The Roanoke City Council Monday agreed to apply for federal grant money to fund improvements at the city’s municipal airport. If the city is awarded the grant, the money will fund a project that would allow the city to build a helicopter landing pad and adjacent parking area as well as purchase property adjacent to…
At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, commissioners unanimously approved the 2025-2026 budget. The budget breakdown is as follows: Projected revenue from all funds is $15,356,212, up from $14,615,239 in the current 2025 fiscal year, which is an increase of $740,973. This uptick is due to an anticipated increase in property, motor vehicle, and lodging…
Roanoke police officers made two drug busts in the last week and were able to confiscate a significant amount of drugs, weapons and drug-related items. On Saturday, Sept. 13, night shift officers made an arrest, taking dangerous drugs and a firearm off the streets. During the encounter, officers recovered 74 grams of methamphetamine, 5 Klonopin…
The Wedowee Town Council passed a proclamation Tuesday in honor of Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Bonny Huddleston of Wedowee was honored for being the inspiration behind a non-profit program offering help for patients and their families statewide. The Norma Livingston Ovarian Cancer Foundation’s Just A Need (JAN) program is named after Huddleston’s mother, Janice Bauer,…
At last week’s Wadley Town Council meeting, the council voted unanimously to make a donation to the Wadley Athletic Club or individual sports’ accounts. The suggested amount was $200 per athletic program. The total donation for 13 programs approved was $2,600. After the meeting, it was noted that basketball had not been separated into girls…
The Randolph County 911 board has been awarded over $200,000 in state funds. At a meeting of the Alabama State 911 Board earlier this month, the board approved awards to be granted to multiple applicants in the grant cycle. The two key focuses were updating call handling and the new NG911 recorders. The grants were…
The Roanoke City Council approved a nearly balanced budget at Monday’s meeting, laying out how the city will receive and allocate over $9.4 million in revenue. As in most years, the city’s largest expense is its police department, which accounts for just over 1/3 of the budgeted funds. The police department is the city’s largest…
The Randolph County School Board has approved its budget for 2025-26. The decision came by unanimous vote at last week’s meeting. According to the budget, projected income/revenue for the general fund is $24,552,011 with $4,247,832 in a special revenue fund, $132,570 in debt service, $796,576 for capital projects and $457,153 for expendable trust. Revenue for…
I once spent a week one summer many years ago helping coach elementary-aged kids at a baseball camp. This was before I had children of my own and had very little skill in managing a large collection of people in that 6-10 year-old demographic. The first couple of days of the camp consisted of a…
The United Way of East Central Alabama held its annual Day of Action Thursday in Roanoke. Volunteers from Alabama Power, Alabama One Credit Union, Southern Union and Bridging the Gap Community Services, among others, gathered at First Methodist Church in Roanoke for breakfast before going to Bridging the Gap’s community garden project location on LaFayette…