ArrestsRicky Heflin, 48, of Cotney Line, Roanoke – failure to appear in court (child support) – March 1Jefferson W. Few Jr., 57, of 350 Wilkie Clark Dr., Roanoke – failure to appear in court (child support) – March 1Tico Shanta Ford, 25, of 644 County Rd. 678 – failure to appear in court (bad check)…

Have you wondered why Gov. Riley and his Anti-Gambling Task Force commander, the district attorney in Mobile, haven’t raided the Greenetrack casino in Greene County? There’s really a simple answer. The county’s sheriff has said he’ll shoot the first person who tries to shut down bingo machines at the racetrack. I don’t think the governor…

(ANNISTON) Services for Alar Mae Grier Morris, 88, of Anniston will be Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Haven United Methodist Church with the Rev. Watt Washington officiating. Burial will be in New Hope Cemetery in Bynum The family will receive friends Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Morris died…

FOSTER’S CROSSROADS—This week marks six months since Dustin Daniel “Dusty” McFalls drowned on Lake Wedowee while diving under to find a lost fishing rod. McFalls was visiting his cousins, Wendell and Wylette Green, north of Foster’s Bridge on August 29 when the 21-year-old Powder Springs, Ga., man went under and failed to resurface. The Greens…

BACON LEVEL—A body found in the back of a burning car in the Bacon Level community early Sunday has been positively identified. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Jimmy Holmes, dental records examined on Tuesday confirmed the identity of Dennis Mitchell, 52, of 8209 County Rd. 16. Preliminary autopsy results show no foul play.…

In the 1920s and 1930s, Superintendent Harvey Enloe, called “Mr. Harv” by his employees, applied a night-watch system on the Lowell Mill Village. Each evening at dusk, Enloe’s employed African-American driver would motor him quietly and slowly up and down the streets of the Mill Village. If any cursing, fighting or drunkenness was observed or…

AN ORDINANCE TO PROHIBIT ELECTRONIC MESSAGING WHILE DRIVING WHEREAS, the use of wireless communications devices by motorists for electronic messaging has increased in recent years, and; WHEREAS, while wireless communications devices have assisted with quick reporting of road emergencies, their use has also contributed to accidents and other mishaps thereby endangering the citizens of the…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Linda Theresa Carroll Lawson, 66, of Roanoke will be Friday, March 5, 2010, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Steve Dean and Derek Farr officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March 4. Mrs. Lawson died Wednesday,…

ST. TAMMANY PARRISH, La.—A Randolph County man was arrested on Thursday of last week and charged with assisting in the escape of an accused murderer in Louisiana. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Greg Dendinger, RCSO was contacted on Wednesday of last week by the St. Tammany Parrish, La., Sheriff’s Office Major Crimes Unit…

Arrests James Leslie Bishop Jr., 41, of Boaz – failure to appear in court – Feb. 28 Keon Bernard Brown, 24, of 326 East Ave., Roanoke – domestic violence and harassment – Feb. 26 Betty Brown, 43, of 516 Knight Ave., Roanoke – harassment – Feb. 26

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, March 4 8:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission will have an agenda workshop meeting at Randolph County Courthouse Annex. Those wishing to address the commission should call…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV2010-021 Pristine Lake Properties, LLC, Plaintiff Vs. William T. Campbell Jr., Susan Green, Christine W. Johnstson, Reid Johnston, Eugenie Johnston Miller, Helen Johnston Vaughn, William H. Johnston Jr., Eugene Rhodes Johnston Jr., James Gilbert Johnston Jr., Marianne Johnston, Catherine R. Johnston, Ann Johnston Van Fleet, Elizabeth G. Johnston, Hollis Johnston…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Dennis Wayne Mitchell, 52, of Roanoke will be Friday, March 5, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home with the Revs. Gerald Sheppard and Jody Overton officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5to 8 p.m. on Thursday, March…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Marsha Meschell Bowen, 55, of Roanoke will be Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Potash Church of God with the Revs. Vernon Willis and Keith Benefield officiating. Mrs. Bowen will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The…

A memorial service for Mr. Neola Davis, 67, will be Sunday, March 7, 2010, at 3 p.m. at 495 Smith St., Roanoke. He died Friday, Feb. 26, at Beckwood Manor Nursing Home in Anniston. He leaves to cherish his memories two sisters, Wynola Mozee and Louise Greene both of Cincinnati, Ohio; and a host of…

(LAFAYETTE) Rena Adams, 86, of LaFayette died Feb. 26, 2010, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Mrs. Adams was born in Chambers County on Dec. 14, 1923. She was retired from the Alabama Department of Pensions and Security after 25 years of service. She was a member of Milltown Baptist Church. Graveside services were at…

(WOODLAND) Services for William Dale Dye, 63, of Woodland were Monday, March 1, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church, with the Revs. Wendell Ford, David Daniel and Tony Morris officiating. Burial was in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Dye died Saturday, Feb. 27, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Survivors include two sons,…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The Rev. Jay Knight, 76, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at his home. Rev. Knight was born July 10, 1933, in Graham, Ala., son of the late Earl David and Clara Jane Brown Knight. He was a Baptist minister for 52 years and was a school bus driver for the…

(GADSDEN) A memorial service was at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010, at First Baptist Church of Gadsden for Vernon Woodard Wilson, 91, of Gadsden, who died at his home on Saturday, Feb. 20. The Rev. Bryan Blass officiated. A graveside service was held prior on Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Nances Creek Cemetery…

(WOODLAND) Nina Butler DeLamar, 88, of Woodland, formerly of West Point, Ga., died Friday, Feb. 26, 2010, at her grandson’s residence in Roanoke. The funeral was Sunday, Feb. 28, at 3 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church in Woodland with the Revs. Vernon Willis and Earl Rollins officiating. Burial followed at Marseilles Cemetery in West…