Although the Woodland Bobcats have yet to win a game this season, things could be looking up after a close 68-56 loss to Piedmont Monday.Woodland was tied with Piedmont 47-47 with four minutes to play in the fourth quarter when the Piedmont’s overall athleticism took over.“They went on a big run to close it out,”…
Handley capped of its Christmas Tournament last Tuesday with a 56-53 win over Lanett in the championship game. The Tigers took the lead early in the game with a 17-12 score at the end of the first quarter, and although Lanett nipped at their heels all night, the Tigers never relinquished the lead. The Tigers…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Vickie East and Randy East, a married couple, to Citifinancial Corporation, LLC, on the 9th day of July, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 518,…
The Handley Lady Tigers tipped off 2009 in style with a 47-44 win over White Plains in Roanoke Saturday. Handley grabbed the lead early on with a 10-8 advantage at the end of the first quarter, but White Plains wasn’t far behind through the game. Handley led at halftime by a score of 20-18. Handley…
An elderly Roanoke man was robbed at gunpoint in a home invasion robbery on Guy Street on New Year’s Eve. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, Frank Smith, 77, of 369 Guy St., was home when two masked suspects kicked in his door at about 6:30 p.m. They held him at gunpoint and took…
A team of about 12 people from LaGrange First United Methodist Church are coming Saturday to help finish up the two Habitat for Humanity houses on West Point Street in Roanoke. Steve Brown, executive director of the Troup/Chambers County Habitat for Humanity affiliate, said this great group coming out of LaGrange Methodist is headed up…
A quite remarkable obituary that was too interesting to let pass without comment was that of Ruby Marie Berry, 88, who died in August in Valley. I just hope somebody did a story on this lady before she passed. She was born May 4, 1920 in Turkey, Texas. What a name for a town. She…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats put another check in the win column Monday night with a 51-36 victory over Piedmont on the road. Piedmont wasn’t about to make it easy for the Lady Bobcats, though, and employed a unique strategy for dealing with the high-scoring antics of Woodland. “They froze the ball on us all night,…
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 January…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Diana Spratling Baggett, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for NovaStar Home Mortgage, Inc., a Louisiana Corporation, on the 27th day of August, 2004, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…
Two days before Christmas Attorney General Troy King played Santa to Alabamians, announcing that the state has recovered nearly $35 million from drug companies who cheated the state’s Medicaid program for 14 years from 1991 to 2005. The lawsuits filed by the state’s attorneys alleged massive overcharging by drug manufacturers by misreporting and inflating prices…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Larry W. Osborn and wife, Linda D. Osborn, to Option One Mortgage Corporation, a California Corporation, on the 9th day of October, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MYRTIE RAE CLARK, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Gerald Romine on the 30th day of Dec., 2008, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice…
BIG SPRINGS—A Newnan, Ga., man was shot on Saturday afternoon during an altercation in the Big Springs community. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Donnie Strain, officers responded to a call from a resident of 151 County Rd. 517 in east central Randolph County, adjacent to the Georgia line. Joseph Fleming, 26, had reportedly…
(FAIRBURN, Ga.) Ronald Allan McManus, 61, of Fairburn, Ga., died Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. A native of Randolph County, Ala., he was the son of the late Joseph Floyd McManus and Martha Kate French. Those left behind to cherish his memory include his mother, Martha McManus; one son, Angel Boev; and two grandchildren. The family…
(WOODLAND) Services for William “Johnboy” Mulkey, 52, of Woodland will be Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Center Chapel Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. J.D. Bearden officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Mulkey died Thursday, Jan. 1, at Stringfellow Hospital in Anniston. Survivors include his wife, Debbie Ward Mulkey…
(ROANOKE) Katherine Mapp Doler, 82, of Roanoke died Jan. 2, 2009, at Randolph Medical Center. Survivors include two daughters, Elizabeth Doler and Cassandra Doler, both of Wadley; one son, Bruce Ragan of Haywood, Calif.; five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; one sister, Mildred McLenden of Newnan, Ga.; and one brother, George Mapp of Atlanta. Mrs. Doler…
(CALHOUN, Ga.) Betty Vinson Capps, 66, of Calhoun, Ga., died Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009. She was born Feb. 20, 1942, in Roanoke, the daughter of the late Pearl Clark Knott and George Knott. Mrs. Capps was a clerk with Gordon County Library and had retired as a broker/owner of Alpha Realty Company in Carrollton, Ga.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Charles Blake Gross, 85, of Wedowee will be Monday, Jan. 5, 2009, at 2 p.m. at Wedowee First Baptist Church with the Revs. Don Paris and Bob Karcher officiating. Burial will follow in Rocky Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Gross will lie in state at the church one hour prior…
(ROANOKE) Services for Eleanor Manley Hodges, 86, of Roanoke, 86, will be Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, at 2 p.m. at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church with the Rev. Al Perkins officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1 to 2 p.m. on Sunday, Jan. 4. Mrs. Hodges…