The Wadley Christmas Parade will be Saturday at 2 p.m. A number of local businesses are entering floats for the first time, according to Marla Webb, a member of Envision Wadley, which is sponsoring the parade.There is no entry fee, she said, inviting people to participate. The lineup will begin at 1 p.m. on Tallapoosa…
APAC Mid-South, Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of a contract with the State of Alabama for construction of Project No. STMAA-0022(510), Randolph County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning November 24, 2010 and ending on December 15, 2010. All claims should be filed at PO Box 7850, Oxford, AL 36203 during…
Arrests Crystal Lynn Holliday, 26, of Industrial Boulevard, Apt. A-1, Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 22 Christopher LaJuan Heard, 29, of 573 Border St., Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 22 Carey Daniel Parker, 32, of 260 Seymour Dr., Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 21 Aberdella Stanford Scott, 43, of West Point, Ga.…
Two major Thanksgiving dinners will be provided for the public—one in Roanoke and one in Wadley, although there may be more. They are free and everyone is welcome. Various churches, civic organizations and individuals are coming together to try ensure no one does without a traditional Thanksgiving dinner and the familial type of fellowship on…
Never trust someone who uses the prefix “Dr.” in front of his name when he never earned the degree. Yet that was how “Dr.” Roy Johnson Jr. referred to himself in press releases during his days as president of Southern Union State Community College. His claim to this title was an honorary doctorate he was…
Effort designed to conserve water during drought Alabama Power will soon begin reducing by 10 percent the releases of water from hydroelectric dams on the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers. The reduction is part of an effort to conserve water supplies in the face of developing drought conditions and could begin as early as the first…
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Dana Mae Henderson, 88, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery with Tony Henderson delivering the eulogy. Miss Henderson died Tuesday, Nov. 23, at Roanoke HealthCare Center. Survivors include one brother, Richard Roy “Pete” Henderson, and several nieces and nephews. A…
Iron Bowl week is here. Let the rejoicing begin! This is the one week of the year that separates Alabamians more than a debate on a bingo bill. This is the week that finds Thanksgiving a little more spirited (and by spirited I mean full of Auburn-Alabama jokes and endless shenanigans) than in most states.…
Employees of the Roanoke’s Streets Department worked last week demolishing the old Edwards building across from the police department. The city had accepted the one-story brick building on West Point Street from Robert K. Edwards, paying him $10. Streets Supervisor Donnie Cash said it took his crew about a day and a half to clean…
The Randolph County Commission is studying the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Fuller Crossroads Community being more particularly described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of County Road 222 and County Road 261, for a point of beginning, thence run northerly along County Road 261 a distance of 0.554 miles to…
Basketball season is set to tip off for many county basketball teams, while several have started already. Handley, Woodland, Randolph County and Wadley will each hit the court in the coming week to start their respective 2010 campaigns. With several coaching changes in the county, this year should provide fans with plenty of exciting basketball.…
A few days after the Alabama/Penn State game a friend sent me a piece from PennLive.com, an online newspaper from, you guessed it, Pennsylvania. It was a commentary on the writer’s recent visit to Tuscaloosa to witness the Crimson Tide put a bad beating on the Nittany Lions. It was titled: “Southern hospitality is no…
Esta Elizabeth Thompson died Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010, at age 97. She is survived by her sons, Weyman E. Thompson and Richard C. Thompson and his wife, Zandra, all of Newnan, Ga., and James Dell Thompson and his wife, Jerry Anne, of Wedowee; daughter, Glenna T. Moss and her husband James of Fayetteville, Ga.; daughter-in-law,…
(COLUMBUS, Ohio) Staley Staples, 83, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. He was born in Wadley, Ala., on Feb. 19, 1927, and he worked for Westinghouse for 20 years. He also worked for the Columbus City School Board for five years, and he enjoyed fishing. Staley is survived by his children, Gary (Janice), Kenneth (Carrie), Ronald…
(OPELIKA) Mary Holloway, 82, of Opelika died Nov. 17, 2010, at East Alabama Medical Center. A native of Randolph County, born Sept. 14, 1928, Mrs. Holloway was the daughter of the late Cora and Luna Morgan. She was a member of Pepperell Baptist Church. She was preceded in death by her husband, Calvin C. Holloway,…
(OAKWOOD, Ga.) Sara “Emily” Moore, 94, of Oakwood, Ga., died Friday, Nov. 19, 2010, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following an extended illness. Graveside services were Sunday, Nov. 21, at 2 p.m. in Memorial Park Cemetery. The Rev. Henry Loggins officiated. Mrs. Moore was born Feb. 27, 1916, in Newnan, Ga., to the late Jesse…
(MACON, Ga.) Jeanne Gray Lindley Rives, 66, died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, after a long battle with cancer. She was born in Olympia, Wash., to the late Corine Gray Lindley and the late William Ziba Lindley. She grew up in Panama City, Fla., and graduated from Bay High School. She attended Wesleyan College, where she…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Alvin Thomas Hill, 71, of Newell will be Tuesday, Nov. 23, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Bethel West Baptist Church with Rev. Jerry Bolt, Bro. Jamie Meeks and Bro. Wendell White officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Hill died Sunday, Nov. 21, at his residence. Mr. Hill is…
(AUSTELL, Ga.) C.W. “Bill” Bailey, 92, of Austell, Ga., died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010. Born in Randolph County, Ala., on Aug. 4, 1918, he was the oldest child of the late Oran Patrick and Ruby Moore Bailey. Mr. Bailey was a veteran of World War II, having served in the army as a medic with…
(MOSINEE, Wis.) Rose J. Zell, 91, Mosinee, Wis., died Thursday, Nov. 18, 2010, at Mount View Care Center, Wausau, Wis. Rose was a homemaker. Survivors include four sons and their wives, Francis and Deb Zell Jr., of Hudson, Wis., James Zell of Mosinee, Paul and Dee Zell of Wedowee and Joseph and Burna Zell, Waupaca,…