(WEDOWEE) Services for Gleamer Ilene Douglas Yates, 88, of Wedowee will be Sunday, May 4, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church, with the Revs. Tony Morris, David Daniel and Billy Jackson officiating. Mrs. Yates will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.The…

(WADLEY) Services for Caterina Elsabath “Betty” Kuza, 81 of Wadley, were Tuesday, April 29, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Olive Baptist Church (South) with the Rev. Richie Farrow officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Kuza died Sunday, April 27, at Clay County Nursing Home. She was a native of Troy, N.Y.,…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Mamie Lee Tyler, 87, died Friday, April 25, 2008, at Tanner Medical Center, Carrollton, Ga. Services will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, April 30, at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church (Clem), Carrollton. Mother Tyler united with Mt. Gilead Baptist Church of Newell at a young age. There she accepted Jesus Christ as her…

(ROSWELL, Ga.) Glenda Ann Madden, 52, of Roswell, Ga., died Friday, April 25, 2008. Funeral services were Tuesday, April 29, at 1 p.m. EDT at Mt. Gilead Baptist Church in Newell. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Walker Funeral Home, Carrollton, Ga.

WEDOWEE – Spring is in the air and personnel changes are on the agendas of local school boards. During last week’s regular meeting of Randolph County Board of Education, the board met in executive session for approximately two hours with all of its principals, special education coordinator Lemoyen Apostle and personnel director Stephan Frank. Following…

State superintendents and their offices are under the gun after they defeated bills powerful legislator Ken Guin wanted passed. Guin, D-Carbon Hill, sponsored bills to require physical education periods and hiring of nutritionists. After state superintendents defeated his bills, Guin who is majority leader in the House, introduced and obtained passage of House Resolution 564,…

A few readers have chided me for taking too lightly the hardships imposed by the rising cost of gasoline. I want them to know that I empathize with people who are struggling to afford enough fuel to take them to work and back and then to the supermarket, where fuel costs are also driving up…

The used book sale fundraiser for the Randolph County Animal Shelter will be this Saturday, May 3, at Chris Mitchum’s warehouse on Main Street from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Chuck Smith, a shelter board member, said Mitchum has built even more bookshelves for the used books. They have so many books they have taken…

The Randolph County Job Fair will be Friday, May 2, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at El Bethel Baptist Church on U.S. 431 between Roanoke and Wedowee. Randolph County JOBS Task Force will sponsor this job fair. Everyone is invited. There is no charge to participate. More than 40 employers, schools, military and public…

Hurricane season is over. Been over a while. But I waited until now to say anything about it, ’cause the way last year’s predictions went, something else could have popped up and roared in. It was not a good year for predictions. Except mine. I’m sure you remember how back before the hurricane season which…

More often than not, unless there is a rare piece of legislation floating around in Montgomery that is actually good for the state and its citizens, we breathe a sigh of relief when a regular session of the Alabama Legislature ends with few bills having been passed. The expression “no news is good news” may…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES WOODFORD CARTER TO: Larry Baylock, 1648 Huffman Avenue, Dayton, Ohio 45403 Pat Baylock, 529 Qunn Road, West Alexander, Ohio 45381 Patricia Anne Millingarde, P.O. Box 1754, Byron, California 94514 Cathy Sprouse, 17910 Stingel Road, Escalon, California 95320 You are…

Alabama’s natural resources are not unlimited. We learned this during the recent drought when lakes dropped to unprecedented levels, crops withered, and cities and towns across Alabama enforced water use restrictions. Who would have ever thought that water would be a problem for us? For a state that prides itself on its water resources—a map…

A Roanoke man is charged with assault after hitting the Handley Middle School crossing guard with his vehicle. Danny Wayne Williams, 30, 126 Harris St., Roanoke, allegedly struck crossing guard William Heard with his vehicle during a confrontation over the driver wanting to go someplace that the crossing guard would not allow him to go.…

In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Alabama Roofing & Sheet Metal Co., Inc., contractor, has completed the Contract for Reroofing of Woodland High School at Woodland, Alabama, for the State of Alabama and the city of Woodland, AL, owners, and have made request for final…

Handley’s Lady Tigers are on a roll heading into the area softball tournament this week. After falling to Horseshoe Bend by a score of 8-6 last week, the Lady Tigers turned things back around and earned a second place finish in the Pleasant Valley Classic in Woodland Park. Macy Spradlin led the Lady Tigers against…

Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, do hereby give notice of Election to be held in Randolph County, Alabama, and by virtue of the power vested in me as Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, do hereby give notice that said elections…

Drive southbound down Highway 431 for long enough and you’ll eventually come to my hometown. Tucked away somewhere between Eufaula and Dothan is Headland. Headland is the home of the class 3A Headland Rams. Headland—my Rams—haven’t had a successful season on the gridiron in about 15 years. Sure Headland has posted a 5-5 record here…

Roanoke City Council held a public hearing on a sewer project, heard from downtown merchants concerned about elimination of parking places, discussed buying an animal control vehicle, declared Handley Springs Park surplus property to give it to the school system, and reset council meetings from the normal second and fourth Mondays. The public hearing discussed…

Arrests Marvin Lee Pierson, 36, of 147 County Rd. 297, Wedowee – failure to appear in court (possession of a controlled substance), second-degree theft and third-degree theft – April 29 Christopher J. Goodson, 29, of Carbon Hill – failure to appear in court (child support) – April 28 Dale Howard Kittle, 59, of 2595 County…