In the ante-bellum South, daughters of the aristocracy wore billowing hoop skirts to festive balls, where they were waited on by black slaves.I imagine that young slave girls cast looks of longing on those glamorous threads, wishing that they too could showcase their good looks in similar fashion.Fast forward to the 21st century. Young black…
Roanoke police have made an arrest in the New Year’s Eve home invasion robbery of a Guy Street man. According to Police Chief Adam Melton, Tevin Cordarryal Henderson, 18, of 562 Strozier St., Roanoke, a student at Handley High School, was arrested on Thursday night of last week and charged with robbery. A second suspect…
The Randolph County Lady Tigers lost three straight this week to three of the toughest teams on their schedule in Handley, Woodland and Ohatchee. Against Handley, the Lady Tigers kept it close for a half, with Handley leading only 20-14 going into the locker room at halftime. But the depth of Handley caught up with…
Default having been made in the terms of that certain mortgage from Chris Jeffers, to McIntosh Commercial Bank, dated December 27, 2007, recorded January 2, 2008, in Mortgage Book 526, Page 514, and re-recorded June 5, 2008, in Mortgage Book 533, Page 116, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
The Handley Tigers earned a pair of big wins over county rivals Randolph County and Woodland in the last week, but fell in a crucial area game to Childersburg Saturday night. Handley throttled the Woodland Bobcats, 52-15, in last week’s contest with a stifling defensive effort. Handley took a commanding 13-2 lead in the first…
The Wadley Bulldogs bit through two Bobcats in Woodland and Beulah, but fell to area foe Edward Bell last week. Wadley trounced Woodland, 65-33, last Thursday in Wadley, earning its first win since the Christmas break. Wadley led Woodland 15-7 at the end of the first quarter and increased its lead to 30-15 at halftime.…
It is incredible that next Tuesday the new president will be sworn into office. This election has seemed to drag on forever but that will end January 20. I just hope everybody gives us a rest before they start running for the 2012 election. There are many people who say it is too late to…
A fire Tuesday afternoon did significant damage to a rental house on Handley Avenue. According to Roanoke Volunteer Fire Department Chief Bill Ford, Bobby Walls owns the house, and it was rented to Roby Carden and Gabrielle Harmon. This is the third time this former mill house at 320 Handley Ave. has caught on fire…
Wallace Henry “Pat” Lindsey III, of Route One, Butler, one of the Alabama Senate’s longest-serving members, died Saturday night of an apparent heart attack on a hunting trip with friends and colleagues in Boligee, Ala. He was one of three Alabamians of note who have died in the past week. Another was Cornelia Wallace, 69,…
Randolph County’s first Fraternal Order of Police lodge meeting was held on Thursday night of last week with the swearing in of officers. State FOP president Bill Davis addressed those present as Lodge #75 was chartered. Davis, who is a spokesman for officers statewide, explained that the FOP started as a union in Pennsylvania in…
I don’t care what the U. S. Weather Service does or does not say. After the recent rains, I declare the drought over. It was almost too much of a good thing. Dry streams ran wet, creeks and rivers rose, lakes filled, and though dams were able to release water and control the level of…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats rolled through three straight county rivals in the last week to improve to 16-1 on the season. Woodland began last week by crushing the Handley Lady Tigers 84-46 in Roanoke. Handley fought its way to a 17-12 first-quarter lead, but the lead was short lived as the Lady Bobcats found their…
Arrests Dana Patricia Mitchum, 24, of 281 Martha St., Apt. 111, Roanoke – failure to appear in court (bad check) – Jan. 10 Richard Huddleston, 40, of 1506 County Rd. 102, Woodland – failure to appear in court (bad check) – Jan. 10 Anthony Michael Smith, 27, of 1834 County Rd. 804, Wedowee – two…
The Randolph County Tigers posted a 1-2 record over the last week, but earned an important area win over Woodland in the process. Randolph County began play last week by falling to the Handley Tigers 67-45. Randolph County was behind by only one point to the rival Tigers, but couldn’t manage to get over the…
(GRAHAM) Funeral arrangements are pending for Gladys Akles, 78, of Graham, who died Friday, Jan. 9, 2009, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Vines Funeral Home, LaFayette.
An Anniston man was severely injured in a two-vehicle accident on Friday morning north of Wedowee. Terry Winslett, 23, was the driver of a 1994 Ford Ranger pickup truck that apparently drifted into the other lane where it collided with an International flatbed truck driven by James Saint, 68, of Scottsboro. The accident happened at…
The Roanoke Health Care Authority and Randolph Medical Center administration have taken steps to try ensure the survival of the hospital, Administrator Tim Harlin said Monday. These steps include staff reductions. The hospital has been seeking placement in the city’s budget in an annual amount from $250,000 to $400,000, which would be from $21,000 to…
Florida capturing the national championship was the feather in the cap for the Southeastern Conference … again. Three in a row is something to be proud of, as is winning five of the 11 BCS championship games played. But the biggest thing the conference can brag about – and we all know SEC fans can…
Roanoke City Council heard from Carol Ray about issues surrounding the purchase of the Margie Avery/Mary Kate Peterson land for a county industrial park, took action on that rezoning, and agreed to sell the old jail and police department on Chestnut Street to Forest Network Services LLC. Ray, who lives near the proposed industrial park…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF THELMA JOYCE SHELTON, DEC NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Wendell Shelton on the 9th day of January, 2009, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice…