ArrestsAntoinette Zonya Quick, 44, of 468 Rebecca Lane, Apt. 14, Roanoke – three counts of failure to appear in court – Feb. 4Danny Joe Sudduth Jr., 22, of 1431 County Rd. 61, Roanoke – failure to appear in court (giving false information to an officer) – Jan. 31Terry Wayne Brooks, 38, of 703 West Ave.,…
The Wadley Bulldogs finished out their regular season dropping the last two games to Lineville, 71-64, and Horseshoe Bend, 58-46. Tuesday against Lineville, Wadley head coach Jim Striplin said the Bulldogs made some mental errors that cost them the game. After jumping out to a 20-16 lead in the first quarter, Lineville surged back to…
Finally National Signing Day is here and the teams of the Southeastern Conference are going to land more than their fair share of the talented high school football players from around the South. Many of them are even going beyond the South to bring in some outstanding talent. In the next two or three weeks…
Jon Taylor of Taylor Construction Company has bulldozed and removed the old Ranch Motel on LaFayette Highway, the first of several properties condemned by the city. The city worked through a lengthy legal process overseen by the city’s nuisance officer, A.J. Johnson, who found it difficult to find out-of-state owners or properties listed in someone’s…
At the end of the day, I wish people would stop saying “at the end of the day.” Not since John Dean popularized “at that point in time” during the infamous Watergate hearings has an expression been so embraced by people who can’t turn phrases on their own but are driven to use second-hand originalities.…
Felicia Huey circled the burnt building that used to be her home. She is itching to enter what is left of her home on Central Avenue to see if anything can be salvaged but knows it is too dangerous. A registered nurse, she was working her regular night shift in the emergency room at Randolph…
(ROANOKE) Services for William Quinton Bailey, 76, of Roanoke will be Friday, Feb. 8, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Jamie Taylor and Kevin Bailey officiating. Burial to follow in Rest Haven Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr.…
Now you may not agree, but I think global warming is for real. Look, a bunch of scientists took the temperature of the earth for a bunch of years and put it on a chart and the chart shows we are getting warmer. Globally. You are probably just jealous that you didn’t think of it…
WEDOWEE – “I apologize to my customers for being closed so long,” said Letha Rice, owner of The Hub Restaurant in Wedowee. The restaurant has been closed since Wednesday of last week when a stove fire caused some damage to the kitchen. Rice said the flames were high, but it damaged only the stove and…
Whether you’re a Republican, a Democrat or a New York Giants fan, this week has just been super. Tuesday was the big political party primary day, or Super Tuesday, if you will, and Sunday was obviously the Super Bowl. I think if there was one name that probably got a lot of write-in votes this…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANNIE CATHERINE CUNNINGHAM, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Annie Catherine Cunningham, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 31st day of January, 2008, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
In what has been the biggest primary night ever, 24 states caucused or voted for party nominees to be the nation’s next president. Alabama is one of them. Randolph Countians on the Republican side selected Mike Huckabee over John McCain with Huckabee receiving 1,249 votes or 24.23 percent of the total votes cast to McCain’s…
The Randolph County Solid Waste Authority is requesting bids on the repair of the scales at the Randolph County Transfer Station. Requests for bids can be obtained by contacting Lisa Green at the Randolph County Commission office: (256)357-4980. Deadline for obtaining bid requests is Feb. 8, 2008. All bids must be received in the Randolph…
Arrests Clark Stevens Galloup, 45, of 2662 County Rd. 91, Roanoke – Feb. 2 – domestic violence (menacing) and second-degree possession of marijuana Reed Harmon, 45, of 406 Griffin Rd., Lineville – Feb. 2 – third-degree domestic violence (harassment) Antwoan Troy Knight, 28, of 148 County Rd. 905, Wedowee – Jan. 31 – unauthorized use…
WEDOWEE – A teenager was injured in a one-vehicle accident Saturday night on Pate’s Curve in Wedowee. According to the accident report, the accident happened at around 10 p.m. in the curve on Highway 48, just east of Randolph County High School. Cordale Steagall, 17, of Roanoke was driving a 2000 Dodge Stratus, which left…
The Democratic-controlled Alabama Legislature assembled in Montgomery Tuesday with many in the majority party feeling as though they were facing down both barrels of a double-barreled shotgun in addition to the problems they face with finding enough funding for education and all other facets of state government. In one barrel they saw the face of…
It seems like a crazy way to choose a president, with different states holding primaries under different rules, but no one seems to have come up with anything better. Alabama moved its presidential preference primary up from June to February 5 on the grounds that the races for the Democratic and Republican nominees were usually…
Ricky Rochester, operations manager and owner of R&W Waste, sought clarification at a recent Roanoke City Council meeting on an issue that he said could drive him out of business. He has received letters from the commission and its attorney, John Tinney, saying he must use the transfer station that charges more per ton than…
Alabama officials claimed a major victory yesterday in the state’s long-running water war with Georgia. The United States Court of Appeals in Washington on Tuesday ruled that a secret settlement agreement entered into between Georgia, the Corps of Engineers, and Atlanta-area water users is illegal under federal law. The agreement, which was signed in 2003,…
The Wadley Lady Bulldogs went 1-1 in the final week of the regular season with a 62-31 win over Lineville and a 60-47 loss to Horseshoe Bend. Wadley took it straight to Lineville in the opening quarter and led 15-5 going into the second quarter. The Lady Dogs continued the onslaught and led 28-17 by…