A week after posting a season worst third-place finish at Thunder on the Bay in Kentucky, Bill Henderson took home first place at the biggest race of the season at the Augusta Nationals in Augusta, Ga.“It was so exciting,” Henderson said. “All the people there and all the added pressure, but we pulled it off.”Henderson…
Who is the man shaking things up at Auburn? Is it new coach Gene Chizik, the man who has something to prove to a lot of Auburn fans who have a problem looking past Chizik’s 5-19 record at Iowa State? He is certainly the man behind the wave of discipline that has swept across the…
Back to school sales will soon be rolling out and though it feels like summer has just begun, the Randolph County Department of Human Resources and the Randolph County Foster/Adoptive Parent Association is preparing for it’s first “Stuff the Bus” back-to-school drive. For most students, back to school means new clothes, new shoes, school supplies…
Court Ordered Auction, August 8, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. (CST) at property site. See advertisement for directions . 34+/- acres of land known as the Bowen Estate more particularly described as follows: That property described in Randolph County Judge of Probate Deed Book 42, Page 489 as follows, to-wit: The NW 1/4 of the SE…
While giving the gift of life you could potentially win a gift yourself—money for a tropical getaway. Donors in Paradise Blood Drive is being held in memory of Ellen Farmer and for needed blood supplies, which are typically depleted during the summer. This blood drive will be held from 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday,…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gena Cofield, an unmarried woman, to Long Beach Mortgage Company, on the 13th day of December, 2002, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 437, Page 755;…
WEDOWEE—Randolph County Superintendent Paul Gay opened the July 13 board meeting with the good news that civil rights attorney Solomon Seay, who had represented plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the system under a federal consent decree, had sent an e-mail approving the county’s plans to build an addition to Wedowee Middle School. Now all that’s…
Arrests Ray Wendell Williams, 54, of 1347 Mulberry St., Roanoke – harassment – July 21 Gabrielle Johnson, 20, of 1231 Stanley Ave., Roanoke – shoplifting – July 21 Anthony Clay Swinford, 20, of 346 County Rd. 667, Roanoke – third-degree assault – July 20 Santina Marie Burden, 22, of Alfred Radney Apts. 13, Roanoke –…
In a last-ditch effort community and labor leaders, employees and pastors are coming together with a prayer vigil and rally to try save not only jobs at Meadowcraft’s Wadley subsidiary, Plantation Patterns, but jobs across the state. John Whitaker, with the Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU), said this is about jobs. It is…
Two all-terrain vehicles stolen in Randolph County were recovered in Twiggs County, Ga., on Friday of last week, according to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Greg Dendinger. The ATVs were stolen from Nelson Hay of County Road 15 on April 16 and Charles Murphy of County Road 29 on April 19. They were sold in…
Walking up to the Wadley Bulldogs weight room at around 3 p.m. any Tuesday or Thursday, you can hear the grunting of athletes and the slamming of iron plates. But at this particular time on these particular days, what you won’t find is a room full of football players. Instead, you’ll find a mass of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF SALE WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Roanoke, Alabama, has declared by resolution certain parcels of real property within the city limits to be nuisances as defined in Ordinance 700 of the City of Roanoke and the laws of the State of Alabama; WHEREAS, the owners of said properties…
WADLEY–Due to the situation at Plantation Patterns, Wadley Mayor Jim Dabbs told the town council in a recent meeting he thought it would be better not to hire a town clerk at this time. Meadowcraft, the parent company, is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy and it is on the chopping block for sale and could potentially…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated December 21, 2007, executed by DENNIS J. TAFT, JR., sole ownership, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS”) SOLELY AS NOMINEE FOR OPTEUM MORTGAGE, A DIVISION OF METROCITIES MORTGAGE, LLC, which mortgage was recorded on January 2, 2008, in…
The foreclosure set for May 16, 2009, on NJ Corp. is rescheduled during the legal hours on August 12, 2009, in front of the courthouse door in Randolph County, Alabama. (29-32)
There is more detail in Bob Martin’s column below, but to sum up the ruling by a U.S. District Judge last week, Alabama and Florida have prevailed in a 19-year legal battle to stop Georgia from excessive use of water from Lake Lanier, which deprives Alabama and Florida rivers of water flow. This ruling and…
Railroads provided the steel thread that stitched a continent together during the 19th and 20th centuries, and the Southern Railroad shops at Spencer, N.C., were among the sewing machines that kept the trains on track. I wallowed in nostalgia recently when I joined more than 3,000 folks in Spencer for “Rail Days” at the North…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gary Roberts and Debra Roberts, husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Lender and Lender’s successor and assigns dated October 20, 2006, and Recorded in Book 507,…
Albert Pujols may be the best baseball player ever to grace the diamond, ladies and gentlemen. He hits home runs, he has a career batting average of .334 and he’s considered one of the best first basemen in the game right now. What’s not to like? Not only that, he hasn’t been busted for using…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joseph M. Smith, and his wife Theresa Binion Smith, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., on the 12th day of May, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…