Keep an eye on your churches and lock up your trucks, as both were targeted last week in Randolph County.At least four rural churches were burglarized and vandalized over the weekend.A passing motorist noticed the door open at Rock Springs Church on County Road 815 in south-central Randolph County. Inside a television, DVD/VCR, microwave, stereo,…

Thanksgiving is upon us. In spite of this horrible year I have so much to be thankful for. I am thankful I finally have a president I admire, who cares about more than his rich friends. Although, as usual, the powers that be are still trying to ensure they get richer and richer, bringing to…

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, November 26, Thanksgiving Day 11 a.m. Share-A-Meal will serve a traditional Thanksgiving Day meal until 1 p.m. at First United Methodist Church Family Life Center in…

The Wadley community and its newest member, Wadley Holdings LLC, the old Plantation Patterns, are coming together to provide a Thanksgiving feast for those seeking a good meal and some fellowship. Wadley Holdings is underwriting the cost of the meal at Wadley High School lunchroom. It will be Thursday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Cotina W. Terry, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Synovus Mortgage Corp., on the 13th day of May, 2003, said mortgage recorded 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 by Stephen A. Clark and Sheila A. Clark, husband and wife, on July 13, 2000, to Green Tree Servicing LLC successor servicer to Greenpoint Credit Corp., which mortgage is recorded in Mortgage Book 404, Page 611, in the Office…

(MONTGOMERY) Mary Head Bailey, 85 of Montgomery died Monday, Nov. 23, 2009, at Jackson Hospital in Montgomery. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. EST Friday, Nov. 27, at Vance Memorial Chapel, Phenix City, with ministers Mark Trevathan and Larry Vaughn officiating. Interment will follow at Lakeview Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends from…

Streets Supervisor Donnie Cash said Roanoke Municipal Airport will be closed from Nov. 30 until work at the airport is completed, which will depend upon the weather. Sunday, he will meet with the experts to do test applications that will need to cure for 24 hours prior to being evaluated, followed by other testing and…

CASE NO. CV09-0105 State of Alabama, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Plaintiff Vs. Jamie Jerome Lewis, Alias; and Four Thousand Three Hundred Ten Dollars in U.S. Currency ($4310.00); one (1) 22 Caliber Pistol Serial #1058429, and A, B and C, Defendants NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any and all…

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(FOREST PARK, Ga.) Johnnie P. Overton, 93, of Forest Park, Ga., died Friday, Nov. 20, 2009. Service will be Monday, Nov. 23, at 2 p.m. at Rock Springs Baptist Church, Morrow, Ga., with the Rev. Tommy Aman officiating. Interment will follow at Forest Hills Memorial Gardens. He is survived by his wife, Elsie Cox Overton;…

(VILLA RICA, Ga.) Services for Carolyn Gray Valliere, 56, of Villa Rica, Ga., will be Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Robert Mount officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens, Roanoke. Mrs. Valliere died Saturday, Nov. 21, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Mrs.…

(WADLEY) Services for Bruce Leroy Brooks, 75, of Wadley will be Tuesday, Nov. 24, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Corinth Christian Church with the Revs. Phillip Gore, Ricky Cummings and Rudy Tidwell officiating. Mr. Brooks will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in adjoining church cemetery. The…

The Handley Tigers thwarted UMS Wright’s state championship hopes and continued their own journey toward Tuscaloosa with a 13-10 win in Mobile Friday night. Handley scored first on a 2-yard touchdown run courtesy of Ladarrious Phillips with 1:16 left in the first quarter. Austin Fetner’s point after was blocked leaving Handley with a 6-0 lead.…

(DOUGLASVILLE, Ga.) Joel Edward McWhorter, 66, of Douglasville, Ga., died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, after a long and courageous battle with small-cell lung cancer. Joel was born on Feb. 13, 1943, in Cedartown, Ga., to the late Henry Ralph and Louise May Roberts McWhorter. He graduated from Cedartown High School and pursued a career in…

(ROANOKE) David Lee Smith, 49, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Mr. Smith is survived by one son, David Lee William Smith; and two brothers, Robert Smith and Scott Smith, both of Roanoke. Mr. Smith was born Oct. 6, 1960, the son of David M. and Dorothy Robinson…

(WEDOWEE) Services for John Franklin Edgar Sr., 88, of Wedowee will be held Saturday, Nov. 21, 2009, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church with the Rev. David Edgar and the Rev. Don Paris officiating. Burial will follow in Westview Cemetery in Atlanta. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…

Roanoke PD arrests Kathy Staples McFarlin, 44, of 7036 Hwy. 22, Rock Mills – harassment – Nov. 14 Wendell Derrell “Man” Hendricks, 27, of 315 Government St., Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Nov. 13 Victoria Johnson Paige, 33, of 241 County Rd. 79, Roanoke – harassment – Nov. 13 Michael Shane Scott, 33, of 2147…

Randolph Medical Center held an open house Tuesday for the new sleep center and the physical therapy center. Employees and visitors were enjoying refreshments and checking out the two well-appointed sleep rooms and the physical therapy room. The ribbon cutting for the sleep center was held in September. Instead of treating symptoms the sleep center…

RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 1st day of September, 2006, by Rene M. Speciale and wife, Anita Clegg Skipper, to W.O. Hunnicutt, III, DDS PC Profit Sharing Trust which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph…