With heavy voter participation, Randolph Countians rejected a proposal to allow the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in the county. The tally was 4,756 in favor of legal sales to 5,097 against, approximately 48 percent to 52 percent.County voters gave the nod to statewide amendment No. 1 with 64 percent in favor. This amendment would…
I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills from whence cometh my help. —Psalm 121:1 It cometh about this time every year, when Miss Peggy and I pack up a few things and head for the hills. There, we hole up for a week with our friends Ron and Donna from Greensboro, N.C.,in a…
Here we have just celebrated one of the most popular non-holidays on the calendar. Even with the economy sour, maybe even because of the bad taste we have right now, Americans spent money to dress up like “ghouls and ghosties and long-legged beasties” and went off to go “bump in the night.” Good for us.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Essie Hill Pollard, 93, of Roanoke will be Monday, Nov. 3, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Oak Grove Church of Christ, Woodland, with ministers Ricky Murphy and Alan Daniel officiating. Mrs. Pollard will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial to follow in Haywood Cemetery. Mrs. Pollard…
A Veteran’s Day remembrance will be held this Saturday, Nov. 8, at 10 a.m. at the city auditorium in Roanoke, next to Handley High School. Everyone is invited, particularly veterans and their families. Mayor Mike Fisher will give the welcome. Fisher and city purchasing agent Tim Jacobs are overseeing the event. Don Quick, a Vietnam…
Four local businesses received special recognition at last Thursday’s Annual Meeting and Banquet of Randolph County Chamber of Commerce. Larry Lee, director of the Center for Rural Alabama, was the featured speaker for the event at the Southern Union dining hall in Wadley. The meeting also saw the installation of new officers and board members…
RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 29th day of September, 2006, by John R. Pollard, Jr. to Theodore B. McGovern which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 504, at Page 790,…
With heavy voter participation, Randolph Countians rejected a proposal to allow the legal sale of alcoholic beverages in the county. The tally was 4,756 in favor of legal sales to 5,097 against, approximately 48 percent to 52 percent. County voters gave the nod to statewide amendment No. 1 with 64 percent in favor. This amendment…
Penny Holloway from the city clerk’s office swore in new mayor, Mike “Fish” Fisher Monday night to the applause of a crowd ushering in a new administration and new day for the city of Roanoke. Don Quick gave the invocation. Fisher was sworn in on his grandmother’s Bible. The 1915 Bible was returned to its…
The adults loved it. The kids not so much. A vanload would pull up to the “shot” station with smiling children, then a look of apprehension would appear, followed by heartfelt sobs by the smaller children as they were immunized. The flu immunization training exercise Thursday was a very efficient way to immunize several people,…
Arrests Rachel Marie Stewart, 22, of 1088 CR 4, Wedowee – harassment – Nov. 3 Lashandra Brooks, 27, of 4091 CR 237, Roanoke – failure to comply with judge’s orders – Nov. 2 Anthony Dale Dutton, 32, of Anniston – failure to appear in court (driving with a suspended license and first-degree theft) – Nov.…
The Handley Tigers were haunted by crucial penalties and the speedy Beauregard Hornet offense in a 27-21 Halloween night road loss to end the regular season. Handley appeared slightly better offensively against Beauregard, totaling 271 yards to 5A Beauregard’s 244 yards. But 58 yards worth of penalties, some coming at critical times, were enough for…
RANDOLPH COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by Brad Yarbrough, Mortgagor(s) to West Georgia National Bank, 201 Maple Street, Carrollton, Ga. 30112, Mortgagee, on December 29, 2006, said mortgage being recorded on January 10, 2007, in the…
The Woodland Bobcats fell in an atypical shootout with the 3A Piedmont Bulldogs in the final game of the regular season by a score of 42-33. Woodland head coach Larry Strain said it was possibly the best game the Bobcats have played this season. And that’s a good thing with round one of the state…
Members of Wedowee Hospital Board and Randolph County Health Care Authority recently sat down to discuss the Wadley Clinic situation. Wedowee board member Tim Coe said Randolph County Health Care Authority promised to fund any losses of the Wadley Clinic for the next six months, starting Nov. 1. The Wadley Clinic is under the auspices…
The Roanoke Schools Association will hold its second annual arts and crafts Market Place Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the old National Guard Armory on the old LaFayette Highway. About 20 vendors have signed up so far and there is a wide variety of items to be purchased. RSA co-chairwoman Janie Danner…
WEDOWEE—Randolph County Commissioners got a sneak peek at the Alabama Department of Transportation’s preliminary plans for improvements to U.S. 431 during their Oct. 27 meeting. The plans call for additional lanes and therefore widening of U.S. 431 near Crystal Lake; at the intersection with County Road 65 at Rock Stand; near Midway Church south of…
The Wadley Bulldogs capped off a successful 9-1 regular season with a 44-0 shutout of 3A Beulah in Wadley Thursday night. The Dogs’ defense was smothering, allowing Beulah a total of 106 yards on the night. Wadley’s offense took advantage of nearly every opportunity given to them by the defense and racked up 417 total…
Being No. 1 going into Baton Rouge to face LSU is not what Alabama needed. It’s not like there wasn’t enough fuel to the fire already, but now Alabama will carry that extra weight on its shoulders … or should it be considered just more incentive for LSU? LSU fans have been pointing to this…
The Randolph County Tigers hung with a tough 1A Cedar Bluff team for the better part of the first half in Thursday night’s road game, but the Tigers couldn’t get that push needed in the second half and fell to Cedar Bluff 42-14. The Tigers found success in both the running game and passing game…