The architect plans are almost complete for renovations and additions to the courthouse and annexes, but there are still some items on parking that have to be worked out. At Monday’s meeting, the commission tabled the 65 percent design until the issues are worked out. The parking issues are behind the courthouse and adjacent to…
After holding a public hearing Monday night, Wadley Town Council approved the rezoning of property on Highland Avenue known as the Wylie-Key property from R-1 to R-2 for construction of duplex apartments. The council also approved 16 amendments to the planning and zoning ordinance. Both actions came at the recommendation of the planning and zoning…
At last week’s Wedowee Town Council meeting, the council reappointed a council member they had removed from office two weeks before. Council member AJ Sims was removed from office for non-participation in the last 90 days. Alabama law allows the council to reappoint the council member or appoint someone new to the position. After meeting…
With two-thirds of the 2024 session complete, the Alabama Legislature is focusing on its most crucial task: passing the General Fund and the Education Trust Fund (ETF) budgets – along with supplemental funding bills for each. General Fund Budget Takes Shape in the Senate Senator Greg Albritton, Chair of the General Fund Committee, is leading…
The council has been working for the past few months to find a buyer for the building on Price Street that was once planned to be a community center and also served as a doctor’s office prior to that. The city had a deal to sell the building in October of last year to a…
Roanoke police lieutenant Mark Farmer has retired after 29 years in law enforcement, and with the exception of a brief stint in Lee County, all of those years have been as a member of the Roanoke Police Department. After working his way up through the ranks from patrol officer to lieutenant he spent much of…
Incident and arrest reports are for period ending on April 1st. Theft of packages from a mailbox was reported on County Road 56 in the Omaha community. A TV, jewelry box with jewelry, starter for a Chevy truck, desktop computer, two sets of Chevy wheels and tires and two laptops were reported stolen from a…
Roanoke Police incident and arrest reports for period ending on April 1st. Two juvenile teens were arrested in Roanoke Thursday after it was reported that they had vandalized a house on Randolph Street. The incident took place Thursday morning at 419 Randolph Street and was discovered when someone in the neighborhood noticed water running out…
In a meeting where an announcement of a new football coach at Woodland was expected, the Randolph County School Board made no such move Thursday in Wedowee. The board approved all but one of the personnel actions that were presented to it. The exception, action number 15 of 15 was tabled, which led to speculation…
Two kids and four dogs were unharmed after a house fire on County Road 266 near Foster’s Crossroads Thursday. And the Holloway family has 12-year-old son Isaac to thank for that. Isaac was home with his 5-year-old brother Eli around 4 p.m. Thursday when Isaac discovered plumes of smoke coming from the home’s garage. The…