(ROANOKE) Services for Emory Royce Bonner, 76, of Roanoke will be Friday, Nov. 24, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Billy Allen, Rev. Stoney Halsey and Rev. Rob Steinbrook officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Home Christian Church Cemetery.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to…
Art and Mary Ann met on a blind date arranged by his old girlfriend. Six days later he asked her to marry him, and they have been together ever since. They were partners while he was in the Air Force, moving 25 times in 20 years, and they are partners now, as they travel around…
Roanoke police officers nabbed two suspects early Sunday following a burglary at Moore’s Gas Pump. According to Chief Adam Melton, police arrived on the scene at Moore’s Gas Pump on Old LaFayette Highway moments after an alarm sounded early Sunday. There they found the front door broken and six cartons of cigarettes stolen. The burglars…
“War By Other Means,” a scary thriller based on the vulnerability of our banking system to terror attack, was written by Dr. David Crouse, who works in the Roanoke School System. Crouse presented the book to the Annie L. Awbrey Public Library Friday. The library and the Roanoke Literary Club are co-sponsoring a book signing…
Two significant drug busts Friday resulted in the arrests of two Roanoke men. Reginal Lee “Twelve” Heflin, 33, of Guano Street, Roanoke, was arrested just after 5 p.m. and charged with trafficking. Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton said that information was received by Roanoke Police Department that Heflin, who is unemployed, was going to deliver…
POLK CITY, Fla. – Lakeshore athletes Joe Ray and Ronda Jarvis Ray of Wilsonville, Ala., each earned several gold medals at the 2006 Speedo Disabled Water Ski Championships held on Lake Grew. Joe Ray, a native of Woodland, swept the men’s competition in the MP2 classification with an overall national championship, as well as championships…
The Mike Shula saga heated up over the weekend when the embattled Alabama coach saw his team lose to Auburn again. That’s five losses in a row to its in-state rival, but that’s just half the story. Alabama’s three biggest rivals are Auburn and LSU out of the SEC West and Tennessee out of the…
ADDISON – All you need to know about Woodland’s 35-3 win over Addison in the second round of the 2A state playoffs Friday night happened on each team’s first possession. After a long kickoff return on the game’s opening kick Addison went a total of six net yards on eight plays before missing a 42-yard…
Mayor Geneva Bledsoe announces the Town of Five Points will hold its third annual Christmas Celebration and Christmas Tree Lighting on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 6 p.m. at the Five Points Community House. Mayor Bledsoe said, “Our Christmas Celebration has become an annual event. We have had a wonderful turnout the previous two years. We…
Arrests Patrick T. Marable, 25, of 430 Weathers Heights, Wedowee, was arrested on Nov. 19 and charged with two counts of failure to appear in court (child support). Cathy Whaley, 32, of 135 Pinetucky Lane, Heflin, was arrested on Nov. 18 and charged with failure to appear in court. Alberto Evelio Serafico, 29, of 52060…
Roanoke police are investigating a case of criminal mischief reported Monday morning at the Financial Store in Roanoke across from Piggly Wiggly. According to Chief Adam Melton, someone poured a combustible fluid through the mailslot of the business. There was no fire, as the fluid was not ignited. Anyone with information should contact Roanoke Police…
4 p.m. Roanoke Utilities Board meets at the board office. 4:30 p.m. Wadley Town Council meets at Wadley Town Hall. 5 p.m. Wedowee Town Council meets at Wedowee Town Hall. 7 p.m. Randolph County Farmers Federation Board meets at the federation building in Wedowee. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous and Al-Anon meet in the basement of…
So much of the world lives in fear, without the heat, electricity, clean water and food most of us have. The stores want to skip right over Halloween to Christmas but we need to celebrate Thanksgiving with all of our hearts because most of us are pretty darn fortunate. Thursday I was ecstatic because the…
Roanoke The Roanoke Christmas Parade will be Thursday, Nov. 30, at 6:30 p.m. This year’s parade will feature first, second and third place prizes for all float participation.Criteria will be set for all float entries to be judged. The Funnel Cake Man will be on hand for refreshments, and any club or organization who would…
A Roanoke woman was airlifted to a Birmingham hospital on Friday after her clothes caught on fire while she was cooking. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, Donna McCurty of Stanley Avenue ran out of her house with her clothes on fire. In a selfless act, an unidentified man who just happened to be…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF GEORGE T. MCCLENDON, DECEASED A Summary Distribution of a Small Estate being probated by the Office of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, does hereby give notice that all persons having claims against said estate…
Read the other day where a whole bunch of historians, folklorists, archaeologists and such were meeting at the University of Alabama to take another look at the evidence and see if they could get a better handle on the route Hernando De Soto took when he visited Alabama back in 1540. You remember De Soto.…
All that lot, tract or parcel of land situate; lying and being in the State of Alabama and County of Randolph, and being all of the northeast quarter of the northeast quarter and part of the southeast quarter of the northeast quarter and part of the northeast quarter of the southeast quarter all in Section…
The Alabama Department of Public Health joins the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in observing the week after Thanksgiving, Nov. 27-Dec. 3, as National Influenza Vaccination Week. This event is designed to raise awareness of the importance of continuing influenza vaccination and to foster greater use of flu vaccine through the months of November,…
The Woodland Bobcats (10-2) are the last remaining county team in the AHSAA playoffs, and they will continue their trek toward Birmingham on Friday when they travel to Section (11-1) for a 2A quarterfinal match-up. And nothing should motivate the ‘Cats more than this fact: if they win this week they will be at home…