WEDOWEE – An early morning accident on Sunday claimed the life of a Douglasville, Ga., man.According to the Jacksonville post of the Alabama State Troopers the accident happened at approximately 3 a.m. one mile east of Wedowee on Highway 48, past Pate’s Curve.Jimmy L. Morris, 42, was the driver of a 2001 Ford, the only…
TALLADEGA – The RCHS Tigers entered this season in a rare and unenviable position. For the first time in over three years they were on a losing streak. Having lost the final three games of 2005, the Tigers got themselves moving in the right direction with a 14-0 win over Talladega County Central on Friday.…
Arrests Robert Lane Parks, 47, of 360 Sunset Dr., Wedowee, was arrested on Aug. 27 on Central Avenue, Roanoke, and charged with DUI, possession of a controlled substance (cocaine), running a stop sign and improper turn (no signal). Oscar A. Reyes, 38, of Oxford was arrested on Aug. 26 on County Road 61 and charged…
Page Enloe loves his corn-burning furnace, which warms his large home on West Point Street and has halved his heating bill. He is cold natured and wants to be warm, he said, but wants to save money. This works. “It will easily pay for itself this year, and from then on it will be gravy,”…
The United Way kickoff luncheon will be Thursday, Sept. 14, at 11:30 a.m. at the Roanoke First United Methodist Church Christian Life Center. The program begins at noon with guest speaker Glenn Estes, past Rotary International president. Everyone is invited to help kick off the 2006-2007 campaign. For reservations, call the Randolph County Chamber of…
WADLEY – This was not the script that the Wadley Bulldogs are used to following. Forced to improvise a heroic ending, the ‘Dogs pulled away from Horseshoe Bend in the last five minutes of the game for a deceptively large winning score of 46-18. The win pushed No. 2 Wadley’s regular-season winning streak to 32…
The race for the playoffs gets off the starting line this week as region play begins. All four county teams will begin with home field advantage. Here’s a look at how the matchups should play out. White Plains at No. 8 RCHS The Tigers’ offense was solid but underwhelming against an improved TCC team. The…
Children in Donna Kinsey’s first-grade class at Knight-Enloe Elementary were thrilled to have their name, Kid’s Town, chosen by members of the Roanoke Rotary Club for the new playground. They were notified Tuesday. Second and third place tied in number of votes. They were Kid Zone Park and Imagination Station. David Denton, co-coordinator with Ken…
RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE THE FINANCIAL STORE, INC. VS. MIKE KIRKLAND By virtue of a judgment issued out of Small Claims Court of Randolph County, Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Mike Kirkland, defendant, out of the goods, chattels, land and…
AUBURN – Auburn University student Christopher Morris from Wedowee was on the sidelines during this past weekend’s Auburn-Washington State football game as a volunteer with the Southeastern Raptor Center. Christopher began volunteering at the Southeastern Raptor Center in early June and works about 8 to 15 hours per week. His duties include feeding of the…
We grew up hearing “Thank God for Mississippi,” that state often being the only thing that kept Alabama from being last in various quality of life measurements. Both states have come a long way since those days, but last week we had another “Thank God for Mississippi” moment. That was when Trust for America’s Health…
Roanoke firefighters set the fire and watched the house burn Wednesday night. Ironically, burning the house helps keep city insurance rates at a good level. This counts toward the required minimum annual training. The points add up and help lower the ISO or Insurance Services Office rating that impacts how much you pay for building…
Arrests Charles Sprayberry Jr., 39, of 604 Randolph St., Roanoke, was arrested on Sept. 5 and charged with public drunkenness. A 17-year-old male juvenile from Lanett was arrested on Labor Day on Doublehead Road and charged with carrying a pistol without a permit, minor consuming alcohol and reckless endangerment. Gus Bernard Almond, 42, of 658…
Employees and supporters of Randolph County Health Department helped to celebrate the groundbreaking for a new building on Wednesday of last week on Main Street in Roanoke. The new building will be next door to Roanoke Electronic Controls, across the street from Pizza Xpress. Whereas the present building on Price Street has less than 8,000…
Among recent indictments the Randolph County Grand Jury indicted four defendants on murder charges and four defendants in a methamphetamine drug laboratory case. After arrests are made other indictments will be announced. Grand jurors indicted Cecil Gunn, 48, of 485 Lucky St., on a charge of murder in the April 14 death of his girlfriend,…
DICKERT – Dickert Volunteer Fire Department responded to a vehicle fire on Wednesday afternoon of last week just off of Highway 22. According to fire department member Waymon Hodges, the owner of the vehicle was Raymond F. Delosnha Jr. of 53814 Hwy. 22, Wadley. The owner told the firefighters that he thought he had run…
I’ve loved baseball in all its forms. Since I was old enough to realize what the game was, I’ve been a Braves fan. I probably always will be. When I was in high school, a minor league baseball team called the Polecats (that’s fancy minor-league lingo for “skunk”) took up residence in my hometown. I…
Today, so many of the momentous events of our lifetime we experience through the glass of the television set. Unaware, we turn on the television and are transported into the moment through the click of the remote. Such was the moment I turned on the television and saw the flames of Waco, Texas, the slow…
There is a sweet irony to the fact that, here in the twilight of my career, I am writing what you are reading. I have always loved newspapers. And one of my favorites, The Clarke County Democrat, celebrates 150 years of publication this year. That’s a long time. Where I came from everybody read The…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by Nicholas Ryan Kimbrell, and wife Pamela Jan Kimbrell, to Colonial Bank on October 4, 2001, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 419 at Page 584, and Colonial…