A fire early Wednesday morning of last week destroyed this home on Circle Drive in Wedowee across from the old Randolph County High School gym.No one was living in the home, but it had been undergoing some remodeling. Wedowee Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rob Perry said it is his understanding that Ray Baker is the…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 1 p.m. Until further notice, Wadley First United Methodist Church Food_Bank will be open the second Wednesday of each month from 1 to 2 p.m. Recipients must meet federal guidelines. Applicants should bring one of the following:…
Randolph County’s first two Habitat for Humanity houses are on schedule and going up well, according to Stephanie Roberts. However, with two houses being constructed at the same time, more volunteers are needed at the site just past the Recreation Center on West Point Street. While Art and Mary Ann Mavis and others work most…
Isn’t it wonderful the election is finally over? No more phone calls, no more people ringing your door (though I know they have to do it), and almost all the television ads are gone. And thank God and Greyhound George W. Bush is almost gone. More than half the country didn’t vote for him in…
In its first regular meeting Monday the Roanoke Council agreed to contract with an auctioneer to sell the houses at the airport to clear the entrances to the runway and also agreed to apply for a possible grant for improvements at Roanoke Municipal Airport. They agreed to contract with Greg Norred, who will do everything…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CURTIS HADLEY, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Curtis Hadley, deceased, having been granted to Hoyle Hadley on the 7th day of Nov., 2008, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
Former Gov. Don Siegelman must be one of the happiest persons in Alabama that Barack Obama has been elected president. One of Siegelman’s foremost defenders of his claim of political prosecution in his corruption trials is Rep. Artur Davis, (D) Birmingham, a close confident of the president-in-waiting. Davis has been Siegelman’s most outspoken advocate concerning…
A brush fire between Burger King and the former Rite Aid store in Roanoke Monday was a case of arson, and the man who admitted setting it has been charged. The fire, which was reported at approximately 12:30 p.m., burned about a quarter-acre lot. While on the scene, Leon Phillips, 52, (no address given) admitted…
Default having been made in the terms of that certain mortgage from Doyle Jeffers and wife, Hilda Jeffers, to McIntosh Commercial Bank, dated October 6, 2006, recorded October 9, 2006, in Mortgage Book 504, Page 647, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, said default continuing and by virtue of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CURRY JAMES MATHIS, DECEASED Take notice that Letters Testamentary having been granted to Hazel Calhoun, as Executrix of the Estate of Curry James Mathis, deceased, on the 24th day of Oct., 2008, by the Honorable George Diamond. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…
When constitutional amendments appear on ballots statewide even though the issue being decided affects only one county, the citizens of that county must depend on voters elsewhere to make their decision for them. Usually those out-of county voters know nothing about what they are voting on. That was the case on Tuesday of last week,…
Default having been made in the terms of that certain mortgage from Chris Jeffers and wife, Heather Jeffers, to McIntosh Commercial Bank, dated October 6, 2006, recorded October 9, 2006, in Mortgage Book 504, Page 639, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, said default continuing and by virtue of…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jeremy Cooke and Kara Cooke, husband and wife and Judy Shouse, a married woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for GMAC Mortgage, LLC f/k/a GMAC Mortgage Corporation, on the 25th day of May, 2007,…
Default having been made in the terms of that certain mortgage from Doyle Jeffers and wife, Hilda Jeffers, to McIntosh Commercial Bank, dated October 6, 2006, recorded October 9, 2006, in Mortgage Book 504, Page 643, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, said default continuing and by virtue of…
Arrests Christopher A. Heard, 32, of 10251 County Rd. 15, Wedowee – three counts of failure to appear (possession of marijuana, domestic violence and resisting arrest) – Nov. 10 Danilo Muguia Peres, 30, of 220 LaFayette St., Roanoke – criminal trespassing and resisting arrest – Nov. 9 William Joseph Pool, 20, of 26 County Rd.…
Now that the guesswork is over when it comes to the SEC Championship Game, it’s going to be hard to find a lot of interesting storylines over the next four weeks in the dwindling days of the 2008 Southeastern Conference football season. Alabama and Florida will play in Atlanta on December 6 to determine the…
(VILAS, N.C.) Millie Wilson Finney, 65, of Vilas, North Carolina, died Monday, Nov. 10, 2008, at Watauga Medical Center. Services will be at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church on Friday, Nov. 14, at 2 p.m., with the Rev. Russell Williams officiating. Visitation will be Thursday from 5-7 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home, LaFayette. Interment…
The Southern Union Lady Bison basketball team is off to a tremendous start to the 2008 season with four straight wins. Southern Union’s opening season win came against Faulkner at Darton College on Halloween night. The Lady Bison upended Faulkner 63-52. Thomassian Wyatt led the team with 14 points against Faulkner while Adrian Hicks and…
(WEDOWEE) Lucy Campbell, 93, of Wedowee died Saturday, Nov. 8, 2008, at Wedowee Hospital. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 13, at Union Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery, Wedowee, with the Rev. William Crawford officiating. Mrs. Campbell was born July 4, 1915, to the late William Henry and Mattie Jane Lancaster…
Woodland wasn’t about to let its first-round seeding in the Class 2A state playoffs make a difference. Technically, the Bobcats were the underdogs on the road against the second seed from Region 6, the Geraldine Bulldogs. But Woodland marched into Geraldine and chewed up 349 rushing yards on its way to a 26-20 first-round victory.…