(GREENVILLE, Ga.) Services for Jackie Talbert, 82, of Greenville, Ga., formerly of Roanoke, will be Tuesday, March 28, 2006, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Tim Craft officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Baptist Cemetery, Jennings, Fla.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 3 to 4 p.m.…
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…
Schools and churches are the heartbeat of a community, and I think those who attended Sunday’s open house at Handley High School recognized that. Places that were one-time thriving communities before they lost their schools are now often just a place in the road where you slow down a bit and the only sound is…
Mohawk Industries, Inc. has purchased Propex Fabrics Inc., formerly BP Amoco, contingent upon routine regulatory approval. It appears there has already been a shakeup at the company with some middle and upper management and clerical layoffs or reassignments, at least 10, according to a source familiar with the situation who does not want to be…
WEDOWEE – Several long-time teachers officially submitted their retirement and others their resignations to Randolph County Board of Education during its meeting on Monday evening. The board accepted the resignations due to retirement of: Barbara Perrigin, English teacher at Woodland; Larry Morrison, special education teacher at Woodland; Mattie Saffold Brooks, reading coach at Rock Mills;…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mrs. Ener Yearta, 87, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, March 19, 2006, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Mrs. Yearts was born April 9, 1918, in Randolph County. She had lived in LaGrange most of her life, was retired from Milliken and Company and was a member of Oakside Baptist Church. Survivors include…
News surrounding a piece of legislation sponsored by state Sen. Gerald Dial of Lineville is making waves around Randolph County this week. According to the original bill, which was introduced on Feb. 28, houseboats, boats longer than 30 feet 6 inches, and recreation vehicles in excess of 500 hp would be prohibited on Lake Wedowee…
RCHS knocked off Wadley for the second time this season with a 15-1 win on Friday. Vanessa Sims, Nicole Deese, and Jade Robinson each had two hits and two RBI for RCHS. Brittany Battle took the loss for Wadley. Ranburne 13, RCHS 2 Ranburne scored seven runs in the first inning and RCHS never recovered…
WADLEY – The Southern Union Bison have had a season of streaks thus far, and that trend continued last week as they lost two straight games for the second time this season. The Bison opened the season with 12 straight wins, then lost two straight before winning six in a row. But that six-game streak…
Piano will get a workout at auditorium dedication by Penny L. Pool The music poured from the Steinway piano that celebrated the major events of the city of Roanoke for 42 years. Thanks to Roanoke Schools Association, its tones are pleasing the ears once again. The RSA worked hard on fundraisers, primarily its garden tours,…
More candidates have thrown their hats in the ring for the June election, including the positions of sheriff, circuit clerk, district judge and county board of education. In a surprise move, Circuit Clerk Kim Benefield, who has worked in the office for 31 years and has been the circuit clerk since 1988, has announced she…
An eighth-grader led the county in scoring. A sophomore averaged a triple-double and became the county’s player of the year – for the third straight season, no less. A freshman and another sophomore were their team’s leading scorers, respectively. The youth movement is on in girls basketball in Randolph County, which means that the future…
WADLEY – Of all the things that make Ebony Battle a remarkable basketball player, none may stand out more than the fact that she was nearly thrown out of a game this year – for smiling. Here’s how Wadley head coach Randy Sparks recalls the incident: &#8220One of the officials came over to me and…
If you’re gonna have a hobby, I figure it should be one that contributes to the good of society – like studying snakes. Which is what my cousin Benny does. For fun, for self-improvement, and so he will be ready to help if anyone has a snake problem. You remember Benny – casino cop, drug…
The excited group visiting Handley High School’s open house Sunday was not about to let a little rain and cool weather keep them from the celebration. Superintendent Chuck Marcum was elated with the way the open house went. “I’m very impressed with the turnout. I was worried about the weather to start with, yet many…
A Wedowee man, being arrested on charges from South Carolina, tried to escape from custody on Friday. According to investigator James Bailey of Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, Brian Brant, 31, of County Road 804, Wedowee, is charged locally with having an expired tag, driving with a suspended license, no proof of insurance, giving false information…
WOODLAND – The RCHS Tigers made it two in a row over Woodland with an 11-1 win in six innings on Thursday. Tyler Hall and Ben Johnson combined to hold the Woodland offense in check with Hall earning the win with four scoreless innings of work. RCHS jumped on top 3-0 in the top of…
(special from the Valley Times-News) LaFAYETTE – The Chambers County Commission denied a lounge retail Class I license Monday on a 3-3 vote. Kelley Litsey had applied for the license to operate Stampede at 33474 Hwy. 431 near the Randolph County line, and Chief Deputy Chuck Williams of the Chambers County Sheriff’s Department, who presented…
Circuit Clerk Kim Benefield surprised courthouse watchers with her announcement March 10 she will not run for another term. “I’ve been here 31 years and I have loved it. I’ve been blessed. I have met some wonderful people,” she said. “It’s just time to do something else.” That something else is traveling with her husband,…
MONTGOMERY — No pun intended, but state Sen. Gerald Dial, D-Lineville, has created a lot of waves with a bill that would ban many large boats from nine popular lakes in Alabama. Should the bill become law it would ban all boats longer than 30 feet, six inches from nine hugely popular reservoirs in Alabama…