Roanoke City Council struggled with the 2009 budget Monday night, and when the smaller budget than last year’s seemed complete, Purchasing Agent Tim Jacobs asked about the $133,000 match for the grant for the Nutrition Center, which was not included.Then, Councilman Joseph Roberson said Randolph Medical Center had repeatedly asked to be included in the…

(ROANOKE) Christine Van Horn Hatcher, 73, of Roanoke died Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at Randolph Medical Center. Services will be Thursday, Feb. 5, at 1 p.m. at Saint Paul Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jeffery D. Rosser and Pastor Timothy Wright officiating. Burial will be in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Survivors include a sister, Margie Monroe…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Frances M. Crowe, 70, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday, Feb. 2. Mrs. Crowe died Monday, Feb. 2, at East…

(GADSDEN) Graveside services for Dorothy Faye Howard, 69, of Gadsden were Sunday, Feb. 1, 2009, at 3 p.m. Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke, with Bro. Billy Boatwright officiating. Mrs. Howard died Wednesday, Jan. 28, at Riverview Regional Medical Center. Survivors include one son, Tim Jackson of Caledonia, Miss.; one grandson; one granddaughter; three sisters, Brenda…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Karen Sue Spruell Chandler of Carrollton, Ga., died suddenly on Friday, Jan. 30, 2009. She was 54. Mrs. Chandler was born on April 5, 1954, in Carroll County, Ga., to James Howard and Wilma Wiggins Spruell. She retired from Southwire after 26 years of service and was a member of Bethlehem Campground Methodist…

(ORLANDO, Fla.) Jack McCord, 75, died Jan. 26, 2009, in Orlando, Fla. Mr. McCord was born July 17, 1933, in Randolph County. He was owner and proprietor of Jack McCord Dirt Services in Orlando and along with his wife, were dedicated foster parents for the past 22 years. He is survived by his wife, Mildred…

(ROANOKE) Services for Lonie Mae Wilson, 93, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Jan. 31, 2009, at 2 p.m. at East Napoleon Church of Christ with Bro. Gerald Romine officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 30. Mrs.…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Mrs. Bennie Wright Hodges, 87, of Wedowee will be Friday, Jan. 30, 2009, at 11a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Donald Spradlin and Corky Addison officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Hodges died Tuesday, Jan. 27, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Hodges is survived by…

(ROANOKE) Services for Jean Marie Workman, 77, of Roanoke, will be Thursday, Jan. 29, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Wade Price officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Jan. 28. Mrs. Workman died…

(GAINESVILLE, Fla.) Services for Mary F. Stewart, 90, of Gainesville, Fla., formerly of Valley, will be Monday, Feb. 2, 2009, at 10:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Shawmut with her grandson, Dr. Mark Bryan officiating. The family will receive friends Sunday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home, Valley. Mrs.…

There were a lot of ruffled feathers around the University of Alabama when Lance Thompson left Nick Saban’s staff to join Lane Kiffin’s new staff at Tennessee. Thompson was named as the top recruiter of the year last year by rivals.com. And he is a good one, so his move to Tennessee was a blow…

Approaches house; fights with dogs by Vanessa Sorrell Burnside A fox killed on Country Club Roanoke in Roanoke has been confirmed as rabid. Rabies inspector Dr. Paul McMurray explained that the fox was acting strangely when it came up to a house near the Country Club Road water tank and became engaged in a tussle…

Local law enforcement officers discovered two mobile drug labs within two days last week. According to Randolph County Narcotics Unit officer David Cofield, on Wednesday RCNU stopped Joey Wesley Waldrop, 25, of 7343 Old Hwy. 431, Newell, in his vehicle on County Road 134 in the Morrison Crossroads area. Waldrop was found to have the…

PROJECT NO. RCP 56-224-09 The Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of patching, widening, leveling, resurfacing, paint striping, pavement markers, and guardrail on C.R. 88 from the Clay County Line easterly 5.193 miles to U.S. Hwy. 431, thence continue easterly 0.482 miles along said C.R. 88 to Old Highway 431 (5.675 miles total). Any…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HELEN H. BLANKENSHIP NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of January, 2009, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…