Every community has an event that presses down all other moments and towers above—to be staked as the defining moment for that community. For the city of Roanoke, it happened on Friday, June 14, 1907. The editor of The Roanoke Leader newspaper called it “a notable day in the history of Roanoke.”For several days, prior…
William Alsabrook pleaded guilty Tuesday to five counts of cruelty to animals and one count of resisting arrest in a case involving a multi-agency investigation of his Newell dog breeding operation. Representatives of the Humane Society of the United States believe he was selling the dogs to people and organizations that were using them in…
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Many of you across East Alabama may have heard of a man named Kenny Callahan. Kenny, who was from Calhoun County, was just an exceptionally good guy who worked a couple of jobs, but spent the majority of his days covering the news in the Calhoun County area. Kenny spent endless hours at countless…
Over the last three weeks I’ve done a whole lot of looking at why certain areas of the state are more successful in football than others. I’ve pored over winning percentages for every school in every county in the state. I’ve examined populations for those counties. I’ve looked over financial reports for various school systems.…
The Town of Woodland is now taking sealed bids for a 2005 Prowler Lynx by Fleetwood travel trailer. It is 27 feet long and sleeps 7. Sealed bids need to be turned in by Monday, July 13 at 4 p.m. at the Woodland Town Hall or mailed to P.O. Box 156, Woodland, AL 36280 and…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Mark S. Swindle, married and Jeanne Swindle, married, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Primary Capital Advisors LC, on the 31st day of January, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
WADLEY—The Wadley Town Council is in the process of abolishing the municipal court to save money. The 67 remaining cases will be be turned over to District Judge Patrick Whaley. Mayor Jim Dabbs said if a municipality decides it no longer wants a court the responsibility automatically goes to the district judge. The council passed…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: MARY DELLIE HOLBROOK, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL IN RE: ESTATE OF MARY DELLIE HOLBROOK TO: RHONDA HOLBROOK, UNKNOWN LESLIE RENAE HOLBROOK, UNKNOWN You are hereby notified that on this day came Linda Mae Lawrence and filed in this Court a certain paper in writing, purporting to be…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT THE ESTATE OF DANA REA MCFARLIN, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration on the Estate of Dana Rae McFarlin, deceased, having been granted to Beverly Sutton on the 22nd day of June, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court…
Sometimes we take things for granted until we face losing them. That also applies to businesses like Plantation Patterns. Those of us who don’t work there or have family members working there know the plant exists but we don’t often think about the impact it has on the area. We hope we don’t have to…
The Roanoke City Council unanimously voted to declare three properties nuisances, the first step in the process to encourage owners to clean them up. They are: 975 Main Street, owned by Larry Cohen; 421 Handley Avenue, owned by David Gurley and Jason Gurley; and 530 Government Street owned by the estate of Edgar Stevenson. Resolution…
APAC MID-SOUTH, INC. hereby gives notice of completion of a contract with the Alabama Department of Transportation for construction of Project No. STPSA-0048(500)& 501), 99-304-144-048-601 and 99-304-154-048-601 in Clay & Randolph Counties. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on June 24, 2009 and ending on July 15, 2009. All claims should be…
(VALLEY) Marvin M. “Pete” Kirby, 87, of Valley died Monday, June 22, 2009, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Friday, June 26, at 10 a.m. EDT at Hopewell Methodist Church with the Revs. Perry Duffey and Loren Sutton officiating. Burial will follow at 11:30 a.m. at Shadowlawn Cemetery in LaGrange, Ga. Mr.…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. noon The Randolph County Retired Educators Association meets at The Galley Restaurant, Roanoke. 17 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, June 25 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 9 a.m.…
A Wadley area man was arrested last week, accused with making crank and stealing from hunting clubs. Michael “Mike” Denham, 52, of 6235 County Rd. 26, near Friendship Baptist Church, is charged with second-degree unlawful manufacture of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance, possession of drug paraphernalia and second-degree receiving stolen property. While…
State Treasurer Kay Ivey has become the fifth person to announce she will be a candidate for the Republican nomination for governor in 2010. She launched her campaign Wednesday with a state fly-around to Huntsville, Birmingham, Montgomery and Mobile. Ivey joins legislator Robert Bentley, lawyer Bradley Byrne, Tim James and Roy Moore in the race…
WEDOWEE—There are actually residents of a Randolph County road who would be thankful if their paved road were turned back into a dirt road. Rachel Spratlin and Gerald and Cathy Morris all addressed the commission about the condition of County Road 444 near Saxon Crossroads in northeast Randolph County. The commission was told how several…
In keeping with the national trend that holds to the irrational and unconfirmed belief that standardized testing is the best way to see if our offsprings have learned anything, I decided to compose an exam that would reveal how well my 16-year-old son has mastered the basic elements of civilized behavior that I and his…
(WADLEY) Services for Mrs. Frances Gray “Frankie” Taylor, 83, of Wadley will be Friday, June 19, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Hope Memorial Christian Church with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow in Forresters Chapel Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June…
(WEDOWEE) A memorial service for Matthew Billy Fred Williams, 61, of Wedowee will be at 3 p.m. Saturday, June 27, 2009, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bruce Williams officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, June 27. Mr. Williams died Wednesday, June…