MONTGOMERY – Every now and then I have this strong urge to share a little political history with you, and what I share with you in this column is very relevant to the 2006 Democratic gubernatorial primary.In 1819 when our forefathers wrote the state’s first Constitution they specified that the president pro tem of the…
Northwestern University defensive lineman Barry Cofield was recently selected in the 2006 NFL Draft by the New York Giants. Cofield is the grandson of Joe Cofield, who currently resides in Solon, Ohio – a suburb of Cleveland. Joe Cofield is an alumnus of Randolph County Training School. Barry Cofield was chosen by the Giants on…
A Wadley man recently released from jail on other charges is now charged with vehicular homicide in connection with the death of a Wadley girl. Clinton Joseph Woodgett, 54, of 761 County Rd. 875, was arrested on May 20 and charged with vehicular homicide. The accident that led to the death of Samantha Johnson, 13,…
The Roanoke City Council tabled several items at its May 15 meeting, including purchase of one of the deteriorated downtown buildings. Mayor Spec Bonner asked the council if it wanted to purchase a downtown building for $30,000. The building offered to the city “is in a sad state of repair and it is a building…
An unusual accident occurred on County Road 59 involving a car hitting a house in the Rocky Branch community on Saturday afternoon. While traveling north on County Road 59 the driver of a gray Oldsmobile Achieva S left the roadway, went up a bank and through a garden before striking the front of a house,…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Commission approved putting its solid waste service on a four-day workweek and also discussed how to work with another garbage service during this week’s commission meetings. Commissioner Lathonia Wright told the group he had met with the owner of R&W Solid Waste. Wright said if the commission had assigned R&W a…
Leadership Randolph County will present an educational program focusing on the drugs that are currently affecting the county in a seminar at Roanoke City Auditorium on Wednesday, May 31, at 6 p.m. The seminar will be conducted by counselors from New Choices, Inc., a drug rehabilitation program in Roanoke that provides counseling for alcohol and…
A Thursday night accident on Randolph County Road 29 injured three men, according to a Jacksonville State Trooper Post spokesperson. The one-vehicle accident occurred at 8 p.m. on May 18. John Cavender, 33, of Heflin was driving the 1990 Mazda when the accident occurred. He was injured, as were his passengers, Larry Jacobs, 30, of…
A good time was had by all. That trite phrase would cover the Randolph County Animal Shelter book sale and the opening of the Randolph County Historical Museum Saturday. People greeted each other at both locations, enjoyed the art and historical items and the beautiful spring day. Some enjoyed the deck so much at the…
With his trial set for Monday morning, Gerald Whaley instead pleaded guilty to first-degree theft involving money belonging to the East Central Alabama Basketball Officials Association. Presiding Circuit Judge Howard Bryan sentenced him to three years, and Whaley applied for probation. A restitution hearing will be held June 29 on the estimated $25,000 he diverted…
DOTHAN – The Southern Union Bison were no stranger to comebacks this season. They trailed in over half of their games this season and were able to come back and win most of them, many times in dramatic fashion. But in the end the Bison found themselves on the wrong end of a late-inning rally…
Roanoke’s water system went out Monday night but due to creativity and teamwork water was quickly provided, according to Mayor Spec Bonner. “We dodged a bullet. We didn’t have a fire out there. We pumped water for the town all night using a fire truck,” he said. Randall Boyd, operations supervisor with the city’s utilities…
ROANOKE – Handley senior Katie Romine’s softball career isn’t over just yet. The senior pitcher for the Lady Tigers, who finished her final season at Handley with a record of 16-7 and an ERA of 2.86, has been invited to walk on at Faulkner University in Montgomery this fall. Romine has been the Lady Tigers’…
To many people Leadership Randolph County is some vague program in which other people participate. They don’t realize that its purpose is to teach participants about how different institutions operate here, point out some of the challenges and problems facing our county, and, hopefully, make them want to be part of a solution. When this…
Two Roanoke children died in an early morning fire at their home on Friday. According to Roanoke police investigator Johnathan Heard, the blaze was reported at 3:05 a.m. at 214 College St., the home of Linda Patrice Nunn, 33, and her children. Nunn has eight children and six were in the home with her at…
(ROANOKE) Services for Raymond Wesley Key, 88, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with Bro. Gerald Romine and Bro. Sam Carpenter officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Key…
(ROCK MILLS) Woodie Harmon Bell, 61, of Rock Mills died Saturday, May 20, 2006, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Wednesday, May 24, at 1 p.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church, with the Revs. Elijah Jackson, Jeffery Foster, Myris Bell and L.B. Houston officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors…
(ROANOKE) Services for Sara Pool Wood, 90, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, May 24, 2006, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Roanoke with the Rev. Tex Ergle and the Rev. John Mann officiating. Mrs. Wood will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow at Randolph…
(ROANOKE) Services for Gladys Cook East, 83, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 23, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Potash Church of God, with the Rev. Wally Rezendes officiating. Burial will follow in Potash Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Monday. Mrs. East died…
(ROANOKE) Services for Hugh Adron Moon, 67, of Roanoke were Sunday, May 21, 2006, at 2 p.n. at Highway First Congregational Methodist Church, with the Rev. Vernon Willis officiating. Burial was on the church cemetery. Mr. Moon died Friday, May 19, at Brookwood Medical Center, Birmingham. Mr. Moon is survived by his wife, Janell Baldwin…