The Town of Wadley is suffering a double loss. At Monday’s meeting of the Wadley Town Council, Mayor Donna McKay read a letter from town clerk Lori Hopkins stating her intention to retire effective January 1, 2025. Hopkins has served the town for 25 years in various capacities. She will be replaced in January by…
Roanoke experienced a two-fold celebration of fall last week as the city hosted its annual Fall on Main festival Saturday, and the Randolph County Learning Center announced its prizewinners in its annual scarecrow contest. Downtown Roanoke was the location for the 16th annual Fall on Main, which was organized and conducted by the Randolph County…
With the slow-turning wheels of government projects it’s no surprise that one of Roanoke’s future upgrades is still multiple years down the road. That’s the takeaway with the city’s planned upgrade to sidewalks on College, West Point and Chestnut Streets. The good news is that the city has already been approved for $800,000 in grant…
In what was a relatively short meeting on Monday, Randolph County Commission approved the contract with Forsyth Building Company of Anniston for the renovations and addition to the Randolph County courthouse in Wedowee. Plans for the renovations have been in the works for most of the year, with the primary change being the addition of…
At a called meeting Monday morning, the Town of Wadley officially hired a new police chief. A motion was made by Jim Hall and a second by Linda Briones to hire Phillip Hancock as the town’s new police chief. The vote was unanimous. Hancock comes to Wadley from Lee County Sheriff’s Department and has over…
A missing hiker was reported Saturday around 7:35 p.m. near the Fox Cove boat ramp. Assisting RCSO were Clay County Rescue Squad. Roanoke Police Department brought a drone, and Randolph County Rescue Squad searched by water. Around 10 p.m. a deputy heard the hiker. They were picked up by the rescue squad boat and taken…
Bethel East Volunteer Fire Department responded to a tractor fire on County Road 52 at Omaha on Friday. The operator of the Kobelco 210 excavator said it had over-heated, so he got off to let it cool, but then it started smoking and caught fire. A fire extinguisher was used, but it did not put…
Monday Woodland High School remembered a former student by commemorating a lasting contribution that he made to the school. Ethan “Rooster” Henderson (2003-2020) and Garrett Rollins (pictured on the right) built the raised planter boxes in front of the Agriscience Building on the Woodland High School campus years ago. Ethan was tragically killed in a…
Roanoke resident Scott Deibler was unharmed and unfazed after his Ford SUV rolled over down the embankment on the shoulder of County Road 61 near Roanoke Tuesday afternoon. Seibler said that he was backing up to pull up next to a mailbox on his property on the road, got too close to the edge, hit…
At approximately 2 p.m. Tuesday officers of the Valley Police Department were dispatched to the area of Charter Drive and 20th Avenue in reference to a hit and run accident. While responding, officers learned that one of the vehicles involved was a stolen vehicle and had just been chased by Harris County Deputies and that…