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Sheriff’s office investigating after Roanoke man murdered

By Editor | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Sheriff’s office investigating after Roanoke man murdered

In the early morning hours of Wednesday, March 20, 2024, dispatch received a call in reference to a residence in the 1800 block of County Road 59 due to an unresponsive male. While traveling to the residence, the deputy ascertained the victim was en route to the hospital via ambulance. The deputy continued on to…

Roanoke Police arrest reports

By Editor | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Roanoke Police arrest reports

Arrest are for the period ending on March 25th Arrest Keimon Gregerian Sanders, 30, of 212 Piedmont Street, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay, Harassment – March 20 LeLane Fernezz Trammell, 38, of 126 Centerway Drive, Roanoke – Criminal Trespass – March 21 John Corbin Whaley, 39, of 135 Lebanon Street, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay…

Randolph County Sheirff’s reports

By Editor | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Randolph County Sheirff’s reports

Incident and arrest are for the period ending on March 25th A Woodland woman was arrested after property owners reported an attempted theft on County Road 512, near Hawk, on Saturday night. The owners of a pallet yard reported they pulled up and saw Sabrina Gail Harrington, 44, with two other people loading a black…

Wedowee to replace another town council member

By Mike McCormick | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on Wedowee to replace another town council member

At last week’s meeting of Wedowee Town Council, District 3 Council Member, A.J. Sims, was officially removed from his position on the council due to health issues. Mayor Tim Coe said that according to state law, “any member who had not attended a meeting or participated in council activities in 90 days shall be removed…

County commission corrects error on equipment purchase

By Mike McCormick | March 27, 2024 | Comments Off on County commission corrects error on equipment purchase

At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commission approved to retroactively correct a Scrivener’s error at the March 11 meeting to state the loan amount approved for the five-year financing to two Catapillar backhoe loaders from $306,324.46 to the correct loan amount of $311,583.06. The adjustment was a $5,258.60 increase in the price. A…

Roanoke Council talks trash at Monday meeting

By Tim Altork | March 20, 2024 | Comments Off on Roanoke Council talks trash at Monday meeting

The Roanoke City Council spent the better part of Monday’s council meeting talking trash. Specifically the council discussed ways in which the city could alleviate the never-ending buildup of what is referred to as C&D (construction and demolition) trash at roadside locations throughout the city. At the heart of the issue is the city’s decision…

Grant to aid East Alabama rape victims

By Editor | March 20, 2024 | Comments Off on Grant to aid East Alabama rape victims

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling more than $473,000 to 11 agencies that serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in many counties across Alabama. One of those 11 agencies, Rape Counselors of East Alabama, has received $26,000 to serve victims of sexual assault in Lee, Macon, Randolph, Russell and Tallapoosa counties. “Victims…

Arson suspected in Roanoke truck fires

By Editor | March 20, 2024 | Comments Off on Arson suspected in Roanoke truck fires

Incidents and arrest are for the period ending on March 18th A Roanoke resident awoke early Tuesday morning to find two of his vehicles fully engulfed in flames in his driveway. Arson is suspected after a 2014 Toyota Tundra and a 1996 Ford F-150 were destroyed by fire around 2:30 Tuesday morning. The fire took…

High speed chase leads to arrest

By Editor | March 13, 2024 | Comments Off on High speed chase leads to arrest

Randolph County Sheriff’s Department assisted Lineville Police Department, Clay County Sheriff’s Department and State Troopers with a high-speed chase on Saturday afternoon. The driver of a green 1997 Chevrolet truck fled from Lineville Police during a traffic stop in which the officer had seen drug paraphernalia in plain sight inside the vehicle. RCSO spotted the…

County approves nearly $2M in equipment purchases

By Editor | March 13, 2024 | Comments Off on County approves nearly $2M in equipment purchases

At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commission approved over one million dollars in equipment purchases for the road department. The highest purchase approved was $1,172,425.20 for four Komatzu motor graders. Other equipment approved for purchase were two Caterpillar back hoe loaders at $306,324.46, one Energreen side cutter at $276,000 and one Caterpillar dozier…