The Handley Tigers weren’t up against particularly tough odds on the road at Central Coosa Friday night, but the Tigers played a solid ball game and came away with a 46-0 region win.“I think our kids just did what they had to do,” Handley head coach Mike Battles said. “It was nothing other than getting…

1:30 p.m. Until further notice, Wadley First United Methodist Church Food_Bank will be open the second Wednesday of each month from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Recipients must meet federal guidelines. Applicants should bring one of the following: proof of eligibility for food stamps, AFDC or SSI, proof of income below poverty level, or proof of…

Wadley High School homecoming parade will be Thursday, Oct. 21, at 5:30 followed by a community pep rally at the school and hamburger and hot dog supper. The parade starts on Tallapoosa Street and goes down Main Street to the new gym. The homecoming king will be crowned that night. Contact WHS if you have…

A Roanoke man was transported to University Hospital in Birmingham Tuesday morning following an accident with a tractor-trailer on Main Street. According to the report by Roanoke Police Department, Michael Wayne Holloway, 32, of 1450 Main St., was transferred by Livesaver Helicopter following the accident. A 2003 Peterbuilt truck, driven by Ronnie Ray Hester, 52,…

The bingo bill vote-buying indictments announced last week should serve as a wake-up call for Alabama’s legislators. If history is any indication, it won’t. Some, including Bob Martin below, portray these allegations of payment for votes as business as usual. That may be true, but if so it should be reason for public outrage, even…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DV 2010-000011 M.L. AWBREY, INC. PLAINTIFF VS. HERBERT LEVERETTE DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to Herbert Leverette that a Complaint has been filed against you in the District Court of Randolph County. You are hereby notified that a response to the Complaint must be filed with the Circuit Clerk…

(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Jack E. Gresham, 66, of Douglasville, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010. He was born in Rome, Ga., on March 15,1944, to Clemon and Mae Gresham. He worked at Lockheed as a supervisor for wing division on the C-130 aircraft. He was a veteran of the Air Force Reserves and a member of…

When I first arrived in Montgomery as a reporter many years back those lobbyists who frequently entertained legislators, governors and important state officials were called “honey trees” or “honey bees” by some. There was no such thing as PACS (Political Action Committees) to legally pass money for favors. It was usually done in cash, hand-to-hand,…

WADLEY – Wadley Mayor Jim Dabbs said the town voted to swap the land where the old town hall sits as soon as it is demolished to Lynn and Ron Newsome in exchange for their paved parking lot next to their business, Homeways. Councilwoman Lynn Newsome abstained on the vote, which was unanimous. The town…

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Johns and Kirksey, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for, Reroofing Various Buildings at Randolph County High School and Rock Mills Jr. High School, Wadley High School, Project 09-212B, Owner, Randolph County Board of Education, Wedowee, Alabama, and has…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Default having been made in payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Derrick Foster, a single person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Allied Home Mortgage Capital Corporation, dated the 20th day of March, 2009; said mortgage is recorded in…

I recently returned from Columbia, South Carolina, where I took part in a spirited debate over which is the most important sport in the South—NASCAR or football. I got football (see column a couple of weeks ago). It wasn’t really a debate in the sense of there being winners or losers, but rather it was…

The Wadley Bulldogs went into the Winterboro game on a mission, and despite a rough first half, found a way to take home a 21-7 region win. Wadley scored three second-half touchdowns to overcome a 7-0 first-half deficit and ensure a spot in the playoffs. “It was a little sloppy in the first half,” Wadley…

The Southeastern Conference race took an interesting turn last weekend with South Carolina’s win over Alabama. So just who is the favorite now? Is it the Gamecocks? How about LSU, the team that keeps avoiding losses by the skin of its teeth? Could it be Auburn, the team that manages to pull out victories in…

Lanett at Woodland

(WOODLAND) Mrs. Tommie Shelnutt Dean, 76, of Woodland died Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2010, at her home. Funeral services for Mrs. Dean were Thursday, Oct. 7, at 2 p.m. at Tom Stutts and Son Funeral Home Chapel in Franklin, Ga., with the Rev. Dewayne Caldwell officiating. Interment followed in the Franklin City Cemetery. Mrs. Dean was…