(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Gary John Shewark, 63, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 16, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens.Mr. Shewark died Thursday, Jan. 13, at his home.Mr. Shewark is survived by his mother, Sara Shewark of Roanoke; and…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jim Murr, 83, of Roanoke will be at 1 p.m., Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, at Lowell Methodist Church with the Revs. Bo Lloyd and Ed Grooms officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Murr died Wednesday, Jan. 12, at The Inn at Traylor Nursing Home. Mr. Murr was born May…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Guy Amos “Peter” Nunn Jr., 49, of Carrollton, Ga., died Friday, Jan. 7, 2011. Services will be Thursday, Jan. 13, at 1 p.m. EST at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church in Woodland, Ala. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Walker Funeral Home, Carrollton.
A meeting Friday to prepare for possible snow and ice in Roanoke brought in department heads and employees, the city schools superintendent, and emergency management director Don Strength and paid dividends as much of the county did have an ice event. The weather closed city schools for Monday and Tuesday and will keep county schools…
WEDOWEE–During its workshop meeting last week Randolph County Commission learned about the Alabama Scenic River Trail and how it could benefit Randolph County. The Randolph County Commission meeting, scheduled for Jan. 10 was cancelled because of the icy weather. It won’t be made up, but the business gone over at the Jan. 6 workshop will…
The Randolph County Tigers came on strong at the end of last week by defeating the Woodland Bobcats and Cleburne County Tigers on the road. The Tigers returned from the Christmas break and lost to Lineville, 52-41, before bouncing back to earn a pair of wins. Lineville pulled out to a 10-6 lead in the…
The Handley Tigers took care of business last week by defeating Beulah, 77-21, to earn another area victory. Handley successfully took control of the game in the first quarter and never looked back. The Tigers led 32-7 at the end of the first. “We created some turnovers and got some easy baskets real quick,” Handley…
The fifth-ranked Woodland Lady Bobcats did what they do best last week– win convincingly. Woodland throttled two area foes, Lineville and Randolph County, to improve to 13-4 overall this season. The Lady Bobcats began their post-holiday play by hammering Lineville, 80-21, last Tuesday. As has been the case in nearly every game this season, the…
The Wadley Bulldogs struggled through three losses last week, but things may be starting to turn around for the Bulldogs this season. Wadley fell to Beulah last Tuesday night, 53-52, in a game that could have gone the other way with a little more depth. “We played pretty decent considering our situation,” Wadley head coach…
In 2004, USC defeated Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl to become national champions. On the outside looking in were the Auburn Tigers. Auburn ran through the SEC unscathed, yet couldn’t gain the hearts of poll voters to earn a spot in the title game. That year was the year the SEC can look back on…
This is being written before the BCS Championship Game, but going into that game the SEC was having a miserable bowl season, having lost five of nine games. The only bright spot of the bowl season was the 3-1 record against the Big Ten, which meant the league was only 2-4 against the rest of…
The Wadley Bulldogs struggled through three losses last week, but things may be starting to turn around for the Bulldogs this season. Wadley fell to Beulah last Tuesday night, 53-52, in a game that could have gone the other way with a little more depth. “We played pretty decent considering our situation,” Wadley head coach…
Arrests Jermaine D. Beard, 28, of 13335 Hwy. 48 W., Wedowee – three counts of failure to appear (child support) – Jan. 6 Joshua Henry Huddleston, 33, of Louina Road, Roanoke – three counts of failure to appear in court (possession of firearm, possession of precursor chemicals and unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance) –…
A meeting Friday to prepare for possible snow and ice in Roanoke brought in department heads and employees, the city schools superintendent, and emergency management director Don Strength and paid dividends as much of the county did have an ice event. The weather closed city schools for Monday and Tuesday and will keep county schools…
If you don’t mind, I’ll take my Mark Twain the way I take my coffee, my whiskey and my history: straight. I give Allen Gribben, professor of English at Auburn University in Montgomery, credit for good intentions. He detests the “n” word. He doesn’t like to hear it spoken in his presence and he doesn’t…
The fifth-ranked Woodland Lady Bobcats did what they do best last week— win convincingly. Woodland throttled two area foes, Lineville and Randolph County, to improve to 13-4 overall this season. The Lady Bobcats began their post-holiday play by hammering Lineville, 80-21, last Tuesday. As has been the case in nearly every game this season, the…
In 2004, USC defeated Oklahoma in the Orange Bowl to become national champions. On the outside looking in were the Auburn Tigers. Auburn ran through the SEC unscathed, yet couldn’t gain the hearts of poll voters to earn a spot in the title game. That year was the year the SEC can look back on…
I’m betting the folks at NewSouth Books in Montgomery are doing high-fives up and down Dexter Avenue over the national controversy erupting over their latest cover; Mark Twain’s Adventures of Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn: The NewSouth Edition. In what has been noted as a radical departure from previous publications of Twain’s most famous novels…
During the 2009 session of the Alabama Legislature H.B. 175 passed, lowering the population requirement for a municipal option (wet/dry vote) within a dry county from 7000 to 1000. This would allow Roanoke to vote on legalizing sales of alcohol within its borders but for one fact. Randolph is one of three counties specifically excluded…
This is being written before the BCS Championship Game, but going into that game the SEC was having a miserable bowl season, having lost five of nine games. The only bright spot of the bowl season was the 3-1 record against the Big Ten, which meant the league was only 2-4 against the rest of…