WADLEY – The Southern Union Bison stretched their winning streak to eight games with a double header sweep of Chattahoochee Valley on Tuesday.The vaunted SU offense kept on humming as they pounded out 23 hits in the two games, led by the usual suspects – Chase Burch, Matt Horton, and Lane Hammond all of whom…
(WEDOWEE) Eula Mae Billingsley, 80, of Wedowee died Monday, March 27, 2006, at Bethany House, Auburn. Services will be Saturday, April 1, at 1 p.m. at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the Rev. William W. Crawford officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Survivors include two sons, Charlie West of Tuskegee and…
(ROANOKE) Services for Burlie Lorene Robinson Washington, 90, of Roanoke will be Thursday, March 30, 2006, at noon at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tim Teague and the Rev. Kenneth May officiating. Burial will follow at Lebanon Christian Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 6 to 8 p.m. on…
Give Lori Beth Adamson the title of &#8220Hero of the Day” for the Handley Lady Tigers on Monday. Handley eked out a 3-2 win over Clay County in eight innings thanks in no small part to Adamson’s big bat. The Lady Tigers’ starting catcher crushed a 2-run home run in the bottom of the second…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL) announced a $103,356 award for the Roanoke Municipal Airport for the purchase of additional land on Tuesday. Veronica Lovvorn of Garver Engineers said the money comes from Federal Aviation Administration entitlement funds. Her firm, based in Huntsville, is handling work at the airport for the city. Shelby said, “This funding…
WEDOWEE – A public hearing will be held on Tuesday, April 4, at 5 p.m. at Wedowee Town Hall, and Wedowee Town Council will vote on rezoning recommendations from the town’s planning commission. Max and Sara Dobson of 212 N. Main St. (the white house next door to Dollar General) have asked that their 1.5…
Healthcare is a timely topic. It is in the news. It is constantly changing. It is vital to our peace of mind and well-being. With so much attention to the topic there is bound to be some misinformation floating around out there. Given that, we compared notes and determined that there are indeed some myths…
Roy Moore made a name for himself first by defying the law and then, as chief justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, sneaking a monument to himself into the Supreme Court building at night when no one was around. And then defying the law again when the court ordered him to remove it. He rightly…
The Roanoke City Council voted to place a lien on the old Lowe Motor Company site on Handley Avenue to pay for the clean-up of the property. Once a thriving business, the building has increasingly become an eyesore as it fell in. Pushed by Councilman Buster B. Robinson, the council voted to place the lien,…
WADLEY – It may be a different format, but the results are exactly the same. Southern Union jumped out to its second straight 5-0 conference start with a 5-game sweep of Wallace-Selma last week. Instead of playing two separate 3-game series against division foes, members of the Alabama Community College Conference (ACCC) will play five…
8:30 a.m. Randolph-Roanoke Career Technology Center in Wedowee will sponsor an American Red Cross blood drive until 2 p.m. at the HOSA Room. 11:30 a.m. The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce Professional Women’s Luncheon will be at Southern Union State Community College Cafeteria. 7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department. THURSDAY, March…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office needs your help in locating Jerrell Stevenson Barker. Barker is wanted for sexual abuse, first degree. He is 65 years old and has white hair (formerly brown) and hazel eyes. He weighs about 147 pounds and stands 5’9″. He formerly lived on County Road 59, Woodland. If you have any information…
MONTGOMERY — It was a predictable rumor because his polling numbers are so bad, but former Chief Justice Roy Moore has made it clear that he has no intention of dropping out of the GOP gubernatorial primary and running as an independent in the general election in November. “I am a Republican and I intend…
Like the Three Musketeers, three Randolph Countians express a philosophy of one for all and all for one when it comes to snagging industry for Roanoke and Randolph County. The three will visit Hyundai headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, the parent company of Kia, for a Korean Business Seminar related to supplier plants for the…
The grand old city auditorium moved forward into this century, resplendent in its newly renovated state, as memories, music and dancing graced its stage Friday night. In three videos shown during the evening local residents and leaders reminisced about events they experienced in the auditorium that was built in 1928. Mayor Spec Bonner noted although…
(ROANOKE) Services for Eltis Graham Cummins, 93, of Roanoke will be Friday, March 31, 2006, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ed Grooms officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5:30 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Cummins died Wednesday, March 29, at Portsbridge Hospice, Riverdale, Ga.…
(PHENIX CITY) Services for William George Satterwhite, 90, of Phenix City, formerly of Roanoke, will be Thursday, March 30, 2006, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ken Griffin officiating. Burial will follow at High Pine Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 9:30 a.m.…
(ROANOKE) Services for Bernice Irene Fetner, 95, of Roanoke were Saturday, March 25, 2006, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Johnny Williams and the Rev. Milton Newton officiating. Burial was at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Fetner died Thursday, March 23, at Traylor Nursing Home, Roanoke. Survivors inlude one son, Billy Joe…
Joan Denise Stewart, 50, died Sunday, March 26, 2006, after a battle with cancer. Born Joan Denise Boyd on Sept. 20, 1955, to Junior Ray and Emmalene Boyd, she was a lifelong resident of Randolph County. Joan graduated from Randolph County High School in 1973 and Gadsden State Community College in 1995 with a degree…
(LAFAYETTE) Beth Stephens, 88, of LaFayette died Friday, March 24, 2006, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Services will be at New Hope Christian Church at 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 26, with interment in Milltown Cemetery. The Rev. Dee Dowdy and the Rev. Bridget Dowdy will officiate. Mrs. Stephens was born in the Abanda community of…