I know I’m still pretty young in my career progression and that I probably don’t have all the prerequisite sports editor qualities that most of my colleagues have.What I mean by that is if it doesn’t deal with high school sports or college football, there’s a good chance I don’t care about it as much…
On a trip across Alabama the Hometown Connection bus stopped at Roanoke City Hall so Republican candidates could meet the citizens. Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh, a candidate for the president of the Public Service Commission, said they discussed how to meet the public and on this “fairly low-budget campaign,” they decided to travel by bus to…
Superintendent Chuck Marcum and Handley High School principal Jim Holley have said they would be on the homecoming parade route Friday to ensure it turns at the correct place to make its trip down Main Street. The past two years, due to a mixup, stunned watchers who arrived early to have a good view of…
Handley’s defense saved the day in the second half against Childersburg to hang on to a 27-7 region win on the road Friday night. The Tigers pounced on Childersburg in the first half, running up a 27-0 lead by halftime. But six fumbles in the second half of play put the Handley defense in difficult…
Growing up in a dry county surrounded by dry counties, when I heard the term “brown bag” it was usually associated with sneaking beer or whiskey into some place it wasn’t supposed to be. Put it in a brown bag and no one will be the wiser. Yeah, right. So you can imagine what I…
By late afternoon Saturday Sandra Lishman’s new home was taking shape. Volunteers met for the kickoff, groundbreaking and opening ceremony—then went to work. The four-bedroom house facing West Point Street will have a full porch and overhang when the Habitat for Humanity volunteers finish. Dorothy Tidwell, executive director of the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce…
Arrests Tony Ray Westbrook, 63, of Heflin – failure to appear in court (theft by fraud) – Oct. 11 Antwoan Troy Knight, 30, of 148 County Rd. 905, Wedowee – bad check – Oct. 10 Mathew James McCard, 20, of 115 Overton Mountain Dr., Roanoke – failure to appear in court (reckless endangerment) – Oct.…
Two out-of-county accidents have claimed the lives of a local teen and a Roanoke native. Candace Mae Paige Proctor, 17, of the Folsom community died on Friday night following an automobile accident on Georgia Highway 100, six miles north of Bowdon. Proctor was driving a Honda Accord when she collided with Ricky Scott Ayers, 44,…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: DV-2008-082 Melody Pike, Plaintiff Vs. James H. Fisher, Defendant NOTICE James H. Fisher, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Melody Pike’s Complaint for damages and other relief by Nov. 24, 2008, or, thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case Number DV-2008-082 in the District Court…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats volleyball team fought their way to a pair of important tournament wins in the last week, defeating Randolph County for the county tournament title, then Ranburne and Horseshoe Bend for the area championship. Last Thursday’s county volleyball tournament pitted Handley against Randolph County in the first round to see which would…
We’ve commented here many times about how fortunate we are to have so many dedicated citizens willing to serve as volunteer firefighters, giving us a network of fire coverage unsurpassed in a rural county such as ours. We’ve not commented as often about the dedicated men and women who provide law enforcement for our county.…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF GUY FULLER, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of Oct., 2008, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…
Tommy Tuberville has had tough weeks in his coaching career, but there might never have been a more important week than this one. The Auburn Tigers are on the edge of completely imploding. After eight months building up a new offense, Tuberville abandoned the plan six games into the season and fired offensive coordinator Tony…
10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 11:30 a.m. The Randolph_County chapter of the American Association of_Retired Persons meets at The Galley_Restaurant in Roanoke for a Dutch treat lunch. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, October 16 noon Roanoke…
Gov. Bob Riley and Jefferson County officials are attempting to add a new twist to the Wall Street bailout: $2.7 billion of the Jefferson County sewer debt. But will it work? The $700-billion federal bailout was designed to buy troubled mortgage-related assets from financial institutions in order for them to unburden their portfolios and loosen…
One of the main problems for regular folks in this troubled economy has been the price of energy. It impacts our family budgets, drains money from other important purchases, and is a dead weight on our state economy. Whoever the next president will be, he will have to put us on a different road on…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO: CV 2008-0115 Lowell Hill, Plaintiff Vs. Lot 6, Kimlar Subdivision, as described and recorded at Plat Cabinet B, Slide 56, being a portion of the Northeast 1/4 of the Southeast 1/4, Section 33, Township 18 South, Range 10 East, Randolph County, Alabama. Less and except all rights and easements owned…
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 James T. Sellers and wife, Lesa C. Sellers, Mortgagor(s) to Bobby Ray Baker and Charles R. Johnson, Mortgagee, on December 10, 2007, said mortgage being recorded in the Probate…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: KENNETH E. BURSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Ancillary Letters Testamentary of said deceased have been granted to Ollie Belle Burson on the 10th day of October, 2008, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF L.C. STEWART, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of L.C. Stewart, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of Oct. 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons…