RANDOLPH COUNTYLEGAL NOTICENOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALEDefault having been made in the payment of the debt secured by that certain mortgage executed by Rosalie Hill Puckett, Mortgagor(s) to Clois Cline Shoffeitt, Mortgagee, on July 20, 2000, said mortgage being recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, on July 21, 2000, in Mortgage Book…
The Handley Tigers and the Woodland Bobcats – both 4-seeds in a 5-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 contest…
Outstanding Young Farm Families in 10 commodity divisions were recognized Feb. 5 when more than 300 Alabama Farmers Federation members gathered in Pine Mountain, Ga., for the organization’s Young Farmers Leadership Conference. And the winners in the Poultry Division are Jonathan and Laura Burge of Randolph County. Other commodity division winners are: Beef Division, Mike…
Long-time teacher Ucal Smith turns 100 next week by Vanessa Sorrell Burnside ROCK MILLS – “I help them any way they let me. If you want to have a good neighbor, you have to be one yourself,” said Ucal Smith of Rock Mills. This week, Smith’s neighbors, family, friends and former students will return the…
Second such collision in county in past two weeks For the second time in two weeks, an out-of-control vehicle has run into the front of a county business. On Thursday night of last week, a vehicle ran into the front of A&J Tax Service in downtown Roanoke, breaking the windows on one side of the…
Once again the Super Bowl has come and gone. And once again my attempts to ignore the ubiquitous hype failed miserably. It’s estimated that over 86 million Americans watched the Super Bowl this past Sunday. It’s also estimated that 23 percent of them tuned in “just to see the commercials.” This is down from 29…
(ROANOKE) Judelia Heflin, 101, a resident of Roanoke Healthcare Center, Roanoke died Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2005, at Randolph Medical Center. Services will be Saturday, Feb. 12, at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, Wadley, with the Rev. Calvin Trammell and the Rev. Robert L. Heflin officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Public viewing…
It’s time, once again, for the coveted “Gone South Awards,” given ever so often to those folks who have done so much to make Dixie what it is today. And because there are so many nominees this year, I have decided to divide the awards into categories – a tactic which will also allow me…
An Associated Press story published yesterday quoted United Nations officials appealing for countries that have pledged aid to tsunami victims to follow through with the money. To date, $977 million has been pledged, including $350 million by the United States, but just $360 million in funds have actually been released for the relief efforts by…
Roanoke Police Department has responded to more than its share of calls for fighting during the past week. On Friday of last week, a mother, son and daughter were arrested following a fight at the Financial Store on Main Street in Roanoke. Pebble Latrice Hill, 27, was charged with aggravated assault with a knife, a…
WEDOWEE – Wedowee Town Council approved a motion during its Feb. 1 meeting to allow the mayor to proceed with negotiations with Randolph County Healthcare Authority for a lease agreement for Wedowee Hospital. Mayor Tim Coe explained that during the last meeting of Randolph County Healthcare Authority (RCHA), chairman Gerald McCord was authorized to proceed…
MONTGOMERY — Was I the only one who saw some striking similarities between the State of the State address delivered by Gov. Bob Riley and the State of the Union address delivered by President George Bush? Both confidently proposed ambitious new initiatives that they insisted could be achieved without raising taxes, but both were very…
(CEDAR BLUFF) Services for Thomas Ned Thompson, 71, of Cedar Bluff, formerly of Douglas County, Ga., will be Monday, Feb. 7, 2005, at 2 p.m. at Perry Funeral Home Chapel. Masonic graveside rites will follow at Weiss Lake Memory Gardens. The eulogy will be given by Johnny Law and Myrna Thompson. Mr. Thompson died Friday,…
ROANOKE – For 32 seconds on Friday night RCHS power forward Eugene Hardnett was a one-man force on both ends of the court. And for RCHS those 32 seconds couldn’t have come at a better time. Due largely to Hardnett’s hyperactive half minute the RCHS Tigers were able to knock off Handley for the third…
RCHS linebacker C.J. White signed a national letter of intent to play football for the Jacksonville State Gamecocks last Wednesday morning. But about two and a half years ago a football scholarship may have been the furthest thing from White’s mind. In fact, never mind a scholarship. Playing football period was an endangered prospect for…
The Southern Union Bison and Lady Bison continued their romps through conference play with convincing wins over Wallace-Selma. In the men’s game Southern Union (9-6, 7-1) found little resistance from Wallace-Selma and went over the century mark for the third time this season in their 107-53 win. Quay Holloway hit five 3-pointers en route to…
WOODLAND – In one of his first games at the quarterback position for the Woodland Bobcats, John Ward got a little more excitement than he bargained for. Head coach Larry Strain inserted the freshman into the lineup in the fourth quarter of a 34-0 game against Lyman Ward in the fall of 2001. Some controversial…
After nearly knocking off Wadley the night before, RCHS just wasn’t up for another upset bid as they fell to Handley 51-33 on Friday night. Leading 26-17 with 7:37 left in the third quarter, Handley went on a steady 12-3 run that gave them a 38-20 lead heading into the fourth quarter. RCHS used a…
WADLEY – It’s not often that a team can outscore its opponent 23-6 over a 6-minute span in the fourth quarter and lose. But the Wadley Lady Bulldogs did just that in their 60-52 loss to the Alabama School for the Deaf last Tuesday night. The Lady Bulldogs managed just eleven total points in the…
The Wadley Bulldogs got back on the winning track last Tuesday night with a 67-52 win over the Alabama School for the Deaf. Junior forward Terrell Zachery stuffed the stat sheet with 27 points, 15 rebounds, eight assists, and eight steals as the Bulldogs raised their record to 5-10 on the season. The difference in…