The Randolph County Commission is studying the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Woodland Community being more particularly described as follows:Commencing at the intersection of County Road 467 and County Road 468, for a point of beginning, thence run southerly along County Road 467 a distance of 0.196 miles to the intersection…

The Randolph County Commission established a deadline for the submittal of applications for variances or exemptions to the Randolph County subdivision and land development regulations for subdivisions under construction prior to the effective date of said regulations. All applications must be filed in the county engineer’s office no later than June 2, 2008, at 4:30…

(ROANOKE) Services for Donald Rudolph Pinkard, 76, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Christian Church, with the Rev. Harold Bonner and the Rev. John D. Collins officiating. Mr. Pinkard will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining…

Ultra Care, Inc. d/b/a Ultra Care of Randolph County has filed a Certificate of Need proposing to provide home health services in Randolph County. The total cost of the proposal is $218,268. Individuals seeking further information regarding the Certificate of Need application may contact: Jim Sanders, Deputy Director State Health Planning and Development Agency 100…

RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GLADYS MAY WILLIAMSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Gladys May Williamson, 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…

(ROANOKE) Bob Jefferson, 68, of Roanoke died Tuesday, May 13, 2008, at his residence. Mr. Jefferson was born June 25, 1939, in Taylorsville, Ga., son of the late Robert and Hermenia Goodard Jefferson. He was a member of Marietta First Christian Church and had retired from Northwest Airlines as a stock clerk in the Treasury…

ELECTRICAL AND HVAC UPGRADES TO WOODLAND HIGH SCHOOL GYMNASIUMS FOR THE RANDOLPH COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION WEDOWEE, ALABAMA PROJECT # 08-113 Sealed proposals, will be received for the above referenced project by Mr. Wayne Wortham, Superintendent, at the Randolph County Board Of Education, Wedowee, Alabama, until 2:00 PM, Thursday, May 29, 2008, then publicly opened…

(ROANOKE) Services for Donald Rudolph Pinkard, 76, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 14, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Zion Christian Church, with the Rev. Harold Bonner and the Rev. John D. Collins officiating. Mr. Pinkard will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining…

(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Katie Beatrice Thompson, 47, of Roopville, Ga., died Monday, May 5, 2008, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Funeral services for Mrs. Thompson were Wednesday, May 7, at 2 p.m. from Olive Branch Baptist Church in Franklin, Ga., with the Rev. David Huckeba officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. Mrs. Thompson…

(ANNISTON) Services for Justin W. Jackson, 61, of Anniston, who died Thursday, May 8, 2008, will be Saturday at 11 a.m. at the Chapel of Miller Funeral Home. The Rev. Calvin Brooks and the Rev. Richie Farrow will officiate. Burial will be in Shiloh Baptist Cemetery in Delta. Mr. Jackson was a native and lifelong…

LAFAYETTE—Roanoke Mayor 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 entered into in Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom Young’s court, Bonner entered a “best interest plea” to the charges of…

LAFAYETTE—Roanoke Mayor 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 entered into in Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom Young’s court, Bonner entered a “best interest plea” to the charges of…

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…

Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum told school board members in their April meeting he was extremely proud of all involved in the 100-percent student participation in spring tests at all three schools. He thanked everyone associated with the Alabama Reading and Math Tests/SAT 10 tests, including the work of students, parents and staff. He…

Congratulations to the college football conference commissioners for their stellar decision-making skills in last week’s Bowl Championship Series meetings. You guys are officially my heroes. I’m always impressed by people who stand up for what they believe in. I’m even more impressed when they do it under the intense scrutiny of the teeming masses. As…

We always talk about how important education is, but a new study shows in stark terms how failure in our schools could mean failure in the Alabama economy. The Atlanta-based Southern Education Foundation recently released a report showing Alabama with a lower average income than most other states, and the cause is the lower education…

A wrecked dump truck is raising new controversy in Wadley. Mayor Bruce Albright has appropriated the town’s dump truck, paid $1,000 for it, obtained the title and said he has done $3,000 to $4,000 worth of work on it and he’s not giving it up. The town council seems united that it has not declared…

CASE NUMBER CV-2008-054 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. PAUL JONES, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, FIFTH JUDICIAL CIRCUIT PLAINTIFF VS. One (1) Motorola phone and two thousand one hundred ninety-one dollars and fifty cents ($2191.50) in lawful currency of the United States of America, and Timothy Jermain Winston and Lovette Wood and A, B, C, said defendants…

PROJECT NO. 08-152 – SITE IMPROVEMENTS KNIGHT ENLOE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ROANOKE, ALABAMA FOR THE ROANOKE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION ROANOKE, ALABAMA Sealed proposals will be received for bids for the above referenced project by Mr. Chuck Marcum, Superintendent, at the office of the Roanoke City Board of Education, Roanoke, Alabama until 2:00 PM, Thursday, May…

BETHEL – A Georgia man was assaulted at gathering place in the Bethel community over the weekend, and authorities are in search of his attacker. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Greg Dendinger, Michael Bryan, 20, of Franklin, Ga., was beaten about the head in the early hours of Saturday off of County Road…