An afternoon fire destroyed a mobile home on County Road 63 in the Rocky Branch area Nov. 27, the day before thanksgiving. The resident was Matt Davidson, and he was unharmed in the fire. The owner was Nancy Mitchell, but she was not present for the incident. A resident of County Road 690 in the…
On December 16 and 17 FERC and Alabama Power will host a public meeting in the Wedowee South Marina. Easy to access and understand information and an award winning film about the river are at www.healtheriver.com. The complete document to be discussed can be found at (www.harrisrelicensing.com) under Post License Application. Follow Tallapoosa River Heritage…
I wasn’t working at the Leader when Chestnut moved in as the resident office cat. Maybe because of that it just seemed to me like he was always here, as much a fixture of our day to day life as subscriptions, government meetings and people upset they have to pay to read stories on the…
For the second year in a row Affordable Creations in Roanoke hosted a free thanksgiving meal at the former National Guard Armory in Roanoke this past weekend. Over 250 people were fed at the meal, which came together thanks to a host of volunteers and sponsors. “I would like to publicly thank everyone who played…
At last week’s meeting of Randolph County School Board, Probate Judge George Diamond swore in all board members, the new members and those that faced no opposition in the recent election. The school board consists of superintendent John Jacobs and district representatives John Hall, Ray Hare, Tamara Taylor, Ronnie Prince, Margie Murphy, Cindy Head and…
(NOTE: Randolph County Commission met in their regular meeting on Monday of this week, but due to an early holiday deadline, only notes from the workshop meeting are included in this article. The regular meeting will be included in next week’s edition of the Leader.) At last week’s county commission workshop meeting, Roanoke School Superintendent…
In the 1970’s, a country music artist recorded a song called Behind Closed Doors. The last line of the song says, “No one knows what goes on behind closed doors.” That line seems to be what the Randolph County 911 board wants to live by. Last week and for the third meeting in a row,…
Incidnts A resident of County Road 26 near Friendship Church reported that a person known to them took a silver 1990 Dodge Ram truck, a pregnant red-nosed pitbull, $100 in cash and a wallet on Nov. 20. Weigel’s Country Corner of Woodland reported the theft of five vapes on Nov. 20. Sheriff’s arrests Johnny Rodriguez,…
At last week’s Roanoke City School Board meeting the board approved several personnel actions and heard an encouraging report from Superintendent Greg Foster. In personnel actions, the board approved: Retroactively, to pay non-certified staff members working with students at Beyond the Bell $17.50 per hour beginning October 2024. The funding will come from the CCR…
An aging stormwater drainage system that has caused erosion and sinkholes is now in the process of being repaired thanks to action taken by the Roanoke City Council at Monday’s meeting and over the previous months. The council received a detailed report Monday regarding areas in urgent need of repair and voted to spend an…