Last week was a strange one in the SEC when two basketball coaches were fired in midseason. This led to the odd happening of two interim coaches meeting in a regular season game for perhaps the first time in conference history.First, Alabama fired Mark Gottfried and replaced him with Phillip Pearson on an interim basis.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Eurtis Puckett, 89, of Roanoke, were Saturday, Jan. 24, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Grove Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mr. Puckett died Thursday, Jan. 22, at his home. Mr. Puckett was born March 30, 1919, son of Cecro and Eva…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated December 30, 2004, executed by RONALD STACY PRESNAL and DEBORAH ANN PRESNAL, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC. (“MERS” ) Solely as nominee for FIRST BANK MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF FIRST BANK OF GEORGIA, which mortgage was recorded on…
The Handley Lady Tigers punched in three wins out of their four final games before setting their sights on the 4A Area 6 tournament this week. While Handley lost to Woodland by a score of 101-63, the Lady Tigers were able to notch a pair of big wins over the other two in-county rivals. Handley…
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…
The Wadley Bulldogs exacted some revenge against Handley for their loss in the championship game of the county tournament. The Bulldogs took a 48-47 win over the Tigers last week. Handley came out of the locker room hot, taking a 21-16 lead over Wadley in the first quarter. “We started the game in man-to-man defense…
My friend Betty Gacek saw the report on the tube about the single mother in California who gave birth to octuplets to go with the six kids she already had. “The question raised in my mind,” Betty e-mailed me, “is how a single mother who lives with her parents, and has six children already, managed…
A fire on Sunday night destroyed the home of the Loyd Miller family on Highway 48 between Wedowee and New Hope. According to New Hope Volunteer Fire Department Chief Troy Hodges, the Millers were watching television when Mrs. Miller smelled something burning, and they discovered the kitchen ceiling was on fire. The back side of…
Three young Roanoke residents were arrested during the raid of a meth lab on Wednesday of last week. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, officers executed a search warrant at 740 Omaha Rd. where they found methamphetamine and components used to make methamphetamine. The resident of the house, Donald Eugene Scott, is charged with…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats will carry a 27-1 season record into the area tournament this week after three final regular season wins over Clay County, Lineville and Handley. The Lady Cats started their three-game streak last week with a 92-37 dismantling of Clay County. “We started off big and we were able to get up…
A Wedowee woman was seriously injured an accident on Saturday afternoon. According to the Jacksonville Post of the Alabama State Troopers, Thelma Braswell, 88, was the driver of a 2005 Chevrolet that collided with a 2005 Ford driven by Casey Crane of Birmingham on U.S. 431, south of I-20. Braswell was transported by helicopter to…
A Rock Stand woman had a whopper of a wreck Saturday at Burger King. Luckily, no one was injured when Rebecca R. Butler, 51, of 2875 County Rd. 818, accidentally pressed the gas instead of the brake as she circled around the building just after noon. Driving her 2002 Ford Taurus, Butler hit a parked…
RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 18th day of August, 2008 by Christopher L. Nash and wife, Jessica M. Nash, to Dorothy Huddleston and Linda Eidson, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in…
MARCH 2, 2009 is the application deadline for local voluntary charitable health and human care agencies or federations to apply for participation in the fall 2009 State Combined Campaign. The State Combined Campaign will begin in September and is designed to allow State employees to give to recognized local and/or statewide charities. Alabama law emphasizes…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Edna Noles Ashmore, 91, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at her home. Mrs. Ashmore was born Nov. 10, 1917, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late William and Nonie Hood Brown. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life and was a member of Rosemont Baptist Church. Mrs.…
WEDOWEE—Randolph County Commission is getting ready—just in case. During the Jan. 26 commission meeting, Commission Chairman Lathonia Wright told the group that the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs (ADECA) told state Rep. Richard Laird that if Randolph County has any plans on the shelf, they need to get them to ADECA to get…
It all started the other day when my buddy Paul sent an e-mail alerting me to something that he said would “wipe out the annual (consignment) sale at the Jacksonville First United Methodist Church.” Now consignment sales are a big deal with my wife and her Methodist buddies. They put on a dandy called Children’s…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Delphine Pate Watters, 90, of Wedowee will be Friday, Feb. 5, 2009, at 1 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Rev. Richard Smith and Rev. Gary Henderson officiating. Graveside services will follow in Evergreen Cemetery in Sylacauga at 3 p.m. Mrs. Watters will lie in state at the church one…
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, February 5 8:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission will have an agenda workshop meeting at Randolph County Courthouse Annex. To get on the agenda, call (256) 357-4980…
The U.S. Postal Service had been feeling the economic pinch long before the current credit crisis and business slowdown added to its problems. Email and instant messaging were among the factors that reduced first-class mail usage and led to the post office losing billions, possibly as much as $6 billion this year. A request by…