The LSU Tigers had quite a day last Saturday, didn’t they?On Saturday morning they were hopelessly out of the national championship picture and faced with the inevitability of losing their head coach and their defensive coordinator to other schools. But things sure changed in a hurry. Les Miles held an unscheduled press conference where he…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR 93-30.02 SARA HOUSTON PLAINTIFF VS. JEFFERY BROWN DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to Jeffery Brown that a Complaint has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of Randolph County. You are hereby notified that a response to the Bill of Complaint must be filed with the Circuit…
A lifetime of making U-turns at the north end of Main Street should probably come to an end. This area may be the liveliest part of the street right now, which is a glorious blessing, but continued illegal U-turns may result in accidents. There has always been a tolerance of these illegal turns but that…
The plot thickened late last week in the case of the recovery in Roanoke of a car stolen from a Maryland murder victim. Now that crime has been linked to the death of a Bowdon, Ga., man, and two of the suspects are from the Roanoke area. Amanda Noel Herrman Robinson Spruill, 19, and James…
The Wadley girls’ basketball team got off to a good start with an impressive 54-34 win over Lineville Monday night. Freshman Ashley Weaver led Wadley with 20 points and 16 rebounds. Ebony Battle followed right behind her with a 19-point, 14-rebound performance. Battle also accounted for 9 assists and 9 steals. Last season, Battle was…
Arrests Richard Huddleston, 38, of County Road 102, Woodland – second-degree theft of building materials from an unfinished house Steven Moore, 18, of Lot 55, Pine Valley Dr., Roanoke – third-degree burglary (two counts), second-degree theft and third-degree theft Christopher A. Heard, 31, of 10251 County Rd. 15, Wedowee – harassment (domestic violence), resisting arrest…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV07-173 DONALD NORRIS PLAINTIFF VS. GEORGE PITMAN DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to George Pitman that a Complaint has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of Randolph County. You are hereby notified that a response to the Complaint must be filed with the Circuit Clerk of Randolph…
Leave it to state Rep. Alvin Holmes to stir up a caldron of controversy. Holmes, who hasn’t seen a single perceived discrimination he couldn’t exploit to its fullest advantage, now claims that because he has criticized Auburn University the school singled him out for revenge by not sending him his two freebie tickets and parking…
The “Magical Christmas Bazaar” is taking shape for Saturday, Dec. 8, at the National Guard Armory from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. or until people quit buying, said Roanoke School Association bazaar chairwoman Janie Danner. She is excited about the variety of items being offered for sale at the bazaar. Santa Claus will be there…
There used to be a time when I wasn’t such a big fan of basketball. But have no fear, supporters of the round ball in Randolph County. I have seen the light. I’ve been a “football guy” for as long as I could remember. It’s hard not to be when you played it as much…
Sixty years after he got his first broken banjo, James Watson of Roanoke was inducted into the Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame for his years of accomplishment on the instrument. The induction ceremony was Saturday, Nov. 24, and was the most recent of a number of awards Watson, now 72, has received through the…
Two down, two to go. Christmas parades in Wadley and Wedowee put local folks in a holiday mood, with parades in Woodland and Roanoke still to come. Woodland’s parade will be this Saturday, and the Woodland event is much more than just a parrade. Live entertainment will begin at 10 a.m., and Bank of Wedowee…
The Randolph County girls’ basketball team is full of youth. But this young group of Tigers is an aggressive one. Randolph County returns no seniors to this year’s squad, three juniors (one of which has never played) and a handful of lower classmen who should make the backbone of this season’s squad. “Being with a…
“Put Christ back into Christmas,” say those who think the holiday should be a pious celebration of the birth of Jesus and who resent the term “Xmas” as a cave-in to those who want to take the religious element out of the holiday. I surfed the Internet in search of the roots of Christmas traditions.…
On a windy Monday the Roanoke Beautification Committee and the city’s garden clubs turned out to plant the pots in downtown Roanoke to start beautifying where they can. Beautification members are Dorothy Tidwell, Freddie Hill, Suzanne Kniffen, Doris Handley, Ann Hammond and Evelyn Norton. Members of the Roanoke Garden Club, Crape Myrtle Garden Club and…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JUDITH R. COOLEY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT OF EXECUTOR Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned Dwight T. Cooley on the 3rd day of Dec., 2007, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate Court of Randolph County, notice is hereby given…
Ann Caldwell is one of those rare people who completely loves her job but after 33 years she is preparing to turn the director of music position at Southern Union State Community College over to someone else. She seems like someone who would be comfortable on Broadway instead of producing performances in rural Alabama but…
From the beginning of our friendship at Clarke County Elementary School, Ted and I had something in common – we read. There was no TV back then. No video games. And very little on the radio to appeal to youngsters. So we read, and from our reading drew inspiration for the games we played. But…
Woodland’s boys’ basketball team got off to a rough start with two tough games, a 65-35 loss to Cleburne County and a 72-35 loss to Faith Christian. The Woodland boys’ team is an inexperienced squad with only one returning starter from last year’s team, junior Montana Costa. Woodland lost leading scorers Trae Strain, Alex Higgins…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gena Cofield, an unmarried woman, to Long Beach Mortgage Company, on the 13th day of December, 2002, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 437, Page 755;…