(STANDING ROCK) Graveside services for Louise Estate Barber, 93, of Standing Rock will be Tuesday, Oct. 17, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill United Methodist Church Cemetery in LaFayette, with the Rev. Russell Williams officiating.The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home, Roanoke, from 5 to 7 p.m. on Monday.Mrs. Barber died Saturday,…

(ROANOKE) Services for Charles Vinson Jr., 87, of Roanoke will be Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Phillip Russell and the Rev. John Mann officiating. Burial will be in Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 7 p.m. on Sunday.…

(WOODLAND) Services for Jerry F. Moncree, 65 of woodland will be Monday, Oct. 16, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Moncree died Wednesday, Oct. 11, at Wedowee Hospital. The family will receive friends on Sunday, Oct. 15, from…

Arrests Timothy Marion Phillips, 50, of 24758 County Rd. 87, Graham, was arrested on Oct. 5 and charged with public intoxication. Brian Travante Bledsoe, 24, of LaFayette was arrested on Oct. 5 and charged with theft by fraud. Cindy Lynn Holloway, 27, of 326 County Rd. 240, Wedowee, was arrested on Oct. 4 and charged…

MONTGOMERY — It came as no surprise, but when the state closed its books on Sept. 30 at the end of the fiscal year the numbers were incredible — Alabama’s taxes generated more money than ever before in history. Taxes earmarked for the Education Trust Fund, which supports public schools and colleges, produced $5.4 billion,…

I have been thinking about this for a while. Ever since a male colleague, a professor of strict moral principles and Puritan sensibilities, stormed into my office and demanded that someone in authority should “make the girls around here put on some clothes.” I didn’t know what to say. His problem was an excess of…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed on the 12th day of June 1998 by Robert L. Parks and Frank D. Stamper to the Bank of Wedowee, said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage…

Winterboro (2-4) at RCHS (5-1) Quinton Prothro proved last week against Woodland that he is the real deal. As long as he is on the field RCHS has a fighting chance to win any game that they go into. He is that much of a difference maker. If someone else were playing quarterback for the…

A story about a controversial issue? No problem. A non-controversial story about a high school sports event? Someone’s going to get mad. Nothing raises the ire of newspaper readers like reporting on high school sports. That’s the way it was 30 years ago; that’s the way it is today. A recent letter about the lack…

April Nicole Fulghum, also known as April Nicole Daniel, 26, of Lanett was arrested on Oct. 10 and charged with failure to appear in court. Victor Lamar Thompson, 34, of 767 Reed Circle was arrested on Oct. 9 and charged with probation violation (child support). Terrance Lamont Stegall, 19, of 1348 Stanley Ave., Roanoke, was…

Last Saturday was one of the most turbulent in the history of the Southeastern Conference. When the day started, things were normal. When it was over, nothing was as it was supposed to be, at least as far as the league standings in the SEC West. And it was pretty clear what was going on…

Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James E. Bell, a single person and Willie H. Bass, and wife Mary Walker Bass in favor of Jim Water Homes, Inc., dated July 12, 1998, and being unrecorded, said mortgage being subsequently executed on September 24, 1998,…

COUNTY OF RANDOLPH MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed on the 25th day of August 2000 by Timothy Sikes to the Bank of Wedowee, said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Record 405, Pages 622-628; and…

(Troup County, Ga.) Lemerle Dutton, 101, of the Hillcrest community near LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Oct. 10, 2006, at Twin Fountains Nursing Home. Mrs. Dutton was born June 18, 1905, in Camp Hill and was the daughter of the late Columbus Whitlow and Mamie Lee Ray Golden. She was a homemaker and a member of…

4 p.m. LifeSouth Community Blood Center’s bloodmobile will be at First Baptist Church, Main Street, Roanoke, until 8 p.m. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, October 12 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 2 p.m. Sheri Rollins, field representative with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office, will be at…

RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Pursuant to Section 17-7-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, Jeffery L. Fuller, Sheriff of Randolph County, Alabama, do hereby given notice of elections to be held in Randolph County, Alabama, and by virtue of the power vested in me as Sheriff of Randolph County, Alabama, do hereby give notice that said elections…

ABANDA – Seven people were arrested following a drug bust at a methamphetamine lab in Abanda last week. According to the Chambers County Multi-Jurisdictional Drug Task Force, who made the arrests, the bust happened on Oct. 2. Kenneth Anthony Ballard and Amanda Jane Ballard, both 39, of Wadley were arrested and charged with unlawful manufacture…

October. ‘Tis the season for pumpkins, beautiful fall foliage, football, fall festivals, planning your Halloween costume – and ghost stories. Have you grown up hearing that somewhere in this area is haunted? Maybe it’s a house you have lived in, or one that you visited growing up. Did you experience something there that spooked you?…