Wadley Mayor Jim Dabbs said he was told in a Monday morning meeting with Plantation Patterns general manager Matt McKinnon that Meadowcraft, Inc. has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Dabbs said on Monday that motions would be made Tuesday to get funds released for payroll and utilities. Company officials said employees would be back at…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by John C. Ellison, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Indymac Bank, F.S.B, a federally chartered savings Bank , on the 24th day of May, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of…

WEDOWEE—Randolph County Commission heard from several official guests during its workshop meeting on March 19. Craig Johnson of Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) discussed a grant for watershed maintenance, which would provide for flood prevention, water quality improvement and restoring floodplain easements under the emergency watershed protection program. Johnson said the easements would be forever…

Baseball Childersburg 19, Handley 4 The Handley Tigers fell to perennial baseball power Childersburg last week in an area contest. “We just didn’t show up to play,” Handley head coach Kevin Smith said. Handley starting pitcher Leandro Velazquez, fresh off an ankle injury, struggled in the first inning, giving up seven runs. “He hurt his…

Allow me a column very personal in nature, but one I believe is of some historical value. The daily newspaper in Florence was a very important part of my life. In the fall of 1959 and a kid just out of high school, I enrolled at Florence State College and the next day started work…

About once a year I skip breakfast and drive over to a nearby medical center to allow a nurse to jab a needle into my arm and withdraw a thimble full of blood. For several days, I go through minor suspense. For the past nine years, the news has been reassuring: My prostate cancer hasn’t…

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, April 2 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 4:30 p.m. The Water, Sewerage and Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee meets at…

Arrests Marilyn Roberts, 40, of 1034 County Rd. 33, Wadley – harassing communication – March 30 Thefts John Hall of 2145 County Rd. 33, Wadley, reported a burglary on March 30. A weed trimmer, chainsaw and two impact wrenches were stolen. Craig Wyatt of 2812 County Rd. 11, Graham, reported a burglary at his residence…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: RICHARD CLINT LOVELESS, whereabouts unknown On the 26th day of March, 2009, a petition was filed in this Court for the name change of minor, whose date of birth is Sept. 27, 2002. A hearing upon this petition has been set at April 23, 2009, at 10:00 a.m. in the Probate…

The State of Alabama Department of Transportation will hold a Public Informational Meeting for Project No. STPAA-0022(505) on State Route 22 in Roanoke on April 16, 2009, from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. at the Justice Center, 30 West Point Street, Roanoke, Alabama. Project No. STPAA-0022(505) is a proposal by the State of Alabama Department of…

The basketball season ended in disgrace for the Southeastern Conference when the meager three SEC teams in the NCAA Tournament disappeared quietly and the league’s NIT teams fell short of making that Final Four as well. But last week the league made more news in the coaching department than it did in the postseason for…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JESSE HOLLOWAY, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S SETTLEMENT NOTICE This day came Oliver Kitchens, Administrator of the Estate of Jesse Holloway, deceased, and files his account, vouchers, evidence and statement for final settlement of said Administration. It is ordered that the 23rd day of April, 2009, at 10:00…

(ROANOKE) Services for Mrs. Helon Liles Harmon, 89, of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Sandy Crosslin and the Rev. Don Quick officiating. Burial will follow in the Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8…

(WADLEY) Graveside service for Mrs. Jeanine McGill Arrington, 79, of Wadley, will be Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Sherrill Corson officiating. Mrs. Arrington died Friday, March 27, at her home. Survivors include one daughter, Tammy Jean Arrington of Wadley; two sons, Timothy Cooper Arrington…

(FLOWER MOUND, Texas) Funeral service for Carson C. “Doc” Kennedy, 82, of Flower Mound, Texas, formerly of Alexander City, were Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 3 p.m. at the chapel of Radney Funeral Home. The Rev. Lamar Veazey officiated. Burial followed in Hillview Memorial Park. Mr. Kennedy died Thursday, March 26, at his residence. He…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Louise Nix Smith Cox, 87, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, March 28, 2009, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Cox was born Jan. 27, 1922, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late Benjamin Franklin and Cora Lavonia Benefield Nix. She formerly lived at 160 Poplar Circle for many years. Her property is now the…

(ROAOKE) Funeral services for Lillie Agnes Clack, 91, of Roanoke, will be Saturday, March 28, 2009, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Richie Farrow officiating. Burial will follow in New Hope Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 on Friday, March 27.…

(WADLEY) Porche Sherrell Marable, 20, of Wadley died Tuesday, March 24, 2009, in Wadley. Services will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on Sunday, March 29, 2009, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Lathonia Wright officiating. Interment will be at Cogar Hill Cemetery, Daviston. The remains will lie in state at the church one hour…