A rash of accidents at the intersection of Highway 431 and Davco Drive, better known as the entrance to Walmart, had Roanoke Police officers emphasizing the need for drivers to enter the intersection cautiously and with awareness. Two accidents took place within four hours of each other last Friday, and a third happened Wednesday afternoon…
Plans continue to solidify for a Fourth of July celebration in Roanoke for the nation’s semiquincentennial birthday. In just over a month the United States will celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and Roanoke plans to be a part of the festivities, along with the rest of…
“If you ain’t cheatin’, you aint’ tryin’.” – sports adage If you follow college sports, particularly the cutthroat Southeastern Conference, you probably have heard the above phrase more than once. When winning is really important – and it often is in the SEC – you want your team to find every loophole, exploit every unconsidered…
It was a mystery that frustrated the city of Vermillion, S.D., for decades. Teenagers Sherri Miller and Pam Jackson were on their way to a teen gathering party in 1971 but never arrived, and no one knew what happened to them for the next 42 years. They left no evidence that they were leaving town,…
The county commission of Heard County, Ga., has asked for some conditions to be met if it is to agree to take on stray animals from the City of Roanoke. Roanoke police chief Tino Brooks approached Heard County in April about the possibility of using Roanoke’s budgeted $10,000 for animal control to pay Heard County…
Roanoke’s Cedarwood Cemetery is almost full, and city officials are taking steps that ultimately could lead to the end of burials taking place in the historic cemetery. “It’s not going to be many more people that are buried there, if any,” said Roanoke mayor Adam Melton at Monday’s meeting of the Roanoke City Council. The…
120 years ago Professor Leon M. Stevenson, of Dadeville, at present principal of the Dadeville High School, has been named as assistant editor of the Alabama Christian Advocate. Prof. Stevenson is a gentleman of extensive culture, is a scholar and a Christian, and a Methodist warp and wool. He comes of a pioneer Methodist family,…
A Roanoke man reported he was grazed in the back of the head by a bullet while in the yard of a residence on County Road 65 in the Broughton community Saturday, May 16. The victim stated he had parked on the side of the road and was walking toward the house when the suspect…
The original name of this movie was “Dead Right” before it was changed to a title that even people on Mars would recognize. It was set in New York City at first, then Seattle. The movie was about a detective chasing a serial killer, and it went through several rewrites, each one changing the story…
(This story was originally published by 1819News.com. You can read it on their site by clicking here.) Our lawmakers in Washington represent both Alabama and the United States as a whole. It is on them to make intelligent, deliberate actions with our hard-earned tax dollars. As a state representative, I have found that one of…