The Randolph County Commission voted to Monday to add livestreaming of its Thursday workshop meetings on its Facebook page. The discussion on whether to make that change consumed the bulk of Monday’s meeting, which lasted just over 30 minutes. The commission already livestreams its Monday meetings, but has justified not livestreaming the workshops because no…
Incidents • The occupants of a side-by-side led a deputy on a chase on Saturday through Malone and Cragford. According to the report, the deputy attempted to stop three side-by-sides on County Road 53. Initially, only one stopped. The second side-by-side spun out shortly thereafter on County Road 15. The driver of the third side-by-side…
Around this time of year 120 years ago, when the Leader was about halfway through its 14th year of existence, a company called TC Bingham and Company for multiple weeks bought the entire front page of the newspaper as an advertisement for its business. “This past year has been a prosperous one with us, for…
Roanoke arrests Diamond Shakera Rhodes, 30 – aggravated assault – Jan. 27 Tony Ray Pogue, 56 – DUI, possession of dangerous drugs – Jan. 28 Jonathan Thomas Vinson, 20 – failure to appear in court – Jan. 29 Frank Ricky Heflin, Sr., 65 – failure to appear in court – Jan. 30 Rodney Bernard Dozier,…
He’s delivered mail on Christmas day. He’s delivered mail to the governor of Alabama. He’s done it in every type of weather mentioned in the unofficial motto of the United State Postal Service. He’s even delivered mail with a giant tub of molasses in the back of his mail truck. And he was only bit…
By Erica Thomas – 1819News.com The Cleburne County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man authorities have been searching for since the death of another man on January 27. Danny Lee Cater was taken into custody at 9:25 a.m. on Sunday, after being on the run in freezing temperatures. Authorities released several images of…
Change will take effect later this month If you live in Roanoke and you’re hankering for an adult beverage on a Sunday afternoon, you will no longer have to drive out of town to get it. The Roanoke City Council narrowly passed an amendment to the town’s alcohol ordinance Monday, allowing for sales of alcohol…
The Wadley boys were the only county team still with a chance to host their county tournament when play began Tuesday night. They hosted Winterboro hoping to finish in a tie for first place and force a coin-toss for who would host the tournament. (Results from that game were not available at press time.) Monday…
A total of seven locally-elected offices will be on the ballot for the May 19 primary along with all of the statewide offices that will be part of that larger election. Here in Randolph County we will elect a sheriff, a revenue commissioner, a coroner and two county school board members. Also, our state House…
Former state senator Gerald Dial is going after his old job. Dial has qualified to run against incumbent senator Randy Price for the District 13 seat in the upcoming Alabama Republican primary. Dial held the District 13 seat from 2010-2018 before Price took over after the 2018 election. Dial is originally from Lineville and was…