Long-time Roanoke attorney Oliver Kitchens is retiring, but two attorneys new to the area will be joining the community and moving in to his law offices on U.S. 431 south in Roanoke.Scott Hewitt moved to Roanoke on February 1, and Mary Craig will be here permanently on May 1. Currently she is working in Roanoke…

It is important. It is extremely important. You will likely get that census form this week. Do not set it aside. Do not throw it in the trash. Fill it out for your family, your town and your state. Whatever your circumstances are right now they may change in the next 10 years. You may…

(POCOMOKE CITY, Md.) Martha Winifred Parkhurst Blair, 99, of Pocomoke City, Md., formerly of Knoxville, Tenn., died Wednesday, March 10, 2010, at Hartley Hall Nursing Home in Pocomoke City. Mrs. Blair was born Sept. 8, 1910, in Bluffton, Ind., to the late Fredrick and Martha King Parkhurst. She was a member of Beaver Dam Presbyterian…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for William Eugene Hill, 60, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, March 17, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richard Richie officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 16. Mr. Hill…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Charlotte Clark Frieson, an unmarried woman, to Ameriquest Mortgage Company, on the 20th day of October, 2004, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 472, Page 593;…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Steven Alan Cason, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 17th day of February, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 477, Page 4; the undersigned Wells…

Default having being made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by David W. Turner and wife, Shelia A. Turner in favor of Jim Walter Homes, Inc., dated March 5, 1998 and recorded June 10, 1998, in Book 360, Page 211, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Heritage Lending & Investments, LLC on April 12, 2007, by William Mitchum and Theresa Mitchum Husband and Wife as Joint Tenants with Rights of Survivorship, and recorded in…

Arrests Chauncey Bibb, 27, of Hope Hull – first-degree theft – March 15 Melvin Rae “Ree Ree” Battle, 37, of Daviston – probation violation – March 15 Demetrus Sutton, 25, of 324 East Ave., Roanoke – probation violation – March 10 Christopher Bibb, 42, of Hope Hull – first-degree theft – March 9 Grand jury…

(FIVE POINTS) The funeral for Edward Bruce Akins Sr., 78, of Five Points, will be Saturday, March 13, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Stiles Akins and Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in the old New Hope Baptist Cemetery, Fredonia. The family will receive friends at the funeral home…

Last week was the first time I’ve taken a full week off from work here at The Leader since I began a little over three years ago. Some of my friends have called me a workaholic for that reason. But that’s not really the case. The real reason I don’t like to take off for…

The dispute over electronic bingo is putting many of the state’s top leaders in conflict from Gov. Bob Riley and his illegal gambling task force, to Attorney General Troy King to Fifth Judicial District Attorney E. Paul Jones, circuit judges, the legislature, and the state’s court system. Circuit Judge Robert Vance of Birmingham ruled Monday…

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 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:…

I went to a Metallica concert. Took four teenage boys. I know. Crazy as a run-over dog. See what comes of trying to be a good parent. I have an older daughter—now grown up with job and benefits. When she was young she wanted to go to things teenagers wanted to go to. I took…

It was stunning in a way, yet it was not unexpected. Whatever the issue, blame the vulnerable. That was former House Majority Leader Tom Delay saying unemployment compensation encourages people not to look for work. For several years now those who follow the news have seen the lines of hundreds and in some cases thousands…

Terry Sparks of New Hope has qualified for coroner on the Democratic ticket, according to Randolph County Democratic Executive Committee Chairman James Harris. Sparks is a licensed embalmer and funeral director and works for Benefield Funeral Home in Wedowee and Quattlebaum Funeral Home in Roanoke. Coroner Randy Gibbs said after 16 years, or four terms,…

Last June at the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club, State Retirement System CEO David Bronner made the prediction that sometime in 2011 Alabama government’s financial problems would “hit the wall.” His predictions were: € All the states will be running into deficits in 2011, Alabama included. € The commercial real estate market will hit the wall, like…