ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENTNOTICE OF PERMIT RENEWAL OF A CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTE LANDFILL PERMIT UNDER THE ALABAMA SOLID WASTES DISPOSAL ACT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTSRANDOLPH COUNTYThe City of Roanoke has applied to renew its current Solid Waste Disposal Permit (Permit No. 56-02) for the Roanoke C/D Landfill. The waste stream for the Roanoke…

Garbage customers in the town of Wedowee who normally have their trash picked up on Mondays by Waste Management should instead roll their cans to curbside on Thursday, Dec. 1. Waste Management will not come to Wedowee on Monday, Nov. 28, but will remove all of their cans from customers on Dec. 1. Wedowee’s new…

WEDOWEE – “We should be thankful throughout the year, instead of just one day,” said Paul Till, guest speaker at Thursday’s Farm-City Week breakfast held at The Hub Restaurant in Wedowee. Farm-City Week, Nov. 18-24, is a time to promote understanding between farm and city residents. This year marked its 50th annual observance. The speaker…

ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Henry L. Ryan, a married man and his wife, Beatrice K. Ryan to ABN AMRO Mortgage Group, Inc., dated August 23, 2001, said mortgage being recorded in Book 420, Page 54, in the Office of the Judge of…

Considering all that has happened in the past year, from natural disasters like hurricanes and tsunamis to man-made ones like terrorist attacks and wars in hot spots all over the world, most of us here have much to be thankful for this holiday season. Those spending time with family members this Thanksgiving should cherish the…

(WADLEY) Services for Teresa McKay Bailey, 44, of Wadley will be Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Wadley Baptist Church, with the Rev. Tim Heard officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Wadley Baptist Church from 9 to 11 a.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Bailey died Monday, Nov.…

(ROANOKE) Services for Minnie Lou Modjeski, 70, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2005, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Ed Grooms officiating. Quattlebaum Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Modjeski died…

(ROANOKE) George Oliver Hanvey, 81, of Roanoke died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2005, at Randolph Medical Center, Roanoke. Mr. Hanvey was born Oct. 25, 1924, son of George Washington and Ella Rice Hanvey. He was of the Baptist faith, worked as a mechanic at Dunn Chevrolet-Oldsmobile for 34 years, and had been an employee of Amoco…

(OXNARD, Calif.) Isaiah Earnest Reynolds, 81, of Oxnard, Calif., formerly of Five Points, died Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, at Glenwood Care Center, Oxnard. Services will be Tuesday, Nov. 22, at 2 p.m. EST at St. James Baptist Church, Lanett, with Dr. Nimrod Q. Reynolds officiating. Interment will be in Pine Hill Cemetery, Lanett. The body…

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A bill recently passed by the Senate and awaiting the President’s signature contains an appropriation of $100,000 to Randolph County Commission for construction and equipment of an animal shelter in Randolph County. According to a press release from his office, U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby (R-AL), chairman of the Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies Appropriations…

Although much of Alabama received rainfall on Monday and Tuesday of last week, it was not enough to relieve the drought conditions in north Alabama. The fire alert issued Friday, Nov. 11, will remain in effect for Randolph and 32 other counties. According to officials with the Alabama Forestry Commission, the rain was not enough…

(ROANOKE) Services for Robert Edward Nobley, 71, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Nov. 19, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Phillip Patterson officiating. Burial will follow at Levens Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Nobley died…

Bond has been set for Jimmy Collins, who is charged with attempted murder in a Tuesday incident in which he allegedly struck a Roanoke Police Department investigator with his vehicle, sending the officer to the hospital. Collins, 53, of Louina Road, was charged with attempted murder and distribution of a controlled substance (cocaine.) His bond…

(ROANOKE) Services for Herbert Julian Lowe, 83, of Roanoke will be Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at 11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church of Roanoke, with the Rev. John Mann officiating. Mr. Lowe will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Burial will follow at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery in Wedowee.…

A Wedowee man and two children were injured on Friday of last week in a two-vehicle accident on U.S. 431 North in Roanoke. According to Roanoke Police Department, the accident happened at approximately 1:11 p.m. Danny Joseph Crenshaw, 18, of LaGrange, Ga., was traveling south on U.S. 431 in his Toyota Tacoma truck. James Ross…

Two cases involving city employees in danger of termination have been satisfactorily resolved, according to Mayor Spec Bonner. He declined to give any information that would identify the employees, saying an investigation had cleared both of any wrongdoing. “They have done nothing to bring their names before the public and ruin their good name and…

(DANIELSVILLE, Ga.) Services for Mark Wayne Brown, 57, of Danielsville, Ga., formerly of Woodland, will be Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, with Jeffrey Anderson officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mr.…

WEDOWEE – During Monday evening’s regular meeting of Randolph County Board of Education, board member Mary John Brown commented that she recently visited the elementary grades at Wadley to see the Alabama Reading Initiative in progress. “It was amazing. First-graders were reading to each other already – before Christmas!” said Brown, who commended the teachers…