(ROANOKE) Lula Hutchinson, 82, of Roanoke died Monday, July 28, 2008, at Roanoke Health Care Center.Services will be Monday, Aug. 4, 2008, at 6 p.m. at Sweet Home Baptist Church, Five Points, with burial in the church cemetery.Survivors include a sister-in-law, Annie Mae Robertson of Roanoke. She was preceded in death by her parents, Enard…
(ROANOKE) Clyde A. Hartley, 77, a resident of Roanoke and a former resident of Guntersville, died Tuesday, July 29, 2008, at his residence. Survivors include his wife, Eleanor Grace Hartley of Roanoke; son Randy Hartley of Jeffersonville, Ind; daughter, Bonnie Emery of Roanoke; five grandchildren; sister, Carolyn Snyder of Muscle Shoals; brother, Dan Hartley of…
(OKEECHOBEE, Fla.) Albert M. Wier, 91, of Okeechobee, Fla., died Saturday, July 19, 2008 in Okeechobee as the result of a stroke. Mr. Wier was born August 19, 1916 in Wedowee. He was a master machinist whose career spanned many years in the aircraft and aerospace industries. He was preceeded in death by his loving…
Children’s voices fill the hot summer air as they play and chase each other through the playground, their laughter brightening the day. Nearby an angry Frank Fetner sweeps the floor by a damaged seat on the pavilion at the old Kiwanis Park as workers cut the grass. “This is the worst-tearing up of the table,”…
Arrests Michael Dale Kilgore, 42, of 162 Pine Hollow Dr., Newell – bad check – July 26 Brandy Rebecca Treadwell, 29, of 764 County Rd. 695, Roanoke – probation violation – July 26
Wadley has a new dog in the pound in assistant coach Scott Doss. Doss comes from Paul Bryant High School, a 6A school in Tuscaloosa, where he served as a volunteer assistant football coach while finishing his degree at the University of Alabama. In addition to his duties as assistant football coach, Doss will also…
When the Kids’ Town playground was completed it was the culmination of many months of planning and fundraising and five intense days of hard work that involved all segments of the community. For the scores of volunteers who came together to make it happen, that sense of community and cooperation to create something all could…
Former Roanoke police investigator and business owner Jonathan Heard is in a Mississippi detention facility after a string of alleged robberies last weekend, beginning in Elmore County and ending in Mississippi. He has waived extradition and will be returned to Alabama. Heard, 36, became the focus of a manhunt Friday night that ended early Saturday…
South Carolina coach Steve Spurrier has been through the SEC Media Days 16 times now, and for the 16th time he seemed to enjoy the gathering more than any other coach in the SEC. For most coaches, last week’s SEC Media Days was an interruption, either of the last days of summer vacation or of…
Motivation is something all high school football teams need. And motivated is what the Wadley Bulldogs have been this off-season during summer workouts. Winning has become the main source of motivation for the Bulldogs. A consistent eight or nine win team, Wadley has bred a tradition of success that is displayed in the weight room…
High school football in Randolph County officially begins next Monday with all four county high schools starting fall practice. While I often yearn for the chance to play organized sports again, football in particular, I do not envy these young players at all. If you have to ask why I don’t envy them, you obviously…
No more lessons, no more books, No more teacher’s dirty looks End of school year rhyme At least that is the way it used to be. Not now. Want clear evidence that education today is more rigorous than it was back in that rose-tinted time that we with failing memories call the “good old days”?…
A couple of weeks back we learned that Attorney General Troy King is the second-highest paid attorney general of any state in the union, just behind California AG Jerry Brown. Brown, a former two-term governor of that state, earns $184,301. King’s annual salary is $163,744. I have often advocated paying our legislators $150,000 annually, making…
Roanoke City Schools and Randolph County Schools are preparing for the new school year that begins next Wednesday, August 6. Orientations for various classes from kindergarten to high school have already been held. Just a couple of short weeks down the road, Aug. 14, city schools will take fall pictures. Today, and the rest of…
Former interim Wadley police chief Jason Marc Green, 33, is in jail after pleading guilty to burglary third degree and and theft of property first degree from a Wadley business. This case involves the Dec. 31 burglary and theft of Stephens’ Station on Alabama Highway 22 in Wadley. The Alabama Bureau of Investigation agents arrested…
A Roanoke man was arrested on Sunday and charged with shooting into an occupied vehicle. Daniel T. Hernandez, 60, of 1026 Maple Drive, has since bonded out of Randolph County Jail. According to Roanoke Police Department investigator James Bailey, Hernandez’s daughter, Frances, died on Friday at Bethany House (hospice) in Auburn. Another woman had lived…
(ROANOKE) Services for Alma Christine Cunningham, 92, of Roanoke, will be Friday, Aug. 1, 2008, at 2 p.m. AT Forest Home Christian Church with the Revs. Stanley Yarbrough and Stoney Halsey officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday,…
Arrests Steven Michael Smith, 23, of 58475 Hwy. 22, Roanoke – possession of a controlled substance and parole violation – July 25 Chambers County The Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force made 31 arrests during the past few months. Among those were: Donna Lynn Hood, 48, of Five Points – possession of methamphetamine and possession…
Goodbye, audiocassette. You’re headed for eternal repose among the cobwebs of technological obsolescence. Give my best to the eight-track when you reach your permanent cobweb. I’ll miss you all. The audiocassette has long been dead as far as the music industry was concerned. It was replaced by the CD, which itself is rapidly being replaced…
WOODLAND—While the Healthcare Authority of the Town of Wedowee turned down an offer from Tanner Health System to buy the medical practice at Woodland Clinic, Randolph County Health Care Authority, owner of the clinic building, approved leasing Tanner some adjoining property. The decisions were made at simultaneous meetings on Thursday evening of last week. At…