Veronica Lovvorn of Garver Engineers is making progress on purchasing property to increase safety at and around the Roanoke Municipal Airport.Nine pieces of property are needed on this phase of improving the airport, according to Lovvorn, a civil engineer and consultant to the city. This is part of a statewide effort to improve safety at…
Roanoke city police and those with the Chambers County Drug Task Force teamed up to make arrests Friday evening in connection with the sale of drugs outside a county-line store. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, officers observing the parking lot of Kirby’s Bypass Shoppette observed Michael Anthony Lee, 40, of 140 Shady Branch…
WEDOWEE – The RCHS Tigers got their ground game in gear Friday night, amassing 367 rushing yards to propel them to a 28-14 region win over White Plains. Quarterback Quinton Prothro led the charge with 158 yards and a touchdown on 10 carries. He also completed his second touchdown pass of the season, an 8-yard…
Handley (0-2) at Dadeville (1-1) This may be Handley’s best shot so far at getting their first win of the season. Dadeville took it on the chin against a tough Heflin team in a 21-0 loss last week. The Tigers took some big steps forward between the first and second weeks of the season. If…
A Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) completed a training course the week of August 21. Randolph County Emergency Management Agency (EMA), through a Homeland Security grant, sponsored the training class. This is the second CERT Team that has completed training in Randolph County. Sixteen students completed the class and were awarded a certificate that shows…
Every day, two or three times or more, I clean spam off my computer. If I don’t recognize the name, its outta here. Delete! And I didn’t recognize “Overbluemoon.” But for some reason I clicked Open. I’m glad I did. “Overbluemoon” is a young lady from Philadelphia. She discovered me and my address while looking…
Barry Harlin and David Taft are the ultimate recyclers. As they tear down the old businesses from Church Street to Small Loans Inc. on Main Street they salvage everything that can be sold. Local contractor Harlin bid the project of First Baptist Church, which owned the buildings, for a minimal amount with his eye on…
MONTGOMERY – Roy Terry, former president of Terry Manufacturing, was sentenced on Monday to 6 1/2 years in federal prison and ordered to pay more than $32 million in restitution after pleading guilty to 13 counts of felony fraud. U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller, who also sentenced Terry’s brother, Rudolph, last month, handed down the…
A Jefferson County Circuit judge recently declared that Alabama’s policy of disenfranchising all people with felony convictions violates the State Constitution. The ruling highlights how Alabama’s convoluted practice of voter exclusion creates a system where eligible men and women are illegitimately denied the right to vote. We need a system in Alabama that is fair…
The Alabama Department of Corrections announced two weeks ago that the prison system had completely eliminated the backlog of state prisoners in county jails beyond the 30-day limit imposed by law. That is good news not just because it promises to ease overcrowding and expenses for county jails but also because it gets the state…
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, September 14 11:30 a.m. The United Way kickoff luncheon will be at the Roanoke First United Methodist Church Christian life center. noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 2 p.m. Sheri Rollins, field representative with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office, will be at…
Well, here it is. The weekend of championship matchups. The SEC West and East could both be decided this weekend. We’ve waited the entire football season… wait a minute, the whole season has been going only two weeks. How can we have a weekend like this in only the third week of the season? Florida…
Arrests Gerald Alan Gilbert, 36, of Choccolocco was arrested on Sept. 11 and charged with having an obscured vehicle ID. Michael S. Mintz, 33, of 4801 U.S. 431, Heflin, was arrested on Sept. 10 and charged with failure to comply with judge’s orders. Juan Martinez Carlos Tomas, 22, of 765 County Rd. 333, Wedowee, was…
WEDOWEE – Wadley High School’s assistant principal Todd Wilson was approved as the next principal during Monday evening’s Randolph County Board of Education meeting. Wilson will take over the position from Joe Wilkerson, who is retiring effective Oct. 1. Melody Phillips was hired as special education teacher at Woodland High School. Board member Wendell Morrison…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Animal Shelter hosted a tour of its half-finished facility for local elected officials on Friday afternoon of last week. Shelter president Carol Nicholson welcomed County Commission Chairman Kevin Spears, Roanoke Mayor Spec Bonner, Woodland Mayor Tim Prince and Woodland Town Clerk Lucy Arrington. The building is located at the end of…
Here’s my preview of the 2006 Falcons broken into three basic categories. Things that have me concerned: 1. Ed Hartwell is not healthy. Having both your knees scoped less than three weeks before the season starts after sitting out the last three-fourths of the previous season is not a good sign of impending productivity. That’s…
MONTGOMERY — If you are one of those political junkies who likes mud-slinging campaigns, it would appear you are going to be in hog’s heaven — pun intended — for the next two months. A day rarely passes that Gov. Bob Riley and Lt. Gov. Lucy Baxley are not throwing one mud ball after another…
Roanoke City Council members received a copy of the proposed 2006-2007 budget at Monday’s meeting. Mayor Spec Bonner said they have two weeks to review it, and he hopes to pass it at the next meeting. It is supposed to be approved before the new fiscal year that begins Oct. 1. This year’s budget, if…
Randolph County and Woodland both picked up victories in volleyball action over the past week. On Monday, the Randolph County Lady Tigers defeated two formidable opponents to win a tri-match against Cleburne County and Handley. Against Cleburne County, RCHS took two straight games, winning by scores of 25-20 and 25-22. The Lady Tigers also disposed…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Commissioners plan to meet “eyeball to eyeball” with members of Randolph County Health Care Authority hoping to convince them to approve the sale of medical buildings in Roanoke to the city of Roanoke. During the commission’s workshop on Thursday of last week, Roanoke Mayor Spec Bonner and Roanoke Health Care Authority…