WEDOWEE—Randolph County Board of Education accepted the resignation of Woodland High School principal Ricky Murphy, who is headed to Cleburne County High School.Assistant principal Don Birchfield will take over as interim principal effective July 1.In other personnel items, the board approved:€ Jamie Abrams as physical education/head coach at Wadley High School.€ Jared Ross as band…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CIVIL ACTION NO.: CV10-053 ALLENE C. REEVES & MARCIA C. JOHNSON, PLAINTIFFS VS. A certain parcel of land located in Randolph County, Alabama, and more particularly described as follows: A parcel of land lying in the NE 1/4 of the NW 1/4 and the NW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section…
This is no longer news even though the report was released just yesterday. It’s the same result as last year. Alabama is the second fattest state in the country. With 31.6 percent of Alabama adults measured as obese, we trail only Mississippi and are tied with Tennessee. When those counted as merely overweight are added,…
Last week saw the greatest night in the history of Kentucky basketball, at least according to Kentucky basketball coach John Calipari. He saw five of players go in the first round of the NBA Draft, and according to Coach Cal that was far more important than any of the Wildcats’ seven national championships. At least…
It’s June 30. We’re about two months away from the start of football season, which is generally when people in Randolph County, wait, make that people all over the South, start talking about football. One thing the four county teams pride themselves on year in and year out is the quality of their opponents—the strength…
A passenger involved in a two-vehicle wreck at the intersection of U.S. 431 and Bud Cummings Road was injured on Friday morning. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, a 1996 Olds Delta 88 driven by Horace Lewis Nixon, 64, of Lanett, was northbound on U.S. 431. A 2009 Chevrolet Silverado driven by Joseph…
Owner: Town of Wadley, AL Sealed BIDS for the construction of: PROJECT NO. 242-S2 2009 CDBG Project: SM-ED-PF-09-006 Water and Sewer Improvements to Support Meadowcraft Industries (Wadley Holdings, LLC) will be received by: Town of Wadley P.O. Box 0320 (265 Highland Avenue) Wadley, AL 36276 City Hall (256) 395-2261 ** Fax (256) 395-4411 until 10:00…
A Wedowee man is charged with second-degree theft after he was discovered with several items he allegedly stole. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Donnie Strain, local game warden Harry Clark stopped Jacob Lee Wood, 20, of 1914 County Rd. 238, Wedowee, on Sunday at a boat ramp. Clark was writing Wood a ticket…
State Rep. Robert Bentley is coming under close scrutiny for political ads which some say falsely suggest he served in Vietnam. One frame in his ads shows an Air Force fighter jet and a list of names on a marble marker, some appearing to be World War II vets and others from the Vietnam era.…
Mayor Mike Fisher said David Acton Building’s $307,350 bid to renovate the nutrition center on West Point Street has been accepted. The company has 135 days to complete the work. Fisher said the center will move to the National Guard Armory when the construction starts. There will be a locked area for the center’s supplies.…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum swore in board member Penny Bradshaw for a new five-year term and the board elected officers for the 2010-2011 school year at last week’s meeting. Calvin Trammell Jr. thanked the board for the confidence they have had in him as president. He has loved serving as president but thought…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ray Yarbrough and wife, Deborah Yarbrough on the 3rd day of October, 2009, to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
“We had a lot more garbage bags than we did people,” Mayor Mike Fisher said of Saturday’s clean-up day. But he was pleased and appreciative of those who did participate on a hot day. “It was a plus if we picked up one bag of garbage. One group alone picked up about 12 bags,” he…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV2010-052 TERESA MOORE, et al PLAINTIFF Vs. JACKIE TAYLOR, et al DEFENDANT PUBLICATION NOTICE TO: Tracy Taylor Terry Taylor Whereabouts unknown Notice is hereby given that a Complaint for Sale for Division of property belonging to the Estate of Matthew Taylor and Margaret Taylor has been filed in the Circuit…
First place in LaGrange. First place in Gulf Shores. Firt place in Columbus— headlines like these have become a staple of the sports section. The reason for the headlines, the Roanoke Mustangs AAU travel team, has been a dominant force in the area for a couple of years now. But it hasn’t been an easy…
A few years ago The Oxford American magazine was doing an issue on places to see and things to do in Dixie. They asked me to recommend a couple in Alabama and write a short piece on my choices. I sent in two. I said that everyone should walk across the Edmund Pettis Bridge at…
Randolph County is the place to be this Fourth of July weekend, with plenty of activities to appeal to everyone. Things get underway Friday with the Randolph County Sheriff’s PCA Rodeo on Hwy. 431 just north of Wedowee. Gates open at 5 and the rodeo events begin at 7:30 both Friday and Saturday nights. The…
ROCK STAND—A Rock Stand man is recovering from an accidental self-inflicted gunshot wound. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Gregg Dendinger, Charles Glen Jackson, who is in his 40s, of 197 County Rd. 690 accidentally shot himself in the chest while cleaning the handgun around noon on Thursday of last week. Jackson was airlifted…
IN RE: THE ESTATE OF RALPH D. BLAIR, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: TONY BLAIR, ADDRESS UNKNOWN You are hereby notified that on this day came Freddy J. Pitts and filed in this court a certain paper in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Ralph D. Blair, deceased,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James H. Williams, 52, of Wedowee will be at 11 a.m., Monday, June 28, 2010, at Union Chapel Methodist Church with the Revs. Spidell, William Phillips and William Crawford officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6:30 to 8 p.m.…