(ROANOKE) Sara Lee Evans, 72, of Roanoke died Friday, Aug. 7, 2009, at Columbus Medical Center, Columbus, Ga.Mrs. Evans was a native of Chambers County, born March 1, 1937. She retired from Franklin Aluminum in 1999. She was a member of Sweet Home Baptist Church, Five Points, where she served as vice president and director…
A Roanoke business was damaged on Saturday when it was repeatedly struck by a car. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, officers were notified by Randolph County 911 of a white vehicle occupied by a white male striking Security Finance (in the Piggly Wiggly shopping center) with his vehicle several times and leaving.…
Five Southeastern Conference football team were listed in the first 13 spots in the USA Today preseason rankings, three of them in the Top 10. Five SEC teams, three from the Big 12, two from the Pac-10, two from the Big Ten and one from the ACC. What does that tell you? That’s how tough…
WEDOWEE—Citing budgetary and time constraints, Randolph County Commission declined helping to haul dirt to the construction site for the addition to Wedowee Middle School, but offered to help as much as possible in other ways. Commissioner Doyle Allen made the motion to decline to help based on the presentation the commission heard, which showed that…
(ROANOKE) Services for Clovis “Sherrie” Parmer Newton, 74, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Aug. 16, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Gary Baugh and Jack Vidler officiating. Burial will follow in Sacred Heart of Jesus Cemetery, Baltimore, Md. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…
I’m no Ben Cook, and I’m certainly no Paul Finebaum. But I do like to think I know what’s going on in the nation’s premiere college football conference, the SEC. I’m a homegrown southern boy with southern football engrained into my thick noggin. I feel as qualified as anyone to make preseason judgments on the…
Working on this Redneck Riviera project, I have come up with something that might be called a theory—sorta like the theory of gravity or the theory of evolution—an idea supported by a lot of evidence but can’t be proven to satisfy everyone, and I won’t even try. My theory is this. South of the Intercoastal…
MARTHA H. HENDERSON, PLAINTIFF VS. STEPHEN L. HENDERSON DEFENDANT Stephen L. Henderson, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Martha H. Henderson’s Complaint for Divorce and other relief by October 2, 2009, or, thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case Number DR 09-103, Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama. Done this…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV09-075 KENNETH ALEWINE AND RAY ALEWINE PLAINTIFF VS. A parcel of land located in the North 1/2 of the SW 1/4 and the SE 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 4, Township 18 South, Range 11 East, et al DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given that a Complaint for…
RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 17th day of January, 2003 by Robert Birdsong and Arnith P. Depriest, to First Bank, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 438, at Pages…
“The new traffic pattern in operation for the second and third grade was a hit,” Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum said of the first day of school at Knight-Enloe Elementary, the only school with a traffic pattern change. “We had a great start,” he said. It was a typical first day with everything taking…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF BOBBY WADDLE, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 30th day of July, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…
Every August, when football practice begins for the four schools in Randolph County, the players battle more than each other. Besides jockeying for playing time, the county’s players are also fighting against the weather. August is widely considered the hottest month of the year in this part of Alabama. However, as the old adage goes,…
WADLEY–Mayor Pro-Tem Toni Gay said returning college students are a vital part of the community and she suggested a sign welcoming Southern Union State Community College students. The council agreed. Gay had checked on it and said if it cost more than $150 she would call and check with them but she did not think…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – At its annual Retail Business Conference Aug. 1 in Washington, D.C., Cardinal Health named Harold Harmon, owner of H&M Drug of Wedowee, as the inaugural recipient of its Ken Wurster Community Leadership Award. The award, which recognizes an independent pharmacist for outstanding contributions to his or her community, was created in honor…
It’s all about the money. The raging health care debate is primarily about the profits of companies. But, through their lackeys they would have you think it is about abortion, killing the elderly, rationing, socialism, etc. Yeah, throw every bugaboo in there and people will demonstrate against something that will make their lives better. But…
Wedowee drag boat racer Bill Henderson survived some choppy waters last weekend to finish fifth at the Thunder on the Bay race at Kentucky Lake in Pisgah, Ky. “I’ve never ran in conditions like we did that weekend,” Henderson said. With 25-30 mph headwinds blowing across the lake, the water was in less-than-ideal condition to…
“Here comes the Johnny Ray!” And with those words, women ran wildly out their back doors and snatched the clothes off the line! The “Johnny Ray” meant the train was coming. They could hear it as it rumbled through “mud cut” under the old LaFayette Highway. As it approached the east end of West Point…
The woman on the telephone asked if she could have four grave markers delivered to the old Phillips Brothers Hardware on Main Street. Wyner Phillips agreed. Five years and 60 markers later he is trudging through largely country cemeteries trying to match the marker to a grave to mark it. This week he expects to…
Arrests Joshua Green, 31, of 27 Rosie Hill Lane, Wedowee – domestic violence – Aug. 10 Eddie Lee Gibson, 51, of Roanoke – failure to appear in court (child support) – Aug. 7 Robert Eugene Chappell, 51, of 181 Rock Mills Rd., Roanoke – DUI – Aug. 7 Billy Joe Terry, 33, of 122 County…