(ROANOKE) Services for Gladys Faye Smith Waldrep, 73, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 29, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Grady Evans and the Rev. Marty Dunlap officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
The Pew Research Center, a respected non-partisan and non-profit national polling and research organization, has just concluded a national survey on our opinions about the Iraq War as it enters its sixth year this month. The Pew polling shows that five years after the start of the conflict the public view of the situation in…
The Water, Sewer and Gas Board of Wedowee has applied for funding through the Alabama Department of Environmental Management’s Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) for a sewer rehabilitation project. The Board will hold a public meeting on April 22, 2008, at 10:00 a.m. at the Office of the Water, Sewer and Gas Board to…
The Roanoke City Council’s workshop session included discussions about potential grants and a potential animal ordinance to replace the present one. Ellen C. Austin, community development director with East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, said she was not pushing the Betty Street sewerage project but said it is still a good, viable, project and…
An almost $10 million settlement stopped what would have been a historic civil trial in Randolph County in lawsuits against Terry Manufacturing Company Inc. and Terry Uniform Company LLC. A number of regionally known attorneys had made month-long reservations and jury selection was scheduled for March 17, but a yet-to-be approved settlement was reached. John…
Basset Day never achieved the status of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday, or even of the watered-down President’s Day. Perhaps that’s because James Lutzweiler, my friend from Jamestown, N. C., was unable to find another sponsor to pick up the tab for the annual lunch, though you’d think Duke University, Jesse Jackson’s Rainbow Coalition…
An investigation is ongoing into the generated or scanned copies of what looks like Plantation Patterns payroll checks being cashed throughout the county and elsewhere, according to Wadley Police Chief Tim “Pee-Wee” Terry. Some of the fraudulently obtained amounts are $400 to $500 from each check. Stephens Station in Wadley has been hit with these…
The Handley Tigers softball team ripped into the Woodland Lady Bobcats last week, winning 11-1. Handley’s batters pounded away at the plate throughout the game with seven players turning in averages of at least .300. “It’s always a rivalry,” Handley head coach Randy Hall said. “They’re always anxious to play Woodland and Woodland’s always anxious…
A dog killer could be at large in the Twin Lakes area near Roanoke, so Suzanne Kniffen warns that people should keep up their animals until it is learned whether the dogs are drinking tainted water or anti-freeze or have deliberately poisoned. She is one of the many pet owners who have found a beloved…
The Randolph County Tigers took a pair of tough area losses last week when they fell to Ranburne, 8-0, and Lineville, 9-7. Randolph County head coach Mike Parker said the Tigers played area leader Ranburne close until about the sixth inning. It was in the sixth inning when the errors began to take their toll.…
AVA — Randolph County Narcotics Unit has arrested an Ava teenager following the execution of a search warrant at his home on Monday. According to investigator Billy Lane, Jeffery Sean Lawson, 19, of 1521 County Rd. 56 is charged with first-degree possession of marijuana, possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), and possession of drug paraphernalia.…
LAGRANGE, Ga. — Two Randolph County men are suspects in the kidnapping of a LaGrange, Ga., teenager. On March 12 at approximately 4:30 p.m., Anzavian Ford, 18, of LaGrange reported to LaGrange Police that he had been kidnapped at gunpoint from 114 Cox St. by two black males who were driving a late model Dodge…
The Randolph County Lady Tigers earned a confidence-boosting, 4-3 win over Weaver last Tuesday. Randolph County head coach Robyn Wortham said the game was a huge positive for the Lady Tigers, who have been struggling with inconsistency and youth. “We didn’t have but two errors the whole night,” Wortham said. “It was a good game…
Candidates for local offices qualify with their party chairman until 5 p.m. April 4, less than two weeks away. In non-county commission races, incumbent Revenue Commissioner Josh Burns and incumbent Randolph County Board of Education member David Cofield, who represents District 4, have qualified to defend their offices. Both are running as Democrats. Burns is…
The Wadley Cemetery Board will be accepting bids for the job of maintaining the cemetery grounds for the year beginning April 1, 2008. Only lump sum written bids will be accepted. Bids will be opened at 6 p.m. Thursday, March 27, 2008, at Wadley First United Methodist Church on Highland Avenue in Wadley. Persons interested…
Woodland High School student Jill Jacobs went to Montgomery and spoke to a group in the legislature in support of Senate Bill 229. Sen. Vivian Figures introduced this bill that proposes that restaurants and other public areas become smoke free. Jill, who is an ambassador for the Alabama Sports Festival as a Student Against Tobacco,…
This week marks the start of the second half of the 2008 legislative session, and there is still much work to do. The House has been productive, passing important bills, from campaign finance reform to sanctions for employers who hire illegal immigrants. We have worked for the most part in a bipartisan fashion, accomplishing much,…
RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE THE FINANCIAL STORE INC. VS. BRENDA RICHARDSON By virtue of a judgment issued out of Small Claims Court of Randolph County, Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Brenda Richardson, defendant, out of the goods, chattels, land and…
After a nearly two-week layoff, the Handley Tigers found a big win over county rival Woodland, 8-4, last week. The Tigers found plenty of success at the plate against stout pitching from Woodland’s A.J. Baldwin. Handley’s Trent Johnson put the Tigers on the board with a 2-run shot in the first inning. “He kind of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE TO: CATALINO CRUZ ALLENDE, WHEREABOUTS UNKNOWN You are hereby notified that a minor child has appeared in the Probate Court of Randolph County, asking that a marriage license be issued to him. If you wish to contest the issuing of a marriage license for the minor child, you must contact this…