Downtown Roanoke once was the center of commerce for a large area. To say that it has fallen on hard times is an understatement. Although the downtown buildings of many small towns are vacant today, many of Roanoke’s buildings have been neglected to the point they cannot safely be salvaged.People have talked for years about…
Got an e-mail from my buddy John. In it was a piece from the Wall Street Journal. Headline read: “Mariah Carey Surpasses Elvis For No. 1 Billboard Singles.” “Further evidence,” John wrote, “of the decline of Western civilization.” Far be it for me to take issue with my friend, mainly because he is right. However,…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum and the board of education recognized retiring employees at last week’s board meeting and approved a new principal for Knight-Enloe Elementary School to replace Rita Parmer, who is retiring. Marcum presented framed resolutions marking the retirees’ service. He was doing so with mixed emotions, he said, with the system…
No one was injured on Wednesday afternoon of last week when a vehicle drove into the front of a rental house in Wedowee. According to the report filed with Wedowee Police Department, the home, located at 36 Jennifer Circle, is owned by Don Benefield. The driver of the 2006 Mercury Grand Marquis, Mauryce Moore, 79,…
Marine Unit CLB-6 stationed in Al Asad, Iraq, received a Memorial Day surprise. A care package was sent to each engineer in that unit as a result of a drive organized by Joanna Huddleston. Mrs. Huddleston of state-line bordering Ephesus, Ga., and Woodland is the wife of Cpl. Robert Huddleston, who is one of the…
Penny L. Pool You can find the Randolph County Board of Registrars behind the courthouse in Wedowee in a cream-colored building. If you kept driving straight after turning between the courthouse and the county commission building you would run into the voter’s registrar building. Three-member voter registrar boards are political appointments. Democrats normally appoint Democrats…
Randolph County baseball teams had both success and talent this season, and it shows from the number of players selected to this year’s All-County Baseball Team. Fourteen players were selected by The Leader and each high school’s coaches to the 2008 edition of the All-County Team, topping last year’s 10 players. Four players from last…
An investigation into the crash of a small plane near Woodland in December reveals that lack of sleep could have played a significant role in the crash. Two people were killed on the night of Dec. 7 when a Cessna R182 crashed behind a residence at 540 County Rd. 112, west of Bethel East Baptist…
A collision between two pickup trucks on Wednesday afternoon of last week injured several occupants of the vehicles. The accident occurred on Alabama Hwy. 22 at Dickert. Kevin Moncus, 31, of Roanoke, the driver of 2005 Chevrolet truck, was injured, and one of his two passengers, Rodrique Staples, 24, of Roanoke was airlifted to a…
It has been a longstanding tradition with this column that whenever a physical threat to our Southland arises, I quickly sound a warning to readers—regardless of whether the threat passes the Snopes test. That’s why I’m writing about the exotic crazy Raspberry running ant, which is threatening to take over the coastal areas of Texas.…
Alabamians are unfortunately no strangers to dangerous weather. This spring we’ve seen our share of tornados and dangerous weather systems move through our state. Each front has brought much needed rain, slowly pulling us out of the drought of the past two years. But the winds and hail have caused damage, and we continue to…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the next Special Session or Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama after publication has been completed and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A Bill to be Entitled an Act Relating to Randolph County;…
The Democratic and Republican party primaries will be next Tuesday, June 3, from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m., but the best thing those planning to vote can do is double check their voting locations in the voters list that ran in The Randolph Leader on May 14, according to Randolph County Probate Judge George Diamond,…
RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE TROY LARRY SMITH VS. WILLIAM TYLER By virtue of a judgment issued out of Small Claims Court of Randolph County, Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against William Tyler, defendant, out of the goods, chattels, land and tenements…
Charlie Frank Burdette reported to Roanoke Police that on May 23, he was robbed at his Seymour Drive residence. According to the report, a man known to Burdette asked him for some money. When Burdette refused, the man said, “I got to do what I got to do,” and pulled a knife on him. The…
When college football coaches get fired, it is usually a time of worry (although those buyouts can be comforting in a time of tribulation). Even though they get those nice golden parachutes, a coach wants to coach. He hates being unemployed, especially in the fall when he is bombarded by college football. He worries about…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FRANKLIN LEE ALVIS, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Franklin Lee Alvis, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 15th day of May, 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by CHARLES W. ALLEN and WENDY K. ALLEN, husband and wife, as Mortgagor(s) to NEW CENTURY MORTGAGE CORPORATION, as Mortgagee, dated the 21st day of March, 2002, and recorded in Book 426, Page 491, et seq.…
I want to start something with this column. At the end of every school year, I want to hand out a prestigious award I’m going to dub, the Shelley Award. The Shelley Awards are chosen solely by me. Really, there’s no system I use to determine the winners. It’s just categories I make up. This…
WEDOWEE—In a brief pre-holiday meeting last week Randolph County Commission approved payment of the taxes owed on the commercial building given to the county in Roanoke. According to Revenue Commissioner Josh Burns, the taxes owed are $6,231 on behalf of the previous owner. Next year the building, which housed Terry 431 and American Apparel, will…