The Handley Lady Tigers’ playoff hopes were dashed after a loss to the eventual area champion Dadeville Tigers and an upset by Coosa Central. In Handley’s first game of the tournament, Handley jumped out to a 2-1 lead in the first inning. Dadeville tied the game in the bottom of the second inning, with Handley…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Rodney J. Wise and Lisa Wise, husband and wife, to Wilmington Finance, a division of AIG Federal Savings Bank, on the 10th day of February, 2005, being recorded in Book 477, Page 109, assigned to Mortgage Electronic Registrations…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL IN RE: ESTATE OF VINNIE LANDERS TO: BETTY MORRIS 277 RUSTIC ROAD STOCKBRIDGE, GEORGIA 20281 And all other heirs at law and next of kin of Vinnie Landers, deceased You are hereby notified that on this day came Linda Cagle and filed in this…

Roanoke City Council members, the Randolph County Animal Shelter board of directors and other interested people met for a workshop Monday night prior to the council meeting and seemed dedicated to cooperating. The shelter opened in fall of 2007 and is overseen by a 12-member board of directors with a staff of shelter manager Gail…

The gardens of Roanoke residents Linda and Charles Shelnutt, are featured in the May 2008 issue of “Southern Living” magazine. Steve Bender, editor, visited and has written an incredible before and after story on an old barbershop that Linda has transformed into a charming cottage surrounded by hydrangeas, hollyhocks, old-fashioned petunias, antique roses and hundreds…

(KINGSLAND, Texas) James Howard Birdsong, 67, died Friday, April 18, 2008, in Houston, Texas, following a lengthy illness. He was born to J.D. and Martha L. Brand Birdsong on Aug. 28, 1940, in Chambers County, Ala. Jim had two bachelor’s degrees and a master’s degree. He had been employed for many years with Lockheed Martin…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jason Michael McCormick, an unmarried man, on April 14, 2007, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 514, Page 168, Record of…

A Roanoke woman was arrested on Friday of last week and charged with forging her mother’s signature on several checks. According to Roanoke Police Department investigator Derek Farr, Sandra Michelle McCormick, 25, of 515 West Ave., Roanoke, is charged with eight counts of second-degree possession of a forged instrument. McCormick found a box of checks…

The Bike Hike Warm-Up will take place this Friday at radio station WELR on U.S. 431 north of Roanoke. During Warm-Up participants will ride stationary bicycles throughout the day to raise pledges for the Randolph County Learning Center. A complete list of scheduled riders can be found on page 4A of this week’s Randolph Leader.…

The career of Ryan Perrilloux at LSU presented Les Miles with a dilemma that college football coaches absolutely hate. And it is one that college coaches deal with almost annually with one player or another. The question is just how far do you go with a player – who is actually, don’t forget, just a…

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…

Voter registration and absentee ballot application deadlines are coming up, with the June 3 political parties primary less than a month away. Don McLeod, a Randolph County registrar, is urging citizens to look for their name and voting location in the voting list that will run in The Randolph Leader May 14. Voters need to…