The Woodland Bobcats’ state title hopes were dashed Friday night with a third-round playoff loss to Piedmont in Woodland.An injury-hampered Bobcats squad couldn’t seem to muster enough offense to score on a highly improved Piedmont team that had lost to Woodland in the season opener on August 31.“They were much improved,” Woodland head coach Larry…
The Roanoke City Council passed a $5,905,600 budget at last week’s council meeting, including non-departmental appropriations of $2,537,274 and a $218,569 reserve for emergencies or non-budgeted items that pop up during the year. It is about $355,131 more than last year’s budget. Mayor Spec Bonner said revenues have outpaced projections the past three years. Anticipated…
To say the Wadley Bulldogs were up against tough odds on the road at Brantley in the second round of the 1A state playoffs would be an understatement. The Brantley Bulldogs were regarded by many to be the third best team in the state in 1A. But after Wadley’s 21-20 win over Brantley, it’s clear…
A 17-year-old Roanoke juvenile was arrested just after midnight on Friday and charged with receiving stolen property. He was found to be driving a white 1999 Acura that was reported stolen from Maryland. Other arrests Nov. 19 – Anthony Lyn Higgins, 39, of LaFayette – giving false name to law enforcement officer Nov. 18 –…
The Handley Tigers took it straight to the visiting Trinity Wildcats Friday night in a 28-14 third-round 4A state playoff win in Roanoke. Handley guzzled up 277 yards rushing against Trinity, while holding the Wildcats to minus-29 yards rushing. Trinity’s forte wasn’t running the ball though. Trinity brought a prolific spread offense to Roanoke and…
The Roanoke Schools Association 2007 Christmas Tour of Homes will be held from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 2. Tickets for the six-home tour are on sale now. This is the RSA’s first home tour, and all funds raised will go for needs in the Roanoke School System not funded by tax money. Ann…
Roanoke now has two wells supplementing its water supply. Mayor Spec Bonner said these wells are going to help a great deal. Each well is pumping about 200 gallons per minute and a third well, if used, will pump about 30 gallons a minute. That one will be used only if needed, he said. Water…
People are hurting right now. They cannot find a job; their homes are in foreclosure and they are having difficulty buying gasoline and groceries. People living on credit are finding it increasingly hard to pay their bills as they dig their way deeper and deeper into debt. While I also find it difficult to pay…
(OXFORD) Services for Lera Mae Bailey, 92, of Oxford will be Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007, at 11 a.m. at Oxford Church of Christ with Bob Pritchard, Ed Smith and Wayne Dunaway officiating. The family will receive friends from 9:30 until the service. Burial will be at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Bailey died Sunday, Nov. 18, at…
Well it’s that time of year again, folks. It’s the time of year when brothers are pitted against sisters, mothers against fathers, uncles against nephews, grandmothers against granddaughters and coworkers against coworkers. It’s the time of year when every Saturday leading up to this Saturday means nothing in the state of Alabama. It’s the time…
This week we are heading down to Grove Hill to eat more than we should of Mama’s classic cooking and watch the Auburn-Alabama game with Daddy. (You can tell which team a person pulls for by the team listed first. Though I never went to Auburn, my father taught me to be an Auburn fan…
(WEDOWEE) King David Turner, 80, of 2211 County Road 238, Wedowee, died Sunday, Nov. 18, 2007, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Services will be Saturday, Nov. 24, at 1 p.m. at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include his wife, Viree Turner of Wedowee; five…
The week of Thanksgiving is the busiest travel week in the nation, and certainly the busiest here in Alabama. Even with the historically high cost of gas, recent estimates by the American Automobile Association are that there will be more people traveling on the roadways for the holiday this year than last year. However, with…
A Wedowee teen was arrested on Nov. 10 and charged with sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Jimmy Holmes, Justin Lee Hill, 19, of 189 County Rd. 603, Wedowee, is the uncle of the 5-year-old victim, and the incident allegedly occurred at Hill’s residence,…
It’s hard to imagine that on a weekend where Tim Tebow stepped into the NCAA record book on his way to a Heisman Trophy and Tennessee staggered again but managed to hold on to the inside track to the SEC East championship, the biggest news in the league was made by a team that is…
It’s Iron Bowl Week The fact that Auburn was trounced by Georgia two Saturdays ago and Alabama, a 25-point favorite, lost by a touchdown last week to lowly Louisiana-Monroe, won’t matter Saturday night at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn. What will matter — the only thing that will matter — is whether or not Tommy Tuberville…
Area garden clubs, the Roanoke Rotary Club and volunteers have plans to beautify downtown Roanoke. The City Beautification Committee is comprised of Dorothy Tidwell, Freddie Hill, Suzanne Kniffen, Doris Handley, Ann Hammond and Evelyn Norton. Representatives of the Roanoke Garden Club, the Crape Myrtle Garden Club and the Magnolia Garden Club met to discuss replanting…
The Handley girl’s basketball team had an encouraging start to its season in the Auburn Tipoff Tournament. Although Handley dropped the first game to Auburn, 51-30, the Tigers fought back beginning in the second half against Auburn and earned two more wins in the tournament. Handley was without senior point guard Sylvia Staples against Auburn,…
7 a.m. The Farm-City Breakfast will be at The Hub Restaurant in Wedowee. Plates are $3. State Sen. Kim Benefield will be the speaker. 4 p.m. Roanoke Utilities Board meets at the board office. 4:30 p.m. Wadley Town Council meets at Wadley Town Hall. 5 p.m. Wedowee Town Council meets at Wedowee Town Hall. 7…
No one likes dead lawns, dirty cars and empty swimming pools, but that’s what we get as we respond to the Southeast’s worst drought in more than a century with a total ban on outside watering. A little more than 27 inches of rain this year in Alabama when the normal average level is more…