At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, commissioners expressed their appreciation to all road department employees, sheriff’s department, EMA 911 and numerous volunteers for the hard work during last week’s storms. Each commissioner said how well everybody worked together. Sheriff David Cofield said his department received 189 calls during the storms. It was noted there…
At last week’s meeting of Wedowee Town Council, the council dedicated the little library to its founder, Wedowee resident Sylvia Grant. Signs will be placed on the library bearing her name. Here’s the story of the library if you’ve never heard it. On Main Street in Wedowee you’ll see a small, brick building, right in…
Two of the three schools in the Roanoke City School system will have new principals in the 2024-25 school year after the Roanoke City School Board approved the hire of Elisha Williams as the new principal at Knight Enloe Elementary School. The board met in a called meeting last Thursday morning. Williams has been a…
A new ambulance service has opened in North Randolph County to serve not only Randolph but surrounding counties. The new service, Saving Grace EMS is located in Newell and is owned by Chad and Stephanie Herren. So how did the idea of a new private ambulance service come about? Chad Herren came up with the…
Reports are for the period ending on May 13th. A Woodland man with outstanding warrants from Chambers County was arrested just after midnight on May 8 on County Road 51. Deputies spotted the man with no helmet riding a bicycle with no lights toward Woodland. A deputy recognized the rider and knew he had outstanding…
Roanoke’s infrastructure will be the beneficiary of one significant grant, while the city took action Monday to pursue money for another grant. The Roanoke Utilities Board was awarded federal grant money in the amount of $1.5 million to replace an aging gas line that runs into the north end of town from underneath Highway 431.…
Handley High School hosted the annual “OJ Moody Day” yesterday, a day spent for kids to remember and celebrate the memory of their past student OJ Moody. OJ was born on October 23, 1984 and was a student of Handley High School and a huge fan of Handley’s football. He was a student until his…
Randolph Roanoke Career Tech Center’s “Blooms Café” has been conferred the esteemed title of 2023 CLAS Banner School for District 2. The Alabama State Department of Education, through the Council for Leaders in Alabama Schools (CLAS), proudly acknowledged the exemplary achievements of 32 Schools of Distinction spread across the eight State School Board Districts during…
Jessica Elaine Green, 37, of Lineville was arrested on May 4 and charged with two counts of second-degree assault, resisting arrest and public intoxication. On Saturday morning, deputies responded to a call about a woman standing in the middle of County Road 59 near Roanoke. Green accused the deputies of being there to kill her.…
AMERICUS, GA — Georgia Southwestern State University (GSW), located in Americus, Ga., and Southern Union State Community College (SUSCC) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) designed to ensure concurrent enrollment and a smooth transition from SUSCC to GSW’s bachelor’s degree programs in education. Through this agreement, students at SUSCC will be concurrently enrolled in…