(ROANOKE) Services for Lewis J. Smith, 80, of Roanoke will be Monday, July 3, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church, with the Rev. Charles Whitson officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Smith will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services.Mr. Smith died Saturday, July…
WADLEY – An automobile accident requiring one victim to be cut out of her car with the Jaws of Life and airlifted to a hospital occurred at the intersection of Hwy. 22 and Hwy. 77 and County Road 828 outside of Wadley on Thursday morning around 9:45. A Lifesaver helicopter landed on Hwy. 22 to…
(VALLEY) Jodie Lamerle Anglin Edmondson, 80, of Valley died Wednesday, June 28, 2006, at Hospice House in LaGrange, Ga. Funeral services will be Friday, June 30, at 4 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. George Collins officiating. Burial will follow in Fairfax Cemetery. Mrs. Edmondson is survived by two…
WEDOWEE – Kim Benefield looks like the wife, mother and grandmother she is, but underneath beats the steely heart of a competitor. She wants Randolph County to have its first resident state senator in 50 years and she may yet make that happen. She toppled 32-year veteran state Sen. Gerald Dial to grab the Democratic…
RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE CHEROKEE COUNTY VS. EDWARD MEADOWS By virtue of a judgment issued out of Small Claims Court of Cherokee County, Alabama, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Edward Meadows, defendant, out of the goods, chattels, land and tenements of…
WOODLAND – It is a long journey from Woodland to Milwaukee, Wis. A little over 680 miles if humans were not bound to the winding, distance-adding roadways. For Sam Mauldin the road has been an even longer one. After graduating from Woodland in 2003 as an all-state basketball player, Mauldin has faced injuries and surgeries…
WEDOWEE — Randolph County Commission took another step in the construction of a new county jail on Monday by passing a formal resolution to create the Randolph County Building Authority. County attorney John Tinney will now work on the articles of incorporation for the building authority, which will consist of between three and five members,…
Thunderstorms during the weekend caused damage in Roanoke downtown, at the Roanoke Country Club and at Roanoke Stockyards. Also, there were power outages from Friday through Monday night but the area got much-needed rain in spots. Among those who lost power about 7 a.m. Monday and did not get it back until about 10:30 a.m.…
Case No.: JU-2003-043.03 In the Matter of: Montoreous Kevon Heard NOTICE Christy Ladana Carson, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Larry and Mary Heard’s Petition of Parental Rights to Montoreous Kevon Heard to recover real property and other relief by August 3, 2006, or, thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against him in…
ROANOKE – Graduated Handley senior Simone Paige’s basketball career just a got a four-year extension. And she’ll have the chance to earn a college education in the process. On Monday, Paige signed on to play point guard for Judson College, a small women’s school in Marion, Ala. Paige was the Lady Tigers’ point guard for…
The state’s aerial marijuana eradication program led to a couple of arrests in Randolph County last week, but the amount of marijuana found growing here was miniscule compared to what state law enforcement officers had come to expect a decade ago. State Trooper pilot Mike Manley attributed the decline to the increased popularity of methamphetamine…
WADLEY – The ducks were in no hurry to make their way down the Tallapoosa River. Some of the Wadley Athletic Club supporters waiting to receive the hundreds of yellow rubber ducks wondered aloud if the ducks had somehow turned around and headed back up stream. Finally, three ducks rounded the bend, followed minutes later…
The 32nd Annual Southeastern Baseball Camp will be held at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley in July. Camps are designed to teach players the correct skills and habits that enable them to fully develop their talent. There will be strong emphasis on hitting and throwing, as well as other aspects of the game.…
Hard asleep — you know that sleep when it feels so good — it took a while for the sirens to awaken me. Hearing what sounded like gunshots I fought to wakefulness. Gradually, I came to life and went to the front yard to determine where the sirens were. When I opened the door I…
Arrests Nicky Dwayne “Bull” Jeter, 43, of 308 Chestnut St., Roanoke, was arrested on June 24 and charged with public drunkenness. Lorenza Jermaine Linson, 33, of 43 Shady Branch Dr., Roanoke, was arrested on June 24 and charged with domestic violence. P’Andrea Chinese Whatley, 18, of 161 Cook Rd., Roanoke, was arrested on June 23…
The annual band party and fireworks will be held Monday, July 3, beginning at 6 p.m. at Wedowee Citgo. Open microphone time will be from 6 to 8 p.m. and those who want to sing should sign up. Volunteers may sing two songs. Ryan Robertson and Roger Hammett and their band will begin playing at…
noon The Randolph County Retired Teachers will meet at The Galley Restaurant, Roanoke. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, June 29 noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley Restaurant. 6 p.m. The Randolph County Republican Party will hold its monthly meeting at the Hub Restaurant in Wedowee. The group…
Roanoke City Council held another executive session on a situation involving a person in the police department but said little after the session Monday. Good name and character of a person is the primary reason an executive session can be held outside the hearing of the public and press, but in limited instances legal matters…
“Dissent is the greatest form of patriotism.” -Thomas Jefferson The most precious asset we have as citizens is our freedom. In fact, the Bill of Rights is the only thing that presently stands between us and an oppressive authoritarian government. That is why it is so essential that we voice our concerns and speak truth…
The other day I sat down and pulled all the pins out of my hurricane map. You know the cork-board one that I stick pins in to mark the route storms take. Red pins. Green pins. Orange, yellow, blue pins. White pins. Pink pins. And a couple of colors that don’t appear in nature. Lots…