses this week, sending the largest tax cut in Alabama history to the Governor. The bill will immediately cut the State’s tax rate on food from 4 percent to 3 percent beginning on September 1, 2023. The rate will be reduced to 2 percent…

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Former Wadley football coach resigns

Randolph County School Board called a meeting last Thursday to fill more open positions for the 23-24 school year. In personnel actions, the board approved: * The resignation of Jonathan Farr, science teacher at Wadley High School effective June 30, 2023. Farr came to Wadley prior to the 2018-19 school year and served as head…

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Roanoke Police Department arrest reports

Arrest for week ending June 5th Charles Sprayberry, 56, of 460 Pine Valley Dr, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay x 2, Appearing in Public Place Under the Influence of Alcohol – May 30 Kenneth Bernard Hill, 49, of 225 Ave A, Roanoke – Failure to Appear in Court (Domestic Violence 3rd, Criminal Trespass 3rd, Harassment,…

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Randolph County Sheriff’s arrest and incident reports

Arrests for week ending June 5th Robert Jason Bowen, 39, of 1310 Co Rd 95, Wedowee – Failure to Appear in Court x 10 – May 26 Clayton S. Anderson, 42, of 193 Cook Rd, Roanoke – Drug Court Sanction – May 26 Tyler Karr, 23, of 4841 Corinth Rd, Cragford – Failure to Appear…

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Xavier Calloway takes over Handley boys basketball program

by Tim Altork Xavier Calloway has had just a few stops in his young career as a basketball coach, but when he coaches the Handley boys basketball team for the first unofficial competition with that team, all of the stops of his high school coaching days will collide. Calloway was named as Handley’s new boys…

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEANNIE MALCOLM, DECEASED

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JEANNIE MALCOLM, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Jeannie Malcolm, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 30th day of May, 2023, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…

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IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY MACK SMITH, DECEASED

NOTICE TO CREDITORS THE STATE OF ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY, PROBATE COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY MACK SMITH, DECEASED Letters Testamentary upon last will and testament of said decedent, having been granted to the undersigned on the 30th day of May, 2023, by the Honorable Judge George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…

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IN RE: SARA ANN WRIGHT PETTY, DECEASED

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: SARA ANN WRIGHT PETTY, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Sara Ann Wright Petty, deceased, having been granted to Valerie Walker on the 1st day of June, 2023, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice…

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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jamison M. Vowell and Stephanie Vowell, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homestar Financial Corp., on March 10, 2017, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…

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