What no one in class 2A, Area 11 was able to do all season long, Lineville did in the semi-finals of the area tournament Thursday night. They beat Woodland.Showing a hop in their step that was sparked by the hot shooting of Tanya Cantrell, the Lineville Lady Aggies pulled off the monster upset with a…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Rebecca “Becky” Ann Brown, 62, of Carrollton, Ga., died Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005. She was born April 19, 1942, in Haralson County, Ga., to Pearl Dean Goldin and the late Tom Watson Goldin. She was a member of Corinth Baptist Church in Buchanan, Ga., and had worked as a nurse for Carrollton Surgical…
Later tip leads to two arrests by Tim Altork Mike and Ace paid a visit to Handley High School last Friday morning, and they didn’t find what they were looking for. For Handley, that was the good news. Mike and Ace are dogs from the K-9 units of Lee and Chambers counties, respectively. They were…
According to Police Chief Adam Melton, a 16-year-old student was taken by force from the school. She was subsequently returned to her parents safely and without injury. Roanoke police arrested student Terrance Lamont Stegall, 18, of 1348 Stanley Ave., Roanoke, and charged him with kidnapping of a minor. Stegall was taken to Randolph County Jail…
Charlotte A. Clark-Frieson will have her first book signing of Chief Cook & Bottle-Washer: The Unconquerable Soul of Wilkie Clark on Saturday during the Black History Month program at First Baptist Church, Riley Street, Roanoke. The program begins at 6 p.m. “In Chief Cook & Bottle-Washer: The Unconquerable Soul of Wilkie Clark, I celebrate the…
Despite a 75-65 loss to Chattahoochee Valley on Monday, the Southern Union Bison remain in contention for the ACCC’s Southern conference championship. The loss was only the second in ten conference games for the Bison and leaves them two games behind Faulkner State (21-3, 10-0) in the conference standings. Each team has six conference games…
MONTGOMERY — What is happening in the Legislature on the proposed constitutional amendment to ban same-sex marriages in Alabama is grandstanding, pure and simple. You could argue that a constitutional amendment isn’t necessary because we already have a law on the books prohibiting such unions. But the lawmakers know full well that an overwhelming majority…
The Handley Tigers and the Woodland Bobcats – both 4 seeds in a five-team area – certainly faced long odds against advancing to their respective sub-regionals. But that didn’t stop either team from putting up valiant efforts in what proved to be the season finale for both squads. Handley led Beauregard for much of their…
An inmate of Randolph County Jail has been charged with attempted murder and first-degree escape in an incident that occurred Saturday. According to Sheriff Jeff Fuller, Abraham Bell Jr., 34, of Roanoke assaulted two jailers and another inmate in a failed escape attempt. (The second inmate was not involved in the escape attempt.) The injured…
William Harris was deadheading when he saw the hog chains. That’s what he told me when I interviewed him back in the early 1990s. “Deadheaders” are folks who search the bottom of rivers for sunken logs that they can pull up and sell. Hog chains were the stay rods that held steamboats steady, back in…
The Randolph County High School baseball team is going to have a new home field this season. Completion of the high school baseball field at French-Hammond Park is nearly complete and, according to Dick Israel, who has been involved with the park since its inception, should be ready sometime next month – just in time…
There’s something wrong with the whole process when the proposed federal budget does not include costs that we know are there. President Bush’s initial $2.57 trillion budget proposal does not include future funding for the war in Iraq, nor does it include any of the estimated $754 billion that it will cost over the first…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Billy Jack Spradlin, 66, of LaGrange, Ga., died Saturday, Feb. 12, 2005. Mr. Spradlin was born April 11, 1938, in Randolph County, Ala., and was the son of the late Lee Hoyt and Lola Beatrice Runells Spradlin. He was employed with the Valway Plant of Milliken Company. Mr. Spradlin attended the Light House…
“A Black History Moment in Randolph County” will be the theme of a program on Saturday, Feb. 19, at 6 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Riley Street, Roanoke. Keynote speaker for the evening will be Roanoke native Dr. Alvin Thornton, provost and professor at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The evening will mark four events:…
(ANNISTON) Services for James Willard Albright, 85, of Anniston will be 2 p.m. Monday, Feb. 14, 2005, at Smyrna Baptist Church in Newell with Brian Smith officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery with Brown & Kughn Memory Chapel of Anniston in charge. Mr. Albright died Friday, Feb. 11, in Anniston. Survivors include his…
(LAGRANGE, Ga.) Dennis Grant Hester Sr., 43, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2005, at Hospice LaGrange. Mr. Hester was born Dec. 11, 1961, son of Woodrow Jr. and Linda Hester. He was an electric motor repairman for Smith & Gray Electric and he was a Baptist. Survivors, in addition to his parents, include…
(GARDENDALE) Rev. J. Grant Parris, 91, of Gardendale died Monday, Feb. 14, 2005. Rev. Parris was preceded in death by his wife, Kathleen Parris. He is survived by two sons, James Grant Parris and John Wesley Parris; three brothers, Bob Parris, Junior Parris and Alton Parris; a sister, Sarah Burdette; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.…
(JACKSONVILLE) Services for Christy Lynn Carter Mouchka, 34, of Jacksonville will be at 4 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 25, 2005, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home in Anniston with Margaret Eubanks and the Revs. Larry Hughes and Mike Owens officiating. Mrs. Mouchka died Sunday, Jan. 23, in Cherokee County. Survivors include her husband, Roger Douglas Mouchka; a…
(WOODLAND) Services for Durward Murillo Adcock, 77, of Woodland, formerly of Roanoke, were Sunday, Feb. 13, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Rock Stand Christian Church, with the Rev. Kenneth Johnson and the Rev. Harold Bonner officiating. Burial was at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Adcock died Friday, Feb. 11, at his home. Survivors include his wife,…
(LINCOLN) Services for Margaret Ann Nance, 65, of Lincoln, will be 11 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2005, at Chapel Hill Funeral Home Chapel with Pastor Ken Bowman officiating. Burial will follow at the Nance family cemetery in Ohatchee. Mrs. Nance died Saturday, Feb. 12, at University of Alabama-Birmingham Hospital. Survivors include two daughters, Anita Tuders…