Excitement is building again over the prospect of Randolph County’s having an animal shelter. That’s because those closely involved with the multi-year project anticipate finally beginning operation next month. The plans outlined in the column below are sure to eventually reduce the population of stray animals and their suffering.Contrast the work being done here by…

(NEWELL) Services for Ruby Jane Messer Cofield, 70, of Newell will be Wednesday, Aug. 22, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Union Baptist Church, with the Rev. David Phillips officiating. Mrs. Cofield will lie in state one hour prior to the service at the church, with burial to follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Cofield died…

Roanoke police officers made a drug arrest on Wednesday of last week after seeing an individual leaving private land. According to investigator Billy Lane, Michael Steven Johnson, 31, of 72680 County Rd. 49, Roanoke, was charged with possession of methamphetamine after being stopped by the officers who observed him. Other arrests Aug. 21 – Leigh…

The Republican runoff election on September 11 for Senate District 32 in Baldwin County to succeed former Sen. Bradley Byrne, has the eyes and ears of the state riveted on the Gulf Coast. Byrne resigned two months ago to accept an appointment as chancellor of Alabama’s two-year college system. The contest is now between the…

The Alabama Department of Public Health has received reports of eight heat-related deaths between Aug. 10 and 17, with one additional case under investigation. The fatalities have been reported in Autauga, Chilton, Coffee, Elmore, Henry, Montgomery and Morgan counties. There is one fatality under investigation in Mobile County. Alabama hospitals have reported to the health…

RANDOLPH COUNTY LEGAL NOTICE NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by Cynthia R. Cook and Marie Angeline Cook, Mortgagor(s) to Small Town Bank, Mortgagee, on October 21, 2004, said mortgage being recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama…

A record heat wave with days of triple-digit temperatures, combined with an historic drought, has utilities and water authorities watching the skies and the Weather Channel. As the city is entering the traditional dry season Roanoke’s two main water sources, Jones Reservoir and Crystal Lake, are in good shape. Jones is at full pool, said…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: C.L. HOLCOMBE, deceased ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of C.L. Holcombe, deceased, having been granted to Gary Spradlin on the 14th day of August, 2007, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…

(ROANOKE) Services for James Frank Phillips, 69, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Larry Armstrong and the Rev. Phil Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Quattlebaum Funeral Home. Mr.…

(ROANOKE) Services for James Frank Phillips, 69, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 21, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First Baptist Church, with the Rev. Larry Armstrong officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Monday at Quattlebaum Funeral Home. Mr. Phillips died Sunday, Aug. 19,…

(WADLEY) Jimmy Lee Vaughn, 68, of Wadley died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Services were at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church in Wadley on Monday, Aug. 20, at 1 p.m., with the Rev. Cornelius Reese Jr. officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Surviving are his wife, Thelma Vaughn; his…

(LANETT) Ralph Leroy Atkins, 62, of Lanett died Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007 at his home. Mr. Atkins was born Feb. 14, 1945, in Grant County, Ind., son of Virginia Evelyn Brown Atkins and the late Omer Jefferson Atkins. He had lived in LaGrange for 18 years before moving to Lanett four years ago. He was…

(NEWELL) Services for Divie P. Lipham, 87, of Newell will be Saturday, Aug. 18, 2007, at 10 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Chris Mitchell officiating. Graveside services will be in Anniston at Forrest Lawn Gardens Mausoleum at 11:30 a.m. The family will receive friends Friday, Aug. 17, from 5 to 8 p.m.…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Jane Wortman Hill, 65, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Aug. 19, 2007, at w p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Rick Mead officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke. Mrs. Hill died Thursday, Aug. 16, at Wedowee Hospital. The family will receive friends on Saturday from 5:30 to 8…

(WEDOWEE) Services for Larry S. Kenney, 65, of Wedowee were Thursday, Aug. 16, 2007, at 1 p.m. at Fredericks Funeral Home Chapel, with the Rev. Rick Owsley officiating. Burial was in Ft. Mitchell National Cemetery. Mr. Kenney was born Nov. 13, 1941, in Alabama and died Aug. 13, 2007, at East Alabama Medical Center from…

Randolph County is among 59 counties were placed under a No Burn Order after the Alabama Forestry Commission declared that emergency drought conditions existed in those counties. State forester Linda Casey presented a formal Declaration of Emergency Drought Conditions to Gov. Bob Riley, who approved the action. The declaration went into effect as of noon…

(HUNTSVILLE) Joe B. May, 82, of Huntsville died Wednesday, Aug. 15, 2007. Mr. May was a retired civil servant. He was an Auburn graduate and later received a master’s degree from the University of Oklahoma. He served in World War Ii as a gunner on a B-24, farmed, taught school and coached basketball in Roanoke…

Sara Alice Turner Parfait will bring her poetry to Annie L. Awbrey Public Library this Sunday, Aug. 19, at 2 p.m. Sara has experimented with a variety of poetic forms, using the words and rhymes as ways to get through depression and the difficulty of divorce as well as to celebrate family and the joy…