Two young men were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday morning at 7:48 a.m. east of Huey’s Grocery on Highway 48 at New Hope. Drivers Cory McNeil and Jonathan Mitchell, both age 20, were injured.On Monday at 11:15 a.m., a two-vehicle accident occurred at the intersection of U.S. 431 and County Road 82 (Foster’s…
Roanoke Board of Education members, in a called meeting Friday, approved some last-minute hires and transfers to complete the staff for the school year. They approved Superintendent Chuck Marcum’s recommendations and hired Michelle Lewis as science teacher at Handley High School; Inez Mitchell as sixth-grade teacher at Handley Middle School and Jessica Veal as kindergarten…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has added more charges to those faced by James Ronald “Ronnie” Whaley and Holly Easterwood. The Roanoke couple was awakened on July 31 as officers from RCSO, Roanoke Police Department and Wedowee Police Department arrived at their mobile home on Bell Lake in Roanoke to execute a search warrant. The search…
Proceeds from an auction on Aug. 26 will benefit Randolph County Animal Shelter. Grandview Antiques & Auction of Roanoke will hold its monthly antiques auction that Saturday. The company will give Randolph County Animal Shelter a 30-minute window from 10 to 10:30 a.m. during which the auction company will waive its fees. Now the shelter…
Alabama Bridge Builders Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of contract with the State of Alabama for construction of Project No. ACGBBRZ-BRZ-5600(205) in Randolph County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on Aug. 9, 2006 and ending on Aug. 30, 2006. All claims should be filed at P.O. Box 189, Pelham, Alabama…
The official AHSAA schedule says that fall practice started for high school football teams on Monday, August 7. But the date and the temperatures outside say that fall is a long way off. With temperatures routinely in the upper 90’s and heat indexes in the 100’s nearly every afternoon, football practices have become an exercise…
7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, August 10 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 2 p.m. Sheri Rollins, field representative with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office, will be at Wedowee Town Hall until 4 p.m. to meet with constituents. Citizens may make an appointment by calling (256) 236-5655.…
Three people, including a baby, were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Friday afternoon of last week in Roanoke. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, a 2002 Ford Explorer driven by Edna Kent Hester, 51, of 1181 LaFayette Hwy., Roanoke, was pulling out of Stewart Street while a 1997 Ford F150 truck driven…
MONTGOMERY — There is something eyebrow-raising about the controversy over naming Gov. Bob Riley as the special master (overseer) of an effort to develop a statewide computerized voter registration database. The responsibility for establishing the voter database was initially given to Secretary of State Nancy Worley, but for whatever reason she missed the deadline. The…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Services for Willie Bradford Westbrook, 69, of Roopville, Ga., were at noon on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Oak Grove AME Church, Newell. Burial was in the church cemetery. Mr. Westbrook died Sunday, July 30, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. Pallbearers were nephews and friends. Nieces and great-nieces served as flower…
(ROANOKE) Services for the Rev. Bernard Douglas Fuller, 77, of Roanoke were Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Hindley and the Rev. Frank Foster officiating. Burial was at Pleasant Grove Christian Church Cemetery. Rev. Fuller died Saturday, Aug. 5, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Survivors include…
(ROANOKE) Services for Vernice Gladys Smith Hammond, 85, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 7, 2006, at 3 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church, with the Revs. Scott Hanna and Ken May officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Hammond died Saturday, Aug. 5, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Survivors include a…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Services for Willie Bradford Westbrook, 69, of Roopville, Ga., were at noon on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2006, at Oak Grove AME Church, Newell. Burial was in the church cemetery. Pallbearers were nephews and friends. Nieces and great-nieces served as flower girls. Mr. Westbrook was born in Wedowee on March 23, 1937, son of…
(WOODLAND) Services for James Marvin Baldwin, 69, of Woodland were Sunday, Aug. 6, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Woodland Church of God, with the Revs. Carolyn Hanner, Felix New and Danny Hanner officiating. Burial was in Gray Hill Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Baldwin died Friday, Aug.4, at Wedowee Hospital. Mr. Baldwin is survived by…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Patricia McCormick, 50, of LaGrange, Ga., died at her home Monday, July 31, 2006. Mrs. McCormick was born March 15, 1956, in Randolph County, daughter of the late Elbert and Bernice Helms Brand. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life and was Baptist. Survivors include her husband, Albert Lee McCormick Jr.;…
(ROANOKE) Angelar Elaine Poythress Heflin, 46, of 420 Clark Street, Roanoke, died Wednesday, Aug. 2, 2006, at Hospice LaGrange. Services will be Saturday, Aug. 5, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Robert L. Heflin, Charlie Magby, L.B. Houston and Bishop Lathonia Wright officiating. Burial will be in the church…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF SARA ELIZABETH GOSDIN, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Administration of said deceased have been granted to E.H. Gosdin, Administrator, on the 28th day of July , 2006, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons…
“I still get excited at the start of school. I told someone if the day comes when I am not excited I will find another job,” Chuck Marcum said of Monday – the first day of school. The Roanoke City Schools superintendent, en route from one event to another, said the orientations have been well…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Graveside services for Lonnie Edward Sprayberry, 86, of LaGrange, formerly of Roanoke, will be Friday, Aug. 4, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Cragford Cemetery, with the Rev. Sonny Kent officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 4 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. Mr. Sprayberry died Wednesday, Aug. 2, at…
Incident reports Lisa Eskridge of Chicago reported the recovery of lost property on July 28 when a .22-caliber revolver was found on County Road 1, Wedowee. Mike Fisher of Roanoke reported the theft of a lawnmower from 2465 County Rd. 61 on July 31. Dennis Phillip Arnett of 3443 County Rd. 14, Roanoke, reported a…