Randolph County Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authority (Owner)538 Main StreetPost Office Box 954Roanoke, AL 36274Separate sealed BIDS for the construction ofPROJECT NO. 111 (EPA Grant No. XP-964429-060)SECTION 20: Swagg Water System Improvements and Lake Wedowee Crossing (74,875 LF of 3″ to 12″ Dia. Water Lines & Associated Equipment)will be received by theRandolph County Water,…
CASE NUMBER CV-2006-174 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit Plaintiff Vs. One (1) 2000 Chevrolet automobile, VIN 2G1WX12K9Y9186626, and one (1) 1988 Honda motorcycle, VIN JH2PC1907JM102833, and one (1) surveillance system, and one (1) Southern Linc phone, and one (1) Motorola phone, and eight-hundred twenty-one dollars ($821.00) in…
CASE NUMBER CV-2006-183 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit Plaintiff Vs. One thousand two-hundred eighteen dollars and seventeen cents (1218.17) in lawful currency of the United States of America, and Derrick Sheppard, alias Derrick Welch, and A, B, C, said defendants being those persons, known or unknown, who…
CASE NUMBER CV-2006-173 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit Plaintiff Vs. One (1) 1996 Nissan automobile, VIN JN1CA21D577713893, and one (1) Winchester model 94, serial number 3278, and one (1) Winchester 300 WIN MAG, serial number G328982, and one (1) Remington .22 Fieldmaster, serial number 52524, and one…
A crackdown on sweepstakes machines will not affect Randolph County but businesses in bordering counties will be affected. The change came about when the Alabama Supreme Court ruled Dec. 1 that Internet sweepstakes machines were gambling devices. Fifth Judicial Circuit District Attorney E. Paul Jones said the decision overturned a decision by a Jefferson County…
Volunteer fire departments from Clay County fought house fires in the western part of Randolph County recently. On Nov. 29 at 10:50 p.m., Randolph County 911 received a call from Clay County 911 and dispatched firefighters to 340 South Forty Rd. in the Ofelia area, the home of Pervis Craven. This is off of Highway…
Congressman Mike Rogers congratulated the Wedowee Volunteer Fire Department for receiving an $81,659 grant from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, money Rogers said would help the Randolph County fire department purchase operations and safety equipment. “Randolph County’s first responders are our first line of defense,” Rogers said. “I congratulate the men and women of…
“What’s told at the Poutin’ House, stays at the Poutin House. Harvey H. Jackson “Some Swamps just don’t need draining.” B. J. Richey (For those of you who did not read last week’s column, or read it and forgot it, the day after the election I drove down to Grove Hill to take part in…
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…
Three people were arrested on drug charges last week in a case that involved one of their young children. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, investigators were conducting surveillance at a residence at 368 Johnson St., Lot 16, on Thursday when they observed a young child who was sent to a location in the…
(WINSTON, Ga.) Jane Perry McManus, 72, of Winston, Ga., died on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2006. She was born in Wedowee on June 28, 1934, to the late Thomas Andrew Perry and the late Maude Beck Perry. Mrs. McManus graduated from Randolph County High School, where she was the valedictorian of her class. She continued her…
The college football world had a big laugh at the expense of the University of Alabama last week when Rich Rodriguez decided he would rather spend a couple of million dollars a year in West Virginia than Alabama, so he told Alabama athletic director Mal Moore thanks but no thanks. Or maybe he told Moore…
Roanoke Mayor Spec Bonner strongly objected to Carol Ray bypassing the channels at Randolph Medical Center to first present her complaint about care of a relative to the city council. Ray alleged her mother-in-law, Mavis Ray, did not receive appropriate care when she was taken to RMC by ambulance Nov. 17. Ray alleged she lay…
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN W. BRIDWELL, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of John W. Bridwell, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 7th day of Dec., 2006, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Clyde W. Richardson and spouse, Tabita S. Richardson, on November 22, 2005, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 489, Page 793,…
Like a long-winded preacher who tantalizes you with the phrase “in closing” then continues to preach another 20 minutes, my time with the Randolph Leader has finally come to a close. For those of you who don’t know, I put in my notice that I would be leaving sometime back in May. But extenuating circumstances,…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Commission approved doing work at Roanoke Industrial Park to prepare a road to bring in other equipment in preparation for a new industry. County engineer Burrell Jones told the commissioners during Monday’s meeting that he met with the grading foreman and superintendent on Thursday of last week. The grading they are…
Three more soldiers from Alabama died in Iraq in the past two weeks, bringing the total killed there and in Afghanistan to 73. Sometimes the casualty figures can seem abstract until we stop to realize these are young people from towns just like ours who have given their lives for a cause. What has become…
CASE NUMBER CV-2006-181 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex. rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit Plaintiff Vs. One (1) Colt Cobra .38 Special, with altered serial number 46386?, and six-thousand four-hundred ninety-four dollars ($6494.00) in lawful currency of the United States of America, and Stafford Allen and Carlos Allen and Tasha Gray, and A,…
Arrests Angela DeQueant, 26, of Michigan was arrested on Dec. 11 and charged with two counts of harassment. Jefferson W. Few Sr., 55, of 113 Wilkie Clark Dr., Roanoke, was arrested on Nov. 11 and charged with failure to appear in court (child support). William K. Clayton, 40, of Warrior was arrested on Dec. 11…