ArrestsGeorge Delmar Carson, 56, of 9129 Hwy. 431, Wadley – bad check – April 14Dustin Scott Spratlin, 18, of 1451 County Rd. 110, Graham – failure to appear in court – April 14Ashley Sue Taylor, 29, of Tallassee – bad check – April 12Troy Antwoan Knight, 28, of 171 Pool St., Roanoke – domestic violence…
Gov. Bob Riley’s proposal to change the severance tax on oil and gas would end another scheme by ExxonMobil to cheat the taxpayers of Alabama. Under the law, the oil and gas severance tax is a levy on the value of oil or gas at the point of production. However, the taxable value at the…
Mayoral candidate Tony Moore was quickly annexed into the city limits at Monday night’s council meeting. May 28 is the last day a person can become a resident of the municipality and district and still be a candidate for election, according to state law. Candidates must reside in the municipality and district for 90 days…
A forum of Democratic candidates will be held at the Hub Restaurant in Wedowee on Tuesday, April 29, at 6:30 p.m. All local, district and state Democratic candidates will be invited to speak, and everyone is invited to come hear what the candidates have to say. The forum is sponsored by the Randolph County Democratic…
The Wadley Bulldogs ended their regular season on a high note with wins over Edward Bell, 14-4, and Lanett, 12-2. The Dogs end their season with a six-game win streak, an area title and a home date for the first round of the playoffs. Against Edward Bell last Wednesday, the Dogs showed off their impressive…
It has been a circus. Up in New York some are saying that the only difference between Gov. Spitzer and other Albany politicians is that he paid for it. Hee Hee Hee. Then along comes the governor that replaced the governor telling reporters that both he and his wife had extramarital affairs while he was…
LAUREL, Miss. – A suspected teenage killer from Roanoke was captured in a Laurel, Miss., motel room on Wednesday evening, April 9. Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Gregory Dendinger said that U.S. Marshals took Glenn Eugene Herrmann Jr., 17, into custody at the Magnolia Motor Lodge off Interstate 59. According to Dendinger, Randolph County Narcotics…
(NEWELL) Services for Mrs. L.C. Williams Stewart, 94, of Newell will be Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 11 a.m. at Smyrna Baptist Church, with the Rev. Brian Smith and the Rev. Keith Rivers officiating. Mrs. Stewart will lie in state at the church for one hour before the service. Burial will be in the adjoining…
(WOODLAND) Services for Katherine Johnson Rampey, 82, of Woodland will be Wednesday, April 16, 2008 at 2 p.m. CDT at Shiloh Baptist Church, with the Rev. Timothy Holt, Dr. Barry Cosper and the Rev. Ronnie Puckett officiating. Mrs. Rampey will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to the service. Burial will…
(WOODLAND) Lucy Green, 107, of Highway 48, Woodland, died Monday, April 14, 2008 at her home. Services will be Wednesday, April 16, at 1 p.m. CDT at Providence Baptist Church, with the Rev. Billy Jackson officiating. Music will be by the church choir. Grandsons will serve as pallbearers and caregivers as honorary pallbearers. Interment will…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Lillie Eason Robinson, 99, of Bowdon, Ga., died Saturday, April 12, 2008, at her residence. She was born in Carroll County, Ga., on Jan. 20,1909, daughter of the late Henry and Belle Black Eason. She was a member of Poplar Springs Primitive Baptist Church, a retired press operator at Sewell’s and was an…
(WEDOWEE) Albert Dukes, 85, of 1869 County Road 809, Wedowee, died Friday, April 11, 2008 at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Tuesday, April 15, at 2 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include three daughters, Ruby Knight and…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Chester B. Pool, 86, of Wedowee will be at 11 a.m. Saturday April 12, 2008, at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Lineville with the Rev. Claude Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Pool died Monday April 7 at Clay County Nursing Home. He was a lifelong…
(WEST PALM BEACH, Fla.) Services for Margie Harrell Bolt, 82, of West Palm Beach, Fla., and a part-time resident of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, Roanoke, with the Rev. Ed Grooms officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the…
(VALDOSTA, Ga.) Nancy Heard Winston, 65, of Valdosta, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, died March 7, 2008. Services were March 14 at 2 p.m. at Union Cathedral in Valdosta, with Bishops Wade S. McCrae and Clarence Wells officiating. Interment was in Sunset Hill Cemetery. Sons and grandsons served as pallbearers. Mrs. Winston was born Jan. 10,…
LAUREL, Miss. – A suspected teenage killer from Roanoke was captured in a Laurel, Miss., motel room on Wednesday evening. Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Gregory Dendinger said that U.S. Marshals took Glenn Eugene Herrmann Jr., 17, into custody at the Magnolia Motor Lodge off Interstate 59. According to Dendinger, Randolph County Narcotics Unit received…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Clayton Presley “Buck” Fetner, 80, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, April 9, 2008, at West Georgia Medical Center. Mr. Fetner was born Jan. 9, 1928, in Roanoke, son of the late Charles Clayton Fetner and Odie Hallman Fetner Blackwelder. He had lived in LaGrange most of his life and attended Sunnyside Baptist Church.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Fannie Lou Butler, 90, of Roanoke will be Saturday, April 12, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Frank Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends Saturday, April 12, from noon to 2 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Butler died…
(ROCK MILLS) Services for James Eddie Burks, 80, of Rock Mills will be Friday, April 11, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Frank Foster and Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
(WEDOWEE) Services for Chester B. Pool, 86, of Wedowee will be at 11 a.m. Saturday April 12, 2008, at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Lineville with the Rev. Claude Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in Pine Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Pool died Monday April 7 at the Clay County Nursing Home. He was a…