Wadley Mayor Bruce Albright said he was just not going to take it anymore and swore out a warrant for the arrest of a city councilwoman’s husband for the obscene gestures Samford Lamar “Bud” Stringfellow was allegedly making toward him.The mayor said: “I just got tired of being harassed. He’s trying to provoke me. I…

Wadley Mayor Bruce Albright said the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is assisting him as he tries to open two city wells that were closed a long time ago. Albright said he had received warnings from ADEM about the haloacetic acid levels in the city’s water. The acid is a byproduct of a disinfectant placed…

It is difficult to balance budgets with current economic forecasts February was the opening of the 2008 Legislative session, and the first real look at the budgets and the financial condition of state government. On February 7, Gov. Riley presented his budgets to the Legislature, and there has been a lot of discussion about them,…

Randolph County Sheriff’s Office is seeking a father and son for burglary. On Monday morning, a teenager who resides on County Road 16 in Roanoke hid in his home and witnessed the burglars, who thought no one was home, said Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Jimmy Holmes. In addition to reporting the burglary, the family…

An automobile accident in Roanoke Sunday night caused a major water leak. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the driver of a 1996 Lexus, Robin Elaine Kilpatrick, 34, of 520 Border St., Roanoke, attempted to make a right turn from LaFayette Highway onto Main Street when she lost control of her car. Kilpatrick…

(ROANOKE) Services for Mamie Bowen Bailey, 85, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Andrew Dressler officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Bailey died Tuesday,…

The Roanoke Healthcare Authority last week passed a resolution authorizing Authority Chairman Matthew Knight to sign all documents, agreements and loan documents which basically moved forward the city’s purchase of Randolph Medical Center. “That is the sole intent of the resolution — approval by the authority for me to sign off on the paperwork that…

A few columns back, I wrote about the embarrassment many South Carolinians feel over having a statue of “Pitchfork Ben” Tillman on the State House grounds. The former governor and U.S. senator is a relic from another era, when the racial discrimination he espoused was the conventional wisdom among the people he represented. That attitude,…

Grand jury indictments A retired local educator and former Republican candidate for county school superintendent has been indicted by Randolph County jurors on a charge of sexual abuse of a child under 12 years of age. Philip Gerald Henson, 53, of 243 Guy St., Roanoke, turned himself in at the Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, accompanied…

There haven’t been any punches thrown yet, but the legislative season in Montgomery picked up this month just about where it left off last year at adjournment, with Gov. Bob Riley and the Democratic majority tossing linguistic salvos at each other. Last week Democrats passed resolutions blaming the governor for ordering annual property reappraisals and…

(ROANOKE) Services for Barry Allan McCard, 43, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Richard Meads and the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8…

I have told this story many times. I usually tell it to friends I trust to appreciate the irony of it, but who would never think ill of me for the telling. It gives me no delight or comfort. I tell you now only because last week I wrote about how feral cats are at…

(ROANOKE) Services for Roy Milton “Tubby” Knight, 80, of Roanoke were Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ed Grooms officiating. Burial was in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Knight died Friday, Feb. 16, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Survivors include one daughter, Dianne Boyd of Roanoke; one son,…

(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Xavier O. McFarlin, 27, of LaGrange, Ga., formerly of Five Points, died Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008, at West Georgia Health System in LaGrange. Services will be Tuesday, Feb. 19, at 2 p.m. CDT at O.H. Ministries in Lanett with pastor Bertha Hodge officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery, LaFayette. Mr.…

(WOODLAND) Services for Ethel Estelle Brown, 93, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Feb. 29, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ, with Bro. Ricky Murphy and Bro. Alan Daniel officiating. Mrs. Brown will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. The…

(COLDWATER) Services for Audrey Daniel Eady, 89, of Coldwater will be 1 p.m. Monday, Feb. 18, 2008, at Gray Brown-Service Mortuary with the Rev. Winfred R. Logan officiating. Burial will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Eady died Friday, Feb. 15, at Regional Medical Center. Survivors include three sons, James Eady and Garry Eady of Anniston…

(DAYTON, Ohio) Vera Banks, 91, of Dayton, Ohio, died Friday, Feb. 15, 2008, at Good Samaritan Hospital. She was a native of Wedowee and resided in Dayton all of her adult life. Survivors include two sisters, Lucille Carter of Gary, Ind., and Annie Smith of Dayton; a brother, Raymond Banks of Dayton; and a host…

(TEMPLE, Ga.) Infant Chet Dakota Dunn, 4 months, of Temple, Ga., died Feb. 14, 2008. Survivors include his parents, Chet Rogers and Jennifer Dunn of Temple; one sister, Taylor Fitzhugh of Temple; grandparents, Donna Dunn of Bremen, Ga., Anita Williams of Villa Rica, Ga., and Billy Rogers of Woodland; two aunts; and a number of…