Two local men were arrested on Interstate 85 in Chambers County with a mobile meth lab.Chambers County Sheriff Sid Lockhart announced the completion of a joint field training operation of the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department, the Butts County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Department, the Decatur County (Ga.) Sheriff’s Department and the Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force, which was…

Arrests Roger Lamar Dozier, 37, of 141 County Rd. 823, Wadley – probation violation – Jan. 26 Charlie Frank Burdette, 37, of 653 Seymour Dr., Roanoke – probation violation – Jan. 26 Paul Lamar Smith, 35, of 715 Government St., Roanoke – simple assault (domestic violence) – Jan. 26 Caron Denise Culberson, 29 of 750…

Troup/Chambers County Habitat for Humanity is seeking applicants for the Randolph County builds. Applications can be picked up at the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce office in Randolph Plaza. For more information call the Troup/Chambers County Habitat for Humanity at (706) 837-0702 or locally (334) 863-6612. There will be initial screenings using certain criteria that…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF WAYNE LITTLE, DEC. NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: BARBARA LITTLE STATE OF UTAH You will take notice that on the 25th day of January, 2008, a certain paper in writing, purporting to be the Last Will and Testament of Wayne Little, deceased, was filed in my…

We hear it on the news and read it in the papers; the economy is slowing down. We’ve all been through this before. There was a major slowdown in the late 1970s, and then in the 1980s. At the beginning of this decade, we were mired in a somewhat dead economic period. And when you…

Arrests Jan. 27 – Patrick Nathon Phillips, 47, of 423 Antler Trail, Wedowee – domestic violence (third-degree assault) Jan. 25 – Donald M. Page, 27, of 644 County Rd. 678, Roanoke – failure to appear in court (child support) Jan. 25 – Jarrell K. Chambers, 25, of Opelika – failure to appear in court (child…

(FIVE POINTS) Services for Joyce Foster Akins, 52, of Five Points will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2008, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Frank Foster and the Rev. Styles Akins officiating. Burial will follow in the Standing Rock Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…

(FIVE POINTS) Frances Hudson Brooks, 78, of Five Points, died Friday, Jan. 25, 2008, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Survivors include her husband, Richard Brooks of Five Points; two daughters, Karen Daniel and Debra Deason of Roanoke; two sons, Clinton Brooks of Hickory Flat and Steve Brooks of Roanoke; seven grandchildren; seven great-grandchildren and two…

(WADLEY) Services for Kathy Taylor Kirk, 54, of Wadley will be Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Hope Memorial Christian Church, with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs and the Rev. Jimmy Brand officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…

(BROOKLYN, N.Y.) Patriot Ward Johnson, a longtime resident of West Point, Ga., died Monday, Jan. 21, 2008, at her home in Brooklyn. She was 85 years old. Mrs. Johnson was born in Wadley, Ala., on Aug. 31, 1922, the fifth child and youngest daughter of Bannie Allen Ward and William Lumpkin Ward. The family later…

(HEFLIN) Services for Janice Lamerrill Freeman, 61, of Heflin will be Saturday, Jan. 26, 2008, at 1 p.m. at Jordan’s Chapel Congregational Methodist Church, with the Revs. Ray Clevenger, Jerry Bolt and Charlie Bolt officiating. Mrs. Freeman will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the church…

WEDOWEE — Randolph County Board of Education needs to raise more money before it has one month of operating expenses in reserve, as required by the state. During last Thursday’s school board meeting, Superintendent Wayne Wortham said the board is $272,038 short of having the total of $1,374,705. He said these funds must be local,…

10:30 a.m. Narcotics Anonymous meets behind the former KFC in Roanoke in the building with the blue awning. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, January 24 8:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission will have an agenda workshop meeting at Randolph County Courthouse Annex. 9 a.m. Sheri Rollins, field representative with Congressman…

Three members of the Roanoke City Council confirmed they requested an investigation by the state Attorney General’s office regarding the actions of Mayor Spec Bonner, who is now under indictment. Attorney General Troy King announced Bonner’s arrest on a 26-count indictment Jan. 9. He is charged with multiple alleged felonies, including numerous violations of the…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-08-0006 RICKY STRIBLIN PLAINTIFF VS. GREGORY R. WOOD AND SUSAN WOOD DEFENDANTS NOTICE TO: SUSAN WOOD Susan Wood, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer the Complaint filed in the above-styled cause by filing an answer with the Circuit Clerk of Randolph County and Plaintiff’s attorney, whose name and address appear…