The primary agencies who help people with utility bills have no funds right now. Their representatives say this lack of funds is due to several causes such as the economy, high bills and the number of unemployed.Local Red Cross director Abby Phipps said all the funds remitted from Alabama Power Company as part of the…

I just wonder how this country will be governed the next few years. It is appearing to be becoming ungovernable. As soon as President Barack Obama’s plan to reduce the deficit became public the Republicans jumped on it, just as they have virtually everything else he has done except for escalation of the war in…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Linda Mae Bridges, an unmarried woman, on the 28th day of February, 2009, to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in…

According to Randolph County Narcotics Unit investigator David Cofield, two Roanoke men were arrested on Friday of last week following the execution of a search warrant at their home at 251 Bell Rd. The two are Clarence Junior “Tuck” Tucker, 42, charged with possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia, and Angelo…

Area churches and organizations are working to help earthquake ravaged Haiti. Among these are United Methodist Women, who are assembling donated items for hygiene health kits. Needed items for a kit, which should be new, include: toothbrushes in the original wrapping, sturdy combs, hand towels that are either 15 inches by 25 inches or 17…

RANDOLPH COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by Will L. Thackston and June Thackston, as joint debtors, Mortgagor(s) to Small Town Bank, Mortgagee, on January 12, 2009, said mortgage being recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph…

Below are communications from Haiti since SIFAT executive director Tom Corson of Wedowee and SIFAT graduate Trey Reed of Roanoke left to help in the Haiti relief effort last Thursday, Jan. 21. SIFAT is currently focusing on providing clean drinking water and is collaborating with a network of mission agencies on the ground including HERO…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Charles J. Jordan and Linda S. Jordan, husband and wife, to Wells Fargo Home Mortgage, Inc., on the 30th day of January, 2004, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…

No I cannot forget where it is that I come from I cannot forget the people who love me Yeah, I can be myself here in this small town And people let me be just what I want to be. John Cougar Mellencamp – “Small Town” Commonality helps bind a community together. On the 1960s…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for M. L. Burgess, 88, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Jan. 28, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Rock Mills United Methodist Church with the Revs. Bill Boggan and Jamie Taylor officiating. Mr. Burgess will lie in state at the church from noon until 2 p.m. before the service. Burial will follow in…

A custodian at Handley Middle School was arrested on Friday of last week for allegedly showing a student explicit photos stored on his cell phone. According to school resource officer Derek Farr, Tommy Kevin Knight, 45, of 121 Mulberry St., Roanoke, is charged with distribution of material harmful to minors. The student in question is…

The Handley Tigers capitalized on their title run in the county tournament by running through three straight wins over the last week. Handley’s first victory after the county tournament was a 65-54 decision over Cleburne County last Tuesday night on the road. The Tigers were on fire from the outset, shutting down Heflin’s offensive attacks.…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated July 10, 2003, executed by BRENDA ARTHUR and RAY L. ARTHUR, JR., to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS” ) Solely as nominee for UNITED COMMUNITY BANK OF WEST GEORGIA, which mortgage was recorded on July 25, 2003, in…

(ROANOKE) Dorothy Wright, 49, of Roanoke died Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital, Anniston. A memorial service will be Wednesday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. at Saint James New Beginnings, Graham, with the Rev. Bobby Harris officiating. Survivors include a daughter, Lashaunte Wright of Roanoke; two sons, Craig Wright of Graham and Gregg…

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Retha Traylor Harmon of Wedowee was Sunday, Jan. 24, 2010, at 2 p.m. at Zion Baptist Church with the Rev. Howard Woody officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Harmon died Friday, Jan. 22, at Clay County Hospital. Mrs. Harmon is survived by one daughter, Shirley Green of Ashland; four…

(ROANOKE) The funeral for Nora Bailey Yarbrough, 92, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Jan. 26, 2010, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Revs. David Holmes and Bill Boggan officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Yarbrough died Saturday, Jan. 23, at Traylor Nursing Home in Roanoke. Survivors include a son, Jim…

(LANETT) Elizabeth Nan Sims Gillenwaters, 52, of Lanett died Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010, at home after a courageous battle with cancer. She was born in Chambers County, Nov. 1, 1957. She is survived by her husband, Donnie Gillenwaters; her parents Jack and Ramona Sims of Buchanan, Ga.; one brother, Scott Sims; a nephew; in-laws Clarice…

(THOMASTON, Ga.) The funeral for Bobby Jack Amason, 68, of Thomaston, Ga., was Monday, Jan. 25, 2010, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wes Kinsey officiating. Burial followed at Hill View East Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga. Mr. Amason died Friday, Jan. 22, at Upton Regional Medical Center in Thomaston. Survivors include…

(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Imogene Sheppard, 77, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Jan. 27, 2010, at Union Hill Congregational Methodist Church with Revs. Billy Kennedy and Ronnie Williams officiating. Mrs. Sheppard will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Cemetery. The family will…

(ELLICOTT CITY, Md.) Margaret W. Chastain, 85, of Ellicott City, Md., died Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, at the home of her daughter in Warrenton, Va. Born on June 18, 1924, in Cragford, she was the daughter of the late James and Stella Wilkinson of Roanoke and the sister of the late Annette Green of Knoxville,…