A resident of County Road 619 near Napoleon reported the theft or destruction of their mailbox on Nov. 16. A resident of County Road 87 reported on Nov. 17 that they were the victim of a $2,800 scam while using Facebook Marketplace. A resident of County Road 470 in the Rocky Branch community reported the…
The Wedowee Music Club met on November 13 at Ava Methodist Church in Wedowee. Club president Nancy Hollon called the meeting to order and introduced our special guests. We were honored to have Brenda Frye, a native Tennessean who recently relocated to Wedowee, along with pianist Ann Marie Nix perform for us. The musical selections…
Local veterans wave to the crowds at Saturday’s annual Veterans Day parade in Roanoke. The marching bands from Handley, Randolph County and Woodland High Schools led the proceedings, which featured dozens of veterans riding on floats or other vehicles.
Rock Mills Junior High has a new flag pole thanks to Josh Tylor and several other volunteers. Josh is an alumnus of RMJH and has a daughter attending school there. Mr. Tyler had expressed an interest in moving the flag pole during the 2023-2024 school year. Moving it away from the drive would make it…
Alyx Johnson, a senior at Woodland High School, was selected as a National Proficiency Winner at the 97th Annual National FFA Convention and Expo in Indianapolis. Alyx is the first National Proficiency Winner from the Woodland FFA Chapter and the first from the state of Alabama in 26 years. Of the 1,027,273 FFA members nationwide,…
RCSO responded to County Road 10 in the Morrison Crossroads community on Nov. 5, where a complainant reported that her dog was killed, and shots were fired in the direction of her residence. The suspect told deputies that earlier that same day, he had filed a report about being bitten and injured by the dog.…
At the last meeting of Raonoke City School board, the board heard a report from Superintendent Greg Foster and approved some personnel actions. Superintendent’s report The award winning Handley High School Marching Band traveled to Phenix City to compete in the Phenix Invitational Marching Festival. (Saturday, September 28th). They received superior ratings for the band,…
The Randolph County Commission will have just one new member when that body next convenes after the incumbent won the only contested seat on the ballot in Tuesday’s general election. Randolph County’s votes were not finalized as of 10 p.m. Tuesday night due to a delay in counting the ballots that were cast at Wedowee…
A Wedowee area business reported fraudulent use of a credit card on Tuesday when a “customer” gave them someone else’s card number that went through and also attempted to give other card numbers for an additional purchase that did not go through. A boat fire was reported on Wednesday on County Road 51 at Newell.…
by: Brandon Fincher “We were shot at from the ground. You look out the side of the plane, and you could see black puffs of smoke where the shots were exploding. We were very fortunate we didn’t get shot down. The risk was very high.” It reads like a scene from a Tom Clancy book…