At a called meeting back in December, Randolph County 911 board awarded contracts to EMS providers in the county. The minutes of the meeting and a financial report were released last week at the Leader’s request. At December’s called meeting, after approving the minutes of the last regular meeting and the financial report, Board member…
Incident reports New county residents hired someone from Facebook to help them get settled, do yard work and assist with trash disposal. The person was supposed to take cardboard to a dump, but it was instead found on a dirt road in Newell. A dark-colored Honda Civic struck a resident’s mailbox and trashcans on County…
Montgomery, Ala. – On February 6, 2025, a federal judge ordered 41-year-old Clifford Lane Brown, from Roanoke, Alabama, to serve 19 years in prison for possessing methamphetamine with the intent to distribute the illegal drug, announced Acting United States Attorney Kevin Davidson. The judge also ordered that Brown remain on supervised release for five years…
Wadley mayor makes hometown connection with Kentucky Senator The mayor of Wadley and one of the most senior Senators in Washington, D.C., got together in his office last week and bonded over their literal common ground – their shared roots in a small Randolph County town. Wadley mayor Donna McKay took a four-day trip…
The National Dental Association (NDA) has announced the appointment of Marcus Ware, J.D. as Interim Executive Director. Ware is a native of Roanoke and a 2004 graduate of Handley High School. Ware brings over a decade of expertise in nonprofit management and higher education leadership, having held roles at nationally recognized organizations such as the…
By Rebecca Grapevine – Healthbeat.org (Editor’s note: The original version of this story can be viewed online at https://www.healthbeat.org/atlanta/2025/01/03/east-point-community-health-worker-morehouse-school-of-medicine/) Zakiyah Morris had no idea what a community health worker does when she applied for the job two years ago. But the 26-year-old East Point, Ga., resident has since become the face of public health in…
The Alabama Business Charitable Trust—founded, funded and managed by Alabama Power—will provide $250,000 in emergency bill assistance funds to help Alabamians impacted by recent winter storms. “Alabamians experienced unprecedented weather this month and unexpected heating costs may be a financial burden to some,” said Staci Brown Brooks, Alabama Power’s vice president of Charitable Giving and…
Incidents A citizen reported that nine puppies they rescued from the intersection of County Road 65 and U.S. Highway 431 at Rock Stand look like nine puppies that were posted by a woman on Facebook two weeks prior. The owner of a gas station on U.S. 431 at Rock Stand reported that a log truck…
A representative from the Randolph County 911 board visited the county commission at Thursday’s workshop meeting asking for support for a new fee for new county residents and businesses. The commission ultimately determined that the matter was not for them to decide. Carla Seago from 911 asked the commission to write a letter of support…
The City of Roanoke’s time in the garbage pickup business may be short lived. The Roanoke City Council Monday agreed to accept bids from outside companies for residential garbage pickup. If the city chooses to accept one of those bids that would effectively end the city’s newly-formed sanitation department and its in-house management of the…