The Randolph County Lady Tigers softball team fell in the opening round of the state playoffs to Ohatchee last week.The Lady Tigers fought hard in both games, losing by only a slim margin.The first game Ohatchee downed Randolph County 3-0.“It was a very good defensive game from both teams,” Randolph County head coach Robyn Wortham…
Last September, career investigators at the U. S. Office of Special Counsel opened a probe into whether partisan politics was a factor in the Justice Department’s prosecution of former Alabama governor Don Siegelman. The OSC is an independent federal investigative and prosecutorial agency. Its primary mission is to safeguard the merit system by protecting federal…
Members of the Goodwyn, Mills and Cawood Inc. firm and the Alabama Department of Revenue Commissioner’s office met with citizens of Roanoke last Wednesday for the early stages of planning to improve downtown Roanoke. The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce and the Rotary Club held the meeting as a public forum to obtain suggestions from…
Arrests Maurice Antwone Allen, 21, of Joiner’s Trailer Park, Roanoke – disorderly conduct – May 12 Amanda Leigh Tapia, 28, of 395 William Rd., Wadley – bad check – May 12 Robert Johnson Hodges, 19, of 5216 County Rd. 87, Roanoke – liquor law violation – May 10 Cody Burks, 19, of 1162 County Rd.…
LAFAYETTE—The Rev. Stanley Daniel pleaded guilty to first-degree rape and first-degree sodomy and two counts of distribution of obscene material Thursday morning in front of Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom Young, who sentenced him to 20 years each on the first two charges and 12 months each on the second two. Defense lead attorney Thomas…
First Baptist Church of Roanoke, Main Street, is sponsoring a “Follow Through” Golf Tournament Saturday at the Roanoke Country Club beginning at 9 p.m. and a sports banquet at 6 p.m. in the fellowship hall. It two-fold objective is for the men of the church to enjoy a day of fellowship together on the golf…
Every day Jack Bass smelled the bodies burning in the crematorium, and every night, he and the others brushed the ashes from their hair. Bass, who spoke to students at Randolph County High School on Thursday of last week, spent two and a half years in German concentration camps—and lived to tell about it. Now…
At this point I’ve been to every county team’s spring practice. And I just need to say there’s a lot to look forward to this fall. The first thing you notice when looking at the players in this finely-tuned athlete-producing machine that is Randolph County, is the incredible talent at the skilled positions at all…
LAFAYETTE—Roanoke Mayor Henry V. “Spec” Bonner resigned his office Thursday, just hours after entering into an agreement admitting guilt on two of 26 criminal indictments sought and obtained by the Alabama Attorney General’s office. Under the agreement in Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom Young’s court, Bonner entered a “best interest plea” to the charges of…
The Randolph Leader has won first and second place awards in the 2008 Advertising Contest of the Alabama Press Association. Both winning ads were created by the Leader’s graphic designer, Emily Wilkins. In the large non-daily division, a Lake Wedowee Magazine promotion won first place in the Best In-Paper Promotion of Newspaper category. An ad…
On May 6 at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley, 22 graduates were presented plaques during the Leadership Randolph County graduation ceremony. The graduating class includes Lori Daniel, Jill Rivers, Ruth Brooks, Julie Thompson, Penny Pool, Russell Robinson, Elaine Goodman, David Johnson, Chad Norred, Dorothy Tidwell, Pat Truitt, Lisa Gay, Linda Frosolono, Virginia Laney,…
There is only one day left in the 2008 regular legislative session, which ends on May 19. It has been a productive session for the House, where we have passed major reforms and bills that will make Alabama better. The House passed a landmark measure that will ban pass-through pork, the process where line items…
The Wadley Bulldogs and the Randolph County Tigers each have two things on their minds this spring. The first is how spring practice sessions will translate to Friday nights this fall. The second is each other. Wadley and Randolph County will face off for a full-fledged jamboree game to put a punctuation mark on spring…
A meeting of the Roanoke City Council has been set for Thursday at 4 p.m. to deal with the mayoral issue and with the city airport runway approach. Mayor Spec Bonner announced his resignation on Thursday but it must be submitted in person to the council, none of whom were at Thursday’s meeting, or in…
The Randolph County Tigers will have a new head coach prowling the sidelines next season after their head coach of seven years, Pat Prestridge, resigned at the April 21 Randolph County Board of Education meeting. Prestridge’s resignation will be accepted at the May 19 school board meeting, according to Randolph County High School principal Byron…
A program to flush the city’s water lines stopped by last year’s historical drought has been restarted in certain areas of the city, according to city of Roanoke Utilities Operations Supervisor Brent Wilson. Last week they flushed the worst areas including the streets of Pool, Maple, Chestnut, Woodland, Pershing, Schuessler, Louina, Bradley, West Point, Cannon,…
The total raised at the Bike Hike Warm-Up Beach Party on Friday was $36,717. Of that amount, $3,430 came from the auction, $540 from the cookout and $32,727 from riders and business donations. Winners of the best beach attire contest were: first place – tie between Officer Jo Wilson and “Hula Mae” Harvel; second place…
Sometimes I wonder what my Civil War ancestors would think about the many ways we go about honoring their memory. Best I can tell from his refusal to attend any Confederate reunions, my great-grandfather would think that it all, or at least a good part of it, is a bunch of silliness. Now I know…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF C.W. KEY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of C.W. Key, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 30th day of April, 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons…
Notice is hereby given that Robinson & Sons Construction Services, Inc., 80 Fifth Ave, Haleyville, AL 35565, has completed the Micaville 0.5 Ground Storage Water Tank (Co. Rd. 47) and the Upgrade of Existing Tanks for the Randolph County Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authority. All persons having any claim for labor, materials, or otherwise…