7 p.m. Alcoholics Anonymous meets at Woodland Volunteer Fire Department.THURSDAY, March 248:30 a.m. Randolph County Commission will have an agenda workshop meeting at Randolph County Courthouse Annex.9 a.m. Lamar Denkins with Congressman Mike Rogers’ office will be at Roanoke City Hall until 11 a.m. to meet with constituents.noon Roanoke Rotary Club meets at The Galley…
(LINEVILLE) Services for Glover Whaley, 70, of Lineville, will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, March 4, 2005, at Lineville Church of Christ with Scott Latham, Michael Horn and Paul Cockrell officiating. Burial will follow at Lineville City Cemetery with Clay County Funeral Home in charge. Mr. Whaley passed away Tuesday, March 22, at University Hospital…
(ROANOKE) Services for Randall Scott of Roanoke, 68, will be Friday, March 25, 2005, at 10 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clayton Scott officiating. Graveside services and burial will be at Taylors Crossroads Church of Christ Cemetery, with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at the…
(ROANOKE) Services for Jimmie Verval Heard, 82, of Roanoke will be Friday, March 25, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel, with the Rev. Bill Dean officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Heard died Wednesday,…
WEDOWEE – In a brief meeting Monday evening, Randolph County Board of Education approved the calendar for the 2005-2006 school year. The following dates are included in the calendar: Aug. 8 — 1st trimester begins Sept. 5 — Labor Day Oct. 10 — Parenting Day activities Oct. 31 — Teachers’ in-service/workday Nov. 1 — 2nd…
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated March 16, 2001, executed by MICHAEL P. BOWYER and THERESA S. BOWYER, husband and wife, to DREAM HOUSE MORTGAGE CORPORATION, which mortgage was recorded on March 28, 2001, in Mortgage Book 411, Page 552, of the mortgage records in…
Four cars of a CSX freight train jumped track early Saturday morning at the Chestnut Street crossing in Roanoke, leaving the road blocked to traffic throughout the day on Saturday. According to Meg Scheu of CSX public relations, train Q17917 was an automobile train with two engines and 41 loaded cars. It was headed south…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Donald Wayne Parker Sr., 52, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, March 22, 2005, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Parker was born Sept. 8, 1952, in LaGrange, son of Charlie Parker Jr. of Franklin, Ga., and the late Nira McRae Parker. He was a lifelong resident and was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force.…
The construction that has been going on south of Roanoke near Old LaFayette Highway’s intersection with U.S. 431 will be the new offices of Dr. Russell Peterson and Dr. Ivan Slavich in early July. Both doctors currently occupy offices in the medical clinic on Price Street. The new building is a joint venture of the…
As I mentioned once before, my brother and his wife have set out into the world to pursue and fulfill their wildest traveling dreams. Since I myself do not have the gumption to attempt such an act of exploratory derring-do I am forced to sit here in Alabama and live vicariously through my brother’s web…
Southern Union head baseball coach Joe Jordan has a pretty strong opinion of what the source of his team’s success is. And you won’t see him pointing at himself as that source. Now in his 18th season at the helm of the Bison program, Jordan’s been around long enough to know who gets the credit.…
The Handley Tigers snapped out of their season-long funk with an 11-1 win over Woodland on Monday. The Tigers had lost six straight to start the season before their bats broke out for 11 runs on 10 hits, easily their best offensive performance of the season. Heath Meadows earned the win for Handley, pitching five…
Former RCHS wide receiver Ezekial Knight capped a strong spring practice by catching what proved to be the game-winning touchdown in Saturday’s A-day scrimmage at the University of Alabama. Knight, who is preparing to enter his sophomore season with the Crimson Tide, led all receivers with four catches for 55 yards. He saved his best…
(ROANOKE) Services for Randall Scott of Roanoke, 68, will be Friday, March 25, 2005, at 10 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Clayton Scott officiating. Graveside services and burial will be at 1 p.m. at Crestlawn Memorial Park, Atlanta, with Quattlebaum Funeral Home in charge of arrangements. The family will receive friends at…
WEDOWEE – There’s a new face in the assistant district attorney’s office in Wedowee, but one with old roots. Amy Newsome comes from the D.A.’s office in LaFayette, having worked there for nearly three years. Prior to that she was in private practice in Dothan and Auburn. Newsome says she made the change to be…
The Wadley Bulldogs, ranked number six in the state in class 1A by the Birmingham News, defended their ranking on Saturday with a 4-1 win over Woodland. Colby Norred held the Bobcats hitless for six innings and Wadley got two RBI from hot-hitting Cody McClurg to earn the win. Norred went the distance in the…
COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2005 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Randolph County; to amend Section 1 (2) of Act 2003-213…
Gov. Bob Riley’s proposal to give education employees a 4-percent pay raise while also increasing education funding in other areas was good and reasonable. His proposal to pull $70 million from the currently healthy Education Budget to prop up the ailing General Fund budget was not, because it represents another band-aid approach that would have…
MONTGOMERY — First it was the “We Luv Lucy” bumper stickers that showed up a few months ago. Now comes the more subdued “Riley 2006” bumper stickers. Which is to say the 2006 gubernatorial campaign is off and running. The Riley stickers were considered surprising by some, many thinking that there was still some doubt…
RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF CHESTER BAYLOS PRIMM, DEC. Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Susan Primm Farris and Thomas M. Primm on the 16th day of March, 2005, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given to all persons having…