The U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) awarded $1,482,159 in Assistance to Firefighters Grants (AFG) to fire departments and emergency medical services organizations in Alabama. And well over a third of the total awarded to the state went to fire departments in Randolph County.East Randolph, Wadley, Woodland and Rock Stand volunteer…
Southern Union State Community College will host a homecoming gala on its Wadley campus on Saturday, Aug. 18, in honor of Jamie Langley, Miss Alabama 2007. This event will mark the first time Langley, a native of Wadley and an alumna of Southern Union, will return to the area in her official capacity as Miss…
(ROANOKE) Services for Gerald Wayne Harper, 66, of Roanoke will be held Friday, Aug. 17, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Richard Richie officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Harper died Wednesday, Aug. 15, at Randolph Medical Center. Survivors…
The student population in Randolph County Schools is basically the same as last spring with only seven more students in attendance as school started back last week. This year’s total enrollment is 2,287. Last spring’s enrollment was 2,280. The schools with the greatest change were Randolph County High School, which added 17 students over last…
The Roanoke City Council began the big city clean-up at Monday night’s meeting by condemning seven properties. The council authorized Mayor Spec Bonner to select demolition companies to clean up the sites. The mayor said if city employees have time to help they may also do some of the work. The properties’ owners, as defined…
Alison Allen is really efficient. Before her regular customers at the Hub Restaurant get in the door she has their order in and their drinks on the table, according to co-worker Vicky Bell. But, no one would have anticipated her being so efficient she delivered her own baby. But, she did. “She’s a trooper. If…
A Potash teen was arrested early Tuesday and charged with three burglaries. According to Randolph County Sheriff’s Office investigator Greg Dendinger, Richard Alexander, 18, of County Road 639, Roanoke, is charged with third-degree burglary and third-degree theft for the break-in that occurred at G&L Salvage on County Road 473, Newell, last month, on the night…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Chad A. Brewer, a married man, joined by his spouse Crystal Brewer to New South Federal Savings Bank dated April 12, 2002, and Recorded in Book 427, Page 189 of the records in the Office…
The battle over the two-year colleges has reached a new decibel level in Montgomery, with AEA’s Joe Reed comparing Bradley Byrne’s actions as the system’s new chancellor to Adolph Hitler. Byrne, in response to a question at a lobbying group’s meeting as to whether Reed’s comment would make it difficult to work with Reed, replied:…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM A. COCHRAN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of William A. Cochran, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of March, 2007, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
During the August 13, 2007 meeting, the Randolph County Commission enacted a Resolution to close (vacate) a section of County Rod 433 described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of County Road 433 and the Little Tallapoosa River, thence run Southerly along County Road 433 a distance of 500 feet, more or less, to the…
LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama 1975, notice is hereby given that M.J. Brooks & Son Construction, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for a new gymnasium for Wadley High School, Wadley, Alabama, for the state of Alabama and the County of Randolph County, owners, and have made request…
The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Randolph County Extension System and Southern Union State Community College are sponsors for the 15th year of Leadership Randolph County, a program to help identify and educate potential leaders for the community. Sessions will be conducted on the second Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m. until 4…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CLARENCE C. HODGES, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Clarence C. Hodges, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of August, 2007, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against said…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: MARY ETHEL COX HANDLEY, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Mary Ethel Cox Handley, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of August, 2007, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims…
It is virtually impossible for a freshman football player to sneak up on the fans of any college team. Fans know every new player’s name, hometown, high school football stats, height, weight, speed in the 40, favorite color, name of his girlfriend and his dog. So when a freshman takes the field for his first…
WEDOWEE – The prospects for a C&D landfill in the Bethel community may not be good, but the odds in favor of a recycling center may be growing. The backers of a proposed C&D landfill were present at Thursday’s workshop meeting to again address Randolph County Commission. Scott Young told the commission that the county…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Brenda J. Thompson, married woman, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 10th day of November, 2004, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 473 Page 30; said…
The Alabama Department of Education recently released its report card for schools throughout the state saying whether schools met or did not meet adequate yearly progress. Handley Middle School shed its “in school improvement” designation, but Handley High School for the second year did not meet graduation goals and went into school improvement, despite meeting…
Man, it’s hot. You know, in the state of Alabama, the saying goes ‘it’s not the heat, it’s the humidity.’ Well this particular August, I’m thinking it’s a lot of both. Temperatures have been hitting the 100s routinely over the last week or so, and you won’t hear me say this often, but I’m glad…