WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission has had a setback in its plans to renovate downtown buildings for office space.Chairman Doyle Allen told the commissioners that after speaking with the Board of Examiners and the Association of County Commissions of Alabama, it was determined that the renovation of buildings recently purchased from the Town of Wedowee must be…

Local residents are invited to participate in Scale Back Alabama, which kicked off Saturday, Jan. 22. Now in its fifth year, the 10-week contest is an attempt to encourage Alabamians to lose weight, to exercise and to have fun while doing it. Last year’s campaign drew more than 30,000 people in almost every county with…

Employees of the city of Roanoke Water, Sewer, Gas and Filter Plant have been receiving questions about insurance being promoted for repair or replacement of leaking or broken water lines, but they have nothing to do with the solicitation being mailed to local residents. It states on the document being mailed to some local people…

WEDOWEE–The Town of Wedowee will conduct a public hearing as part of its council meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 1, to consider rezoning three parcels of property north of downtown. According to Mayor Tim Coe, the properties are known as the Kerr property north of WM Grocery, the mini-warehouses behind NAPA and a parcel behind the…

Roanoke was rocking Saturday night at the old National Guard Armory. My sister, Ginger, her husband, Danny Dennis, and I were shocked when we neared the armory and vehicles were everywhere. We thought Soul Tymes Nine would bring a crowd but nothing like the crowd they did bring. Rhonda Bailey Baldwin had been publicizing it…

Isn’t it about time that we stopped playing “gotcha” with public figures who inadvertently give offense when none was intended? Several examples come to mind. During the 2008 election campaign, John McCain used the term “tar baby” to describe a sticky situation postulated during a question-and-answer ses-sion. The media were reach-ing for the smelling salts.…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Lamar Brown, 88, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating.  Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens.    Mr. Brown died Sunday, Jan. 23, at Randolph Medical Center. A Clay County native, Mr. Brown was born Sept.…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Susan Elizabeth “Beth” Chandler, 53, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Thursday, Jan. 27, 2011, at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Mrs. Chandler died Monday, Jan. 24, at Emory University Hospital. Mrs. Chandler was born Nov. 25, 1957, the daughter of Lynn and Margaret Geneva Gooden…

“Anyone here today who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior, I’m telling you, you’re not my brother and you’re not my sister, and I want to be your brother.”Those were the words of our new governor, speaking soon after taking office at the King Memorial Baptist Church a block from the capitol. I…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Jean Cates Morris of Bowdon, Ga., died Saturday, Jan. 22, 2011 at her residence.  She was 71. Mrs. Morris was born on April 19, 1939, in Graham, Ala., to the late Major and Louise Lowery Cates.  She was retired from the Carroll County Board of Education, where she worked Jonesville Middle School in…

(GRAHAM) Alfred Runyan of Graham died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, at his residence. He was 85. Mr. Runyan was born in Randolph County on Dec. 17, 1925, to the late Sam and Missie Cosper Runyan. He was a U.S. Navy veteran of World War II. He worked as a farmer and had retired as a…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Tommie Sue Parmer, 72, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Jan. 18, 2011, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Parmer was born March 16, 1938, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Floyd and Mamie Osborn Bowen. She was a member of Grayhill Baptist Church and retired from Milliken and Company. Mrs. Parmer loved flowers…

(MOBILE) Warren C. Harris, a native of Wadley and a longtime resident of Mobile, died peacefully at his home on Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011. Mr. Harris attended the University of Alabama graduating from the School of Law. He was a Naval aviator during World War II and retired from State Farm Insurance as a claims…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Mary Myrtle Tucker, 86, of Roanoke were Friday, Jan. 21, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Billy Puckett and Don Quick officiating. Burial followed at White’s Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery.   Mrs. Tucker died Wednesday, Jan. 19, at Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. A former resident…

I like Christmas surpris-es. In past years I have gotten some dandies.The surprise of this sea-son was an e-mail from my buddy John with a link to YouTube and something called “Flash Mob” doing something at a food court. Now John is not one of the friends who sends me links to sites with names…

“We will move forward together or not at all.”These words from President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech last night have been proven to be true in recent years.With the partisan divide that exists among our elected representatives, we don’t seem to have moved forward. In fact, the country’s interests have taken a backseat…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Aubrey Jordan, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., on the 28th day of June, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…

State of Alabama Randolph County Real Estate Sale Notice Pursuant to the Order of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, entered on the 14th day of January, 2011, the undersigned, S. Sanford Holliday, Attorney at Law, Roanoke, Alabama, will offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder in front of the Randolph County…