WEDOWEE – For years we’ve heard the term “horse whisperer,” somebody who can communicate with horses, but Randolph County Animal Shelter has its very own dog whisperer.If you’ve been to the shelter, you know when you walk down the aisles between the kennels, the dogs bark, howl and jump up on the gate of the…
In October the new budget year will start for Roanoke Utilities Board. At Monday’s meeting the board unanimously approved a 3 percent rate increase for water, sewer and gas customers. “We want to go ahead and do this so we won’t have to do it two or three years down the road,” said board Chairman…
The City of Roanoke is close to completing the bond refund process that will put $4.5 million in the city’s coffers and save the city almost a half million dollars on its current bond debt. Robert Young of the Frazer Lanier Company has helped guide the city through the bond refund process and spoke to…
Officers with Randolph County Sheriff’s Office went searching for a Community Corrections Program deserter on Thursday of last week, but ending up finding something completely different. According to the reported, officers went to a residence at 622 West Ave. looking for someone who is on the Community Corrections Program and who now has a warrant…
Drug charges follow chase A Wadley man was arrested on several charges Tuesday morning of last week following a chase by car and by foot. Roanoke Police attempted to stop a vehicle after seeing LaDonte Maurice Battle, 25, was a passenger. There were outstanding warrants for Battle. The driver, Sarah L. Horner, 28, of Huntsville,…
An arrest was made in the Aug. 10 robbery of Circle K in Roanoke. The suspect, Rodney Lenere Briskey, 37, of 661 Coleman St., Roanoke, is charged with strong-arm robbery of a business, third-degree assault and fourth-degree theft of property. Briskey allegedly went around the counter when the clerk opened the cash register, struck her…
Robert Lamar Hendricks, 34, of 315 Government St., Roanoke, is in Randolph County Jail for the June 19 fires at a mobile home on Wilkie Clark Drive and outside of Dude’s Sports Bar on Old LaFayette Highway. A charge of felony criminal mischief has been added since an estimate for the vehicle also burned on…
NOTICE OF SALE UNDER POWER FORECLOSURE NOTICE WHEREAS, default has occurred in the performance of the covenants, terms and conditions of a mortgage from ROGER HARDMAN AND LOIS M HARDMAN, HUSBAND AND WIFE, AS JOINT TENANTS WITH RIGHT OF SURVIVORSHIP, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC., AS MORTGAGEE, AS NOMINEE FOR PLANET HOME LENDING, LLC,…
Request for Qualifications for Professional Services NOTICE The Town of Wadley, AL is now soliciting Statements of Qualifications from licensed engineering firms for professional services to be provided in connection with the various grant programs administered by the State of Alabama. The selection made from this solicitation will apply to calendar years 2021 through 2023.…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, notice is hereby given that Alabama Roofing & Sheet Metal Co. Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Renovation: Wadley Arena Reroof for Southern Union Community College at 750 Roberts St., Wadley, AL 36276 for the State of Alabama…
REAPPRAISAL NOTICE In accordance with Article 2, Chapter 7, Title 40, Code of Alabama 1975, Reappraisal of all property in Randolph County, Alabama, has been completed and fair and reasonable market values have been established. These values will become the bases of assessment of this property tax year. If you wish to protest this assessment,…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE EQUIPLINC, LLC VS. BEVERLY MADDOX By Virtue of a judgment issued out of the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Beverly Maddox, defendant, out of the goods, chattels, land…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA JGB PROPERTIES, LLC PLAINTIFF V. THE SW ¼ OF THE SE ¼ OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 10 EAST; THE NE ¼ OF THE SE ¼ OF SECTION 24, TOWNSHIP 20 SOUTH, RANGE 10 EAST; THE W ½ OF THE SW ¼ OF SECTION 19,…
(WOODLAND) Virginia A. Shelnutt, 74, of Woodland passed away Tuesday, Aug. 10, 2021, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A graveside service will be held Saturday, Aug. 21, at 11 a.m. at Oak Grove Church of Christ Cemetery. A Calhoun County native, Mrs. Shelnutt was born May 20, 1947, the daughter of Charlie Hensey…
(WEDOWEE) Linton Henson, 73, of Wedowee died Monday, Aug. 9, 2021, at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Anniston. Mr. Henson is the son of the late Brady Daniel Henson and Adella Lee Henson. He graduated from Wedowee High School. He volunteered and served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam era. For a short time,…
(ROANOKE) Lifelong Roanoke resident Billie Lee Harrison, 66, died Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at his residence. Viewing will be Wednesday, Aug. 18, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service. A graveside service will be Thursday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. at Rock Mills Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Harrison was born in Randolph…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Mary Louise Holman Reynolds Boyd, 86, of Woodland will be Friday, Aug. 20, 2021, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Horace Harper, Bro. John Kirk and Sis. Carolyn Hanner officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral for Rebecca Hardy Allen, 64, of Lineville was Saturday, Aug. 14, 2021, at Grace Memorial Chapel Funeral Home in Sylacauga. Burial followed in Lineville Community Cemetery with Prophetess Lisa Simmons officiating. She passed away Friday, Aug. 6. Ms. Allen was born Dec. 9,1956, to the late Rev. James and Katherine Hardy in…
(VALLEY) Ernestine McCants, 90, of Valley passed away Monday, Aug. 9, 2021. A graveside service will be Saturday, Aug. 14, at 10 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church Cemetery in Wadley with the Rev. Robert Ray officiating. Mrs. Ernestine is survived by her brother, Robert Busbee (Priscilla); two sons, Eddie Flakes (Robin) and Courtney McCants;…
(ROANOKE) Gurtie Lee Magby Hill, 73, of Roanoke, passed away Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, at her residence. A graveside service will be Saturday, Aug. 14, at 2 p.m. at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch community. Mrs. Hill was born Dec. 27, 1947, in Anniston to the late Rev. Cullen Lee Magby and Annie Lee…