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, December 209 a.m. Randolph County Commission meets at Randolph County Courthouse Annex.noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant.6 p.m. Wedowee Hospital Board meets in the Wedowee…
The SEC West Division has undergone a coaching makeover that is rather frightening for fans of teams in that division. Although only one coach is gone and one new face has been added, it seems like more, considering a third of the teams in the division have new coaches. Ole Miss lost Ed Orgeron and…
I sat in the balcony at the old House of Representatives Chamber at the State Capitol in 1973 as my friend, Rep. Bob Hill Jr. of Florence, the House sponsor, was battling for passage of legislation that would establish an Alabama Ethics Law and a State Ethics Commission. The Senate had sent the Ethics Bill…
IN RE: ESTATE OF MARGARET ANNE GOODWIN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 11th day of Dec., 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said Estate are hereby required…
Randolph Medical Center will receive a $232,000 grant from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) for a broadband network. The grant will be used to electronically link RMC with the other critical access hospitals in the state and to increase the Internet capacity to the hospital. To significantly increase access to health care in rural America,…
(ROANOKE)Services for Cecil Edward Madden, 76, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 20, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist church, with the Revs. Vernon Willis and Fred Flowers officiating. Mr. Madden will lie in state one hour prior to services at the church. Burial will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will…
Funeral services are pending for a Woodland man who was killed while changing an 18-wheeler tire while at his workplace on Thursday afternoon of last week. Michael Keith Southerland, 26, of Woodland, an employee of McGriff Tire in Oxford, was airlifted to the trauma center at Floyd Medical Center in Rome, Ga., where he died.…
Troup/Chambers County Habitat for Humanity and the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce moved a step closer to building a house in this county Friday, as Janice Wright at Roanoke Realty accepted Habitat’s offer and earnest money. “In 2008 that is one of our goals — to have a Habitat build in Randolph County, one on…
The sudden change from 75-degree temperatures to 32-degree temperatures in the span of about one week in Alabama can mean only one thing — it’s almost Christmas. Christmas is an odd time of year in the sports world. It’s not that there’s nothing going on, it’s just that weird time frame when there’s not a…
The Wadley Bulldogs boys basketball team showed vast improvement last week, posting a 3-1 mark with wins over Alabama School for the Deaf, Horseshoe Bend and Woodland and a close loss to Edward Bell. Against Woodland, the Dogs kept control through most of the game and survived a late game charge from the Bobcats to…
WADLEY – Funeral services for Herbert E. Jones, 79, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 20, 2007, at Mt. Olive Baptist Church South with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Jimmy Brand officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Visitation will be from 5:30 to 8 Wednesday and until service time on Thursday. Benefield…
It’s hard to find two teams more similar than Woodland’s girls’ basketball team and Wadley’s girls’ basketball team. Both teams are led by highly talented scoring machines in Courtney Strain at Woodland and Ebony Battle at Wadley. Both teams have a young, but athletic supporting cast. And both teams love nothing more than to beat…
WEDOWEE – During the Dec. 10 meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commission discussed fees and bonds to be required when subdivision plats are submitted to the commission for approval. The fee will be $250 for a minor subdivision and $500 for a major subdivision, plus $50 per lot. County engineer Burrel Jones said the…
Community service workers and trustees help unload the almost 42,000 pounds of fire hose received and distributed to 21 fire departments in Randolph County on Friday of last week as part of a Department of Homeland Security Fire Grant. The grant, totaling more than $352,000, was awarded to fire departments in Randolph and eastern Clay…
How about that Roanoke Christmas Parade? It reminded me of Christmas parades of old. Pat Truitt, Tim Jacobs and dozens of others deserve our thanks for a truly special holiday event. People from all over participated in the parade and seemed to have a great deal of fun waving at the large crowd. It was…
Many property owners along the shores of Lake Wedowee are taking advantage of the abnormally low lake level to build and repair sea walls and docks. Alabama Power Company, which manages the lake created by the company’s R.L. Harris Dam, is using the opportunity to cut standing timber that is normally below the water’s surface.…
The old Bartlett’s Marina, most recently known as the Lakeside Convenience Store, closed Saturday and will be demolished. But, it will rise again. One of the owners of Lakeside LLC, John Tinney, believes the lake is just going through a cycle and the waters will rise to pre-drought levels. The rebuilt Lakeside Market and Grill…
(BIRMINGHAM) Rollie Wayne Hill, 72, of Birmingham died Saturday, Dec. 15, 2007. He never met a stranger and was best known as “The Cookie Man” HE has baked and delivered thousands of cookies to friends, family and anyone else who looked like they needed a cookie or a hug. He was preceded in death by…
(ROCK MILLS) Services for Gladys A. Brown, 83, of Rock Mills, will be Sunday, Dec. 16, 2007, at 2 p.m. from the Rock Mills First Baptist Church with Bro. Billy Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Kenneth E. Burson, 80, of LaGrange died Friday, Dec. 14, 2007, at his home. Mr. Burson was born Nov. 1, 1927 in Randolph County, son of the late J.C. and Leila Robinson Burson. He was an active member of Faith Baptist Church and retired as the co-op manager of the Troup County EMC…