Roanoke Board of Education appointed Pam Perry Mitchum as the system’s new chief financial officer at its meeting last week on the recommendation of Superintendent Chuck Marcum.Mitchum has worked for Alabama Power Company as senior customer service representative since March of 1997. Prior to that she served as executive assistant from June 1991 to March…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Alfred L. Hunter, wife Phyllis Hunter and Christine W. Goss, an unmarried person, in favor of Jim Walter Homes, Inc., dated March 22, 2002, and recorded August 9, 2002, Book 432, Page 11 in the Office of the…
Roanoke City Schools have had at least 24 chicken pox cases diagnosed, four at Handley Middle School and 20 at Knight-Enloe Elementary School, according to school officials. KES administrators sent letters home notifying parents of the outbreak and HMS planned to send one home Tuesday, according to Superintendent Chuck Marcum. Randolph County School Superintendent Wayne…
Clay County has become known state-wide for the success of its high school football teams, and no one can argue with the achievements of the Clay County Panthers and Lineville Aggies over the past decade. Somewhat less noticeable outside our county line has been the football success of Randolph County schools. Three of the four…
MONTGOMERY — I am not sure many Alabamians lie awake at night worrying about it, but the election of state court judges in this state has become a national disgrace. The battle for control of the courts between the trial lawyers on one hand and big business on the other is now completely out of…
Crack isn’t just for the young folks anymore. On Monday night, two senior citizens were arrested and charged with possession of crack cocaine. According to investigator Derek Farr, he and James Bailey served a search warrant at 1331 Satterwhite St., where they arrested Lucious Clark, 73, and his wife, Callie Brown Clark, 61. The department…
A jury quickly convicted Melissa Helen Traylor, 38, of Hogansville, Ga. in the fall criminal court term of Randolph County Circuit Court. Traylor, termed the “ringleader” by the prosecution, was arrested in a drug bust at the Budget Inn last January. Roanoke police made cases against her and three co-defendants who had been guests at…
During its first year of existence, Wadley-based nonprofit Soles4Souls, Inc. has made a lasting impact around the world by donating more than 500,000 pairs of shoes to those in need. When the pairs distributed to tsunami and hurricane victims are included, that total grows to a staggering 1.5 million. Locally, however, the organization’s charitable impact…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 30, 2002, executed by CARRIE L. SMEDLEY and GEORGE WHATLEY, wife and husband, to CONSECO FINANCE CORP. – ALABAMA, which mortgage was recorded on May 23, 2002, in Mortgage Book 428, Page 575, of the mortgage records in…
Larry Benefield and Angie Hawkins show off their Atlanta Country Music Hall of Fame Certificate of Award presented to them at the 25th Annual Awards Celebration at the Atlanta Hilton Northeast. The award presented on Nov. 25 states they have been placed with the highest of honors in the Hall of Honor “”in recognition of…
(ROANOKE) Services for Virginia Borders Mitchum, 78, of the Doublehead community, will be Wednesday, Dec. 6, at 11 a.m. at First Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. David Howard and the Rev. Phil Russell officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Mitchum was born June 12, 1928, daughter of Essie and Joe Ben…
I saw Wadley coaches Randy Sparks and Jim Bob Striplin from across the way at the Woodland-Lineville game last Friday night — one day after Terrance Wilkes was laid to rest — and I couldn’t help but think that almost certainly Terrance would have been beside them if he were still alive. That’s the thing…
Arrests David Foy Loveless Jr., 40, of 205 2nd Ave. SW, Wedowee, was arrested on Dec. 3 and charged with failure to appear in court (payment of restitution). Darryl Alan Duffey, 38, of 239 County Rd. 4, Lot 3, Wedowee, was arrested on Dec. 3 and charged with domestic violence. Craig Vincent Hester, 24, of…
ROCK MILLS – The state fire marshal’s office is investigating a suspicious fire that happened in Rock Mills Thursday morning. The Rock Mills Volunteer Fire Department responded around 7 a.m. to 880 County Rd. 75 (the Rock Mills School road), to a house owned by Scotty Kirby. A passerby had notified his father, who is…
Charges against five young men charged with murder in the shooting death of Wadley football standout Terrance Wilkes have been upgraded to capital murder. That means they are eligible for the death penalty in the death of the Wadley student who would have turned 18 in January. Randolph County Sheriff Jeff Fuller confirmed the charges…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Frances Parmer, 70, of Roopville, Ga., died Monday, Dec. 4, 2006. She was born in Carroll County, Ga., June 12, 1936, daughter of the late Ezra Carl and Effie Lou Akins Bivins. She was a member of Sandy Flat Baptist Church and was a retired employee of LaMar Manufacturing Co. In addition to…
OK, if you aren’t old enough to vote, you probably shouldn’t read any further. Parents and teachers be warned. On Nov. 8, the day after the election, I headed south for the 20th anniversary reunion of what is left of the Grove Hill Poutin’ House gang – that legendary group of political hacks and hangers-on…
9 a.m. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will have a blood drive at Southern Union State Community College, Wadley, until 4 p.m. in the bloodmobile. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, December 7 10 a.m. LifeSouth Community Blood Centers will have a blood drive at the Bank of Wedowee, Roanoke, until…
(ROANOKE) Services for Earline Norred Arnett, 79, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 7, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Fellowship Baptist Church, with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough and the Rev. Harold Bonner officiating. Mrs. Arnett will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The…
(LANETT) Dolly Brown, 72, of Lanett died Thursday, Nov. 30, 2006, at her residence. Services were Saturday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. at Shawmut Church of the Nazarene in Valley with the Rev. Jimmy Blackman officiating. Burial followed at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett. Mrs. Brown is survived by her husband of 53 years, Clines Brown;…