ROCK MILLS – Something has been happening at the mill on Wehadkee Creek since 1832, and something will happen there again this weekend.Father and son, Bill and Mark Head of Rock Mills, owners of the former Wehadkee Yarn Mills, will host the second weekend of Wehadkee Trade Days at the old mill on Friday and…
A lot of people are expecting the Tennessee Vols to be a threat to win the Southeastern Conference football championship… or at least play for it in the Georgia Dome the first Saturday in December. The question is why? What has Tennessee done to deserve such respect, especially considering they are in perhaps the toughest…
The northern Randolph County area’s first fire hydrant has been installed at the intersection of County Roads 99 and 329. This is the first hydrant in a 269 square mile area and is part of the county water project. As hydrants are installed residents hope for lowering of insurance rates.
Matthew C. Knight is the new chairman of Randolph Medical Center’s Board of Directors. Knight replaces Henry “Spec” Bonner, who served as interim chairman for the past three months. Knight has been co-owner of Emergency Medical Transport since 2003. He also has been with Southern Union State Community College for the past 20 years, serving…
WEDOWEE – Last Wednesday James Edward Staples pleaded guilty to murder in the Feb. 27, 2006 stabbing death of his wife, Maria Byrdsong Staples, 33, in their home in Wadley. Staples, 44, entered court in street clothes and left in shackles after Circuit Judge Ray Martin sentenced him to 23 years in prison. The defendant…
Spring break. My family took me to Disney World. No matter what they tell you, it was not my idea. The plan was hatched spring break a year ago. It was March and while shivering in the sand on the Gulf of Mexico, my wife and her buddy Dana decided that next year we should…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office made an important arrest this week in regards to a burglary reported in last week’s Leader. Shane Thornton, 34, of Bowdon, Ga., is charged with first-degree theft and third-degree burglary, and the arrest of another person is pending. Thornton is charged with the burglary at a barn/shop on County Road 436…
Voters – a few of us, at least – will go to the polls next Tuesday to vote on two proposed amendments to the Alabama Constitution. Both are important to the continued growth and economic health of the state and its citizens. Amendment 1 would increase the state’s borrowing authority under under the Capital Improvement…
The Troup/Chambers affiliate of Habitat for Humanity would like to start building Habitat houses in Randolph county if there is local interest and support. Habitat for Humanity seeks to eliminate substandard housing by building new homes and selling them to qualified applicants with affordable payments. Approved families are required to join other volunteers in building…
Tired of the stalling tactics in the state Senate, Lt. Gov. Jim Folsom, Jr. last week used the power of his gavel and a procedural maneuver to force senators back to work, a move that will likely save the necessity and the half-million dollar cost of a special session later this year. This means the…
WEDOWEE – During its meeting last week, Randolph County Board of Education approved several amendments to the Student Code of Conduct, including several new policies. New policies allow the use of metal detector searches and the use of trained drug-detecting dogs for school disciplinary or law enforcement purposes. State law permits law enforcement agencies to…
Only two amendments will be on the ballot for Tuesday’s election but both are important. Passage of Amendment 1 is key to future economic development in the state, according to state Rep. Richard Laird, (D-District 37) and state Sen. Kim Benefield (D-13), who both supported passage of the legislation that voters have to approve under…
The local Red Cross board is looking for a local manager to handle Red Cross activities here. The position has been vacant for about two weeks, and two people have already applied, according to Wyner Phillips, who serves on the board. It is a part-time position of only 20 hours a week. Connie Hensley is…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Nadine Prescott, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Molton, Allen, & Williams Mortgage Co. LLC, on the 9th day of May, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
IN RE: HUBERT E. BURNUM, DECEASED NOTICE OF PETITION FOR LETTERS OF TESTAMENTARY TO: Keith Burnum, 334 Holmes Road, Carrollton, GA 30116; Karla Marlin Reid, 2687 Duncan Road #45, Carrollton, GA 30116; Kevin Burnum, 267 Duncan Road, Carrollton, GA 30116 You are hereby notified that Jimmie Nell Burnum, has this day filed in this Court…
GRAHAM AND WADLEY, RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA A build-to-suit company proposes to construct a two 400 foot cellular towers in Randolph County. The first is proposed for 26296 County Road 87, Graham, Alabama. The second is proposed to be located near the intersection of Highway 22 and County Road 831, Wadley, Alabama. If you are aware…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL IN RE: ESTATE OF MARGARET MARION RICHARDSON TO: Phillip Marion, 3454 Ethel Avenue, Columbus, GA 31906 Myra Farmer, Henderson, Texas Margie Sue Young, Henderson, Texas Fred Marion, Vero Beach, Florida Heirs at law and next of kin of Boyd Marion, deceased, addresses unknown You…
(SHARPSBURG, Ga.) Rebecca Smith Taylor, 56, of Sharpsburg, Ga., died Tuesday, May 22, 2007, at Atlanta Medical Center. She was born Aug. 25, 1950 in Roanoke. She was a longtime waitress at Waffle House and most recently worked in the Peachtree City location. The funeral will be Saturday, May 26, at 11 in the chapel…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Thomas E Brown and Cathy N Brown, husband and wife to Colonial Bank, N.A., dated September 10, 2003, said mortgage being recorded in Book 451, Page 677, in the Office of the Judge of Probate…
(ROANOKE) Services for Mary George Kitchens Mitchum, 85, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 29, 2007, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Paul Wilson officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 1 to 2 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Mitchum died…