Last Monday Randolph Medical Center hosted a public hearing on the advantages and disadvantages of switching from its current acute care status to critical access status.An estimated 50 people showed up at the hospital’s cafeteria to voice their opinions about the hospital and the possible change.The attendees received all the facts about what the switch…
LINEVILLE (0-1) at No.5 RCHS (1-0) Let’s hope the RCHS Tigers got all that fumbling out their system for awhile. Because if they hold the football as loosely against Lineville as they did against Piedmont, we could be looking at an embarrassing night for the Tigers. Lineville is fast, but they’re not overly large and…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Department reports the execution of two search warrants leading to seven arrests. On Thursday of last week, sisters Barbara Ann Yates, 52, and Dorothy J. Watts, 67, of 1475 Cooledge St., Wadley, were arrested and charged with second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Watts was also charged with violation…
(ROANOKE) Graveside for Betty Joyce Bartlett Sudduth, 74, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2005, at 11 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens, with the Rev. Wes Kinsey officiating. The family will receive friends at Quattlebaum Funeral home from 5 to8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Sudduth died Monday, Aug. 29, at her home. Survivors include…
(ROANOKE) Services for Virgil Lee Norred, 77, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Stanley Yarbrough and the Rev. Greg Norred officiating. Burial will follow at Fellowship Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m.…
As a general rule, you can expect season-opening games tend to be marred by penalties, turnovers, and general ugliness. But not like this. No. 9 Randolph County knocked off Piedmont 30-8 Friday night in a game that defined the phrase “ugly season opener.” The two teams combined for 13 fumbles, 11 turnovers, 16 penalties, and…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Collis “Bud” Simpson, 89, died Monday, Aug. 29, 2005. Mr. Simpson was born in Randolph County Dec. 3, 1915, to the late James and Mattie Traylor Simpson. He was a graduate of Woodland High School. He attended Auburn University and Jacksonville State University, playing on the football team at both schools. He was…
The Woodland Bobcats have officially come back down to earth. After strutting among the stars during last year’s out-of-nowhere playoff run, Woodland has had nothing but a steady dose of reality to start this season. Things didn’t get any better Friday night as the Bobcats fell to Linden 20-16. The loss comes less than a…
County high school football fans haven’t had far to go as all four county schools played the host in their 2005 season openers. And there’ll be no scrambling each week to figure out if your team plays at 7:00 or 7:30. Every high school football game will begin at 7:00 p.m. after the Alabama High…
For the first half of Handley’s season opener against Valley, senior Marquinton Phillips was a man among boys. Fortunately for Handley that stellar first half would be all they needed as the Tigers pounced on the Rams for a 25-6 win. Phillips rushed four times for 38 yards – all in the first half –…
WADLEY – If football games were decided by the number of plays that your offense runs in a game, then No. 3 Wadley would have been blown out in their season opener against Horseshoe Bend Thursday. But as it stands, it’s the points that matter and Wadley got plenty of them en route to 49-13…
County high school football fans haven’t had far to go as all four county schools play the host in their 2005 season openers. And there’ll be no scrambling each week to figure out if your team plays at 7:00 or 7:30. Every high school football game will begin at 7:00 p.m. after the Alabama High…
WOODLAND – A raccoon from the Woodland area has tested positive for rabies, according to veterinarian Paul McMurray. The Roanoke vet said the animal wondered up onto the porch of a residence a couple of miles northeast of Woodland, where it was handling a litter of kittens. The resident killed the raccoon and asked that…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Trent Marcell Person, 31, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005, at Grady Memorial Hospital, Atlanta. Services will be Monday, Aug. 29, at 1 p.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church, with burial in Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery. Survivors include his parents, Bobby Person of Cleveland, Ohio and Carol Person Adams of LaGrange;…
RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed on the 13th day of January, 2001 by Sherry L. Agenten to the Bank of Wedowee, said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Record 409, Pages 410-416; and…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Bonnell Norred, 83, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Aug. 25, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Frank Foster officiating. Burial will follow at Wehadkee Cemetery. Mr. Norred died Wednesday, Aug. 24, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Survivors include two grandchildren, Bambi Norred of Foley and…
The Woodland Water Board is required to monitor your drinking water for specific contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator of whether or not your drinking water meets health standards. During April 2005, we did not collect followup samples for total coliform bacteria and therefore cannot be sure of the…
Willie E. Pettway, 38, formerly of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2005. Mr. Pettway was born in Brooklyn, N.Y. He was the son of David and Mary Ritter of Olar, S.C., and was a department manager at Propex Fabrics Inc. of Roanoke. Mr. Pettway was a member of New Holy Light Missionary Baptist Church…
RANDOLPH COUNTY REAL ESTATE SALE NOTICE Pursuant to the Order of the Probate Court of Randolph County, Alabama, entered on the 22 day of August, 2005, in the Estate of Susan Hernandez, deceased, the undersigned, S. Sanford Holliday, Attorney at Law, Roanoke, Alabama, will offer for sale for cash to the highest bidder at the…
(ATLANTA) Martha Billingsley, 58, of Atlanta died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2005, in Fulton County, Ga. Funeral services will be Friday, Aug. 26, at 2 p.m. EDT at Greenwood Baptist Church in Lanett with the Revs. James McTier, pastor, and Elijah Jackson officiating. Burial will follow at the church cemetery. Ms. Billingsley is survived by her…