ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTYDefault having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James E. Staples to Mortgage Electronic Registrations Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Meritage Mortgage Corporation its successors and assigns, dated November 3, 2004, said mortgage being recorded in Book 472, Page 480, in the Office of the…
CASE NO. SM 2006-522 J. RICHARD GIBSON PLAINTIFF VS. JESSICA FLEMING AKA ELIZABETH Y. BRADFORD DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT Jessica Fleming aka Elizabeth Y. Bradford, Defendant, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer J. Richard Gibson, Plaintiff, complaint for unpaid rent by February 1, 2007, or thereafter a judgment may be rendered against her in Case…
Handley’s girls are off to a 5-2 basketball start, with a 1-1 mark in region play. Handley 69, RCHS 29 On Friday four Handley players scored in double figures to lead the visiting Lady Tigers to a 69-29 win over RCHS. Brittany Paige led the way with 18 points and 6 steals, followed closely by…
The life and future football career of a Wadley youth was snuffed out Nov. 25 allegedly during a turf battle over drug territory. Terrance Wilkes, a Wadley High School student who would have turned 18 next month, was facing a promising football career before taking a fatal shot in the neck that Saturday afternoon at…
CASE NO. DR-06-155 JEANA DENISE KIRBY, PLAINTIFF VS. KENNETH SCOTT KIRBY, DEFENDANT NOTICE Kenneth Scott Kirby, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Jeana Denise Kirby’s Complaint for Divorce and other relief by Feb. 12, 2007, or thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him in Case Number DR-2006-155 in the Circuit Court of…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF MAYE C. STRAIN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Virginia Hendon and William R. East, joint executor/executrix, on the 15th day of Dec., 2006, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons…
WEDOWEE – Wadley High School agriscience teacher Phillip Padgett will serve as the school’s new assistant principal beginning in January. Randolph County Board of Education voted in favor of Padgett during Monday evening’s meeting. Padgett fills the vacancy left by the promotion of Todd Wilson to principal after the retirement of former principal Joe Wilkerson.…
Handley’s boys basketball team jumped out to an early lead and never surrendered it in downing Randolph County 59-36 in Wedowee Friday night. The visitors led 38-17 at the half after outscoring RCHS 20-6 in the second period. Everyone who dressed out scored for Handley, led by Xavier Hughley with 15 points and 7 rebounds…
(ANNISTON) Terry Gordon Henderson, 49, of Anniston died Monday, Dec. 18, 2006, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital. Memorial services will be announced at a later date. Survivors include his wife, Kathy Whitlock Henderson of Anniston; three daughters, Jennifer Reeves and Jolene Henderson of Anniston and Terry Lynn Shaw of Maryland; one son, Michael Spears of Anniston;…
(ROANOKE) Services for Danny Eugene Greathouse, 56, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 21, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Lynn Martin officiating. Burial will follow at Center Chapel Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon until 2 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Greathouse died…
WADLEY – Number one. No matter what discipline or activity, everybody dreams of being number one, but few actually achieve it. However, Southern Union State Community College’s Surgical Technology Program has been named number one in the country. SUSCC’s program topped the list of the Program Assessment Evaluation (PAE) Elite 20 Programs for 2006. Surgical…
It’s funny how a gift will stick in your mind. You don’t remember the details surrounding it but it remains a bright, shining memory tucked away in your mind. It is that way with the beautiful red bicycle. It was used – as if that mattered – and I saw it come to life under…
District Attorney E. Paul Jones has named Amy Newsome, assistant district attorney assigned to Randolph County, as the Outstanding Assistant District Attorney of the Fifth Judicial Circuit for 2006. The Fifth Judicial Circuit covers four counties and has five courthouses. In presenting the award, Jones said, “I want to commend Amy for her dedication to…
Well, we got our tree. Went out to the Gillam tree farm and after much debate over size and shape and arguments between kids that left me recalling Bill Cosby’s reply when someone asked him why he had two children, “because I didn’t want three,” we cut that sucker, piled it into the truck, and…
The Roanoke Board of Education and Superintendent Chuck Marcum honored Cathy McKinney upon her retirement at the last school board meeting of the year Monday night. The chief financial officer’s last full-time day is Dec. 31 after 41 years in education, almost 38 of those in the Roanoke system. She will continue on a part-time…
Arrests Anthony Holloway of 1964 County Rd. 129, Wedowee, was arrested on Dec. 18 and charged with two counts of harassment. Stanley Smith, 49, of 1476 Cooledge St., Wadley, was arrested on Dec. 18 and charged with three counts of writing bad checks. Eduardo Tejera Galvan, 38, of Ashland was arrested on Dec. 17 on…
BIRMINGHAM – Woodland head coach Larry Strain took every conceivable precaution and prepared as well as he knew how for Thursday’s state championship game against Leroy at Legion Field. But there was no way he could prepare for what Leroy lineman Joe Fields would do late in the first half. Fields’ game-changing fumble recovery completely…
Alabama courts are dealing with new sentencing guidelines that went into effect Oct. 1 that ultimately will make prison sentences more equitable. Assistant District Attorney Amy Newsome said a study by The Sentencing Commission found a disparity of sentences across the state. “I think the ultimate goal they are working towards is a good thing,…
The holidays are happy days for Mike Brown, whose nephew gave him the most incredible gift, his kidney, and saved his life. Brown, 46, of Roanoke, whom most people know as the owner of Computer Talk, is recovering from the surgery, as is his angel, Elkin Strozier, 29, of LaGrange. “It’s a second chance at…
MONTGOMERY — U. S. District Judge Mark Fuller has dealt a body blow to former Gov. Don Siegelman and ex-HealthSouth chairman Richard Scrushy in their effort to get a new trial in the wake of their conviction on public corruption charges. Judge Fuller, in a meticulous, 57-page order, denied the two men’s request that their…