Roanoke City Council members were shocked at Monday’s council meeting when told part of the Handley Springs Park was sold in 2003 for $1.Bob Schoenberner told council members at Monday night’s meeting he researched the land, learning half had been sold to the Landers family. He asked if they were aware of this?Council members said…
Probate Judge George Diamond strongly defended his employees and those working last week’s election amid criticism about the late reporting of race totals, which he attributes to late arrival of the chips or memory cards from the polling stations. Standing up for his employees and the others working the election he said: “I’d like to…
MONTGOMERY—Now that the dust has settled from one of the least exciting major state elections in memory, a few observations: While both Roy Moore, who took a terrible beating in the GOP gubernatorial primary, and Don Siegelman, who absorbed a similar whipping in the Democratic primary, are playing coy about their political futures, the hard…
His mother noticed the change. She called her boy “Lindy” and said his eyes were different when he came home from Korea. Lindsey Farr called them ghosts. They chased him from state to state and to the bottom of many bottles, and Farr ran from them until the day he died. “Our whole life, we…
Fresh from playing at the Country Music Association’s Music Festival in Nashville, Tenn., Tim Dugger will be playing back in his hometown of Roanoke on Saturday, June 17. He is playing two sets at First Stop across from the Bank of Wedowee on U.S. 431 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. and from 2 p.m.…
WADLEY – The Southern Union Bison offense put up staggering numbers this past season en route to a 50-12 record and the runner-up spot in the ACCC tournament. And while the lineup was solid from top to bottom, the heart of the order is what made this group so imposing. Sophomores Lane Hammond, Chase Burch,…
A 10-year-old girl was airlifted to Columbus Medical Center following an automobile accident in front of Wal-Mart on Wednesday afternoon. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, a 2001 Pontiac Sunfire driven by Sarah Lee Evans, 69, of 64022 Hwy. 22 E., Roanoke, was stopped at the red light in the left southbound turn…
Arrests James Hill, 50, of 619 Chestnut St., Roanoke, and Thomas Joe Bass, 49, of 24053 Hwy. 48, Woodland, were arrested on June 3 and charged with third-degree promoting prison contraband. Bobby Joe Creel, 36, of Waco, Ga., and Thomas J. Lee Bass, 26, of Woodland, both inmates of Randolph County Jail, were charged with…
The Dumonts (not their real name) were a peripheral family in my small town. There was the daddy, a wormy little guy who didn’t say much. He just went to work in the morning, came home in the evening, and stayed anonymous. So different from his wife. Large and loud, Mrs. Dumont didn’t walk so…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Donna “Lynn” Lee, 43, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, June 12, 2006. She was born Sept. 2, 1962, in Carroll County, Ga., to Josephine Spradlin Robinson and Billy Joe Robinson. Lynn graduated from Bowdon High School and was a member of Bethesda Baptist Church. She later was a homemaker and worked for Sony…
(BIRMINGHAM) Roberta Haynes Paul, 66, of Birmingham died Friday, June 9, 2006. Services were Monday, June 12, at 11 a.m. at North Shelby Baptist Church in Chelsea. The Rev. Allan Murphy officiated. At 4 p.m. Monday a graveside service was held at Zion Baptist Church Cemetery in Woodland. Survivors include two sons, Thomas Terrel Paul…
(COOSADA) Thomas Edwin Turner, 75, of Coosada died Friday, June 9, 2006. Services will be Wednesday, June 14, at 2:30 p.m. at Coosada Baptist Church, Coosada, with the Rev. Larry Armstrong and Dr. Jim Graham officiating. Interment will follow in Brookside Memorial Gardens, Millbrook. Mr. Turner and his family resided in Roanoke for 23 years…
(MONTGOMERY) Sara Diane Williams Arabian, 54, of Montgomery died Saturday, June 10, 2006, at Bethany House Hospice. Services will be at Jeff Jones Funeral Home at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, June 13, with interment in LaFayette City Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Howard and the Rev. James Caulfield will officiate. Visitation will be at the funeral…
(BIG SPRING, Texas) Dean Burt of Big Spring, Texas, formerly of Valley, Ala., died June 6, 2006. Family services were private and she was laid to rest in the family’s section of Mount Olive. She was born Mattie Dee Beverly April 28 in Randolph County, Ala., the daughter of Donie and Alton Beverly. She earned…
(LANETT) Janice L. Owens, 65, of Lanett died Tuesday, June 6, 2006, at her residence. Funeral services will be Thursday, June 8, at 11 a.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley with the Revs. Kenneth Holt and Donnie Erwin-Brown officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. Mrs. Owens is survived by her husband,…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ethel Gray Carson, 94, of Wadley will be held Friday, June 9, 2006, at 2 p.m. from Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow at Forresters Chapel cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 8,…
(ANNISTON) Services for William H. Lovvorn, 89, will be Thursday, June 8, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tom McMinn officiating. Visitation will be June 7, from 6 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home. Entombment will be at Forestlawn Gardens Mausoleum. Mr. Lovvorn died Monday, June 5,…
Firefighters gallantly fought a trailer fire off County Road 65, on Country Road 815, Friday afternoon but fire had already spread from the kitchen area to the other end by the time they arrived. Black smoke billowing up could be seen from a distance, but neighbors stood by directing firefighters onto the dirt road where…
HUNTSVILLE – Stanley Allen is making the most of every opportunity that is being given to him at Alabama A&M University. The former Wadley quarterback made his debut for the Bulldogs in a 42-0 win over Allen University last season. But when he stepped on the field for the first time as a collegian, he…
WEDOWEE – Probate Judge George Diamond and his courthouse staff believe one of their most important duties to Randolph County citizens is preserving records charged to their safekeeping. And they want to do even more in the years to come to protect the documents entrusted to their care. “It’s our goal to audit all records…