Voters may vote in person at the circuit clerk’s office or request an absentee ballot by mail by submitting an absentee application and a copy of their photo ID.The deadline to make application is Oct. 29 at 4:30 p.m.The circuit clerk’s office hours are 8 a.m. to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m. Monday- Friday.…
This is starting to turn into the kind of season Woodland hasn’t seen in a long, long time. A week after squeaking by Ranburne by one point to end a nine-game losing streak in that rivalry, Woodland steamrolled Wadley 33-6 to end a five-game skid in that series. And the cherry on top of Friday’s…
(ROANOKE) Angel Marie “Buffy” Treadwell, 49, of Recreation Drive, Roanoke, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020, at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Viewing will be Monday, Oct. 5, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service. Graveside services will be Tuesday, Oct. 6, at 1 p.m. at Peace and Good Will Baptist Church…
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Solon Spence Lee Jr., 75, of Wedowee will be Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at 11 a.m. at Corinth North Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Dempsey officiating. Mr. Lee died Friday, Oct. 2, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A Wedowee native, Mr. Lee was born April 9, 1945, the son…
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Jack Lovvorn “Blackjack” Toney, 77, of Woodland will be Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Cemetery with Bro. John Davis officiating. Mr. Toney died Thursday, Oct. 1, at Lineville Nursing Home. A Newell native, Mr. Toney was born Oct. 18, 1942, the son of Denzel Galoway and…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Maxine Rollins Redding, 77, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Oct. 4, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tyler Worthey and the Rev. Fitzgerald Brown officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Redding died Friday, Oct. 2,…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Thomas John “T.J.” Hemmings, 73, died Tuesday, Sept. 29, 2020 surrounded by loved ones. The service celebrating T.J.’s life will be Saturday, Oct. 3. The family will receive family and friends on Saturday at the funeral home from noon to 2 p.m. EST before services begin at 2 p.m. EST with Bro. Darnell…
(LINEVILLE) Graveside services for Ruby Sellers Duke, 92, of Lineville were Monday, Sept. 28, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Lineville City Cemetery with Elvis North officiating. Mrs. Duke died Saturday, Sept. 26, at Lineville Health & Rehab. Born in Randolph County, she met and married James W. Duke. They moved to Lineville where James started…
(WADLEY) The funeral for Talmadge Tidwell, 97, of Wadley will be Saturday, Oct. 3, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Jack Womack officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday. Mr. Tidwell died Tuesday, Sept. 29, at…
(WEDOWEE) A funeral service for Phillip Turley, 56, of Wedowee will be Thursday, Oct. 1, 2020, at 2 p.m. in the Toby Miller Chapel at Miller Funeral Home. His nephew, Bryan Wysner, will officiate. Burial will follow at Maple Grove Cemetery, Anniston. The family will receive friends on the same day from noon to 2…
The last time Woodland made the playoffs was 2014. Before Friday night the last time Woodland beat Ranburne was 2011. On Friday the Bobcats ended one of those streaks, and now, as they enter the second half of the season, they could be about to end the other. Woodland played a nearly flawless game and…
RCHS has found its formula for success in 2020, and the Tigers keeping practicing that formula to perfection. The latest edition came in Friday’s cross-county showdown with Wadley, a 26-6 RCHS win that the Tigers controlled from the outset. On offense the formula is simple. Against Wadley the Tigers ran 52 offensive plays. Only two…
For three and a half quarters the state championship rematch between Clay Central and Pleasant Grove looked like a celebration of revenge for the Spartans. But Central put up a fight at the end and sent a message before finally losing for the first time in 15 games. Pleasant Grove jumped out to a commanding…
A strange brew of defense and penalties and missed opportunities led Handley and Lanett to duel to a 0-0 tie after four quarters of football. Perhaps Handley’s most important victory came immediately after that, prior to the start of overtime. “We won the coin toss, and we played defense,” said Handley head coach Larry Strain.…
It’s a story that has gone on since 2017, and nobody knows how much longer it will go on and how much will be spent before it’s all settled. It’s one landowner versus other landowners, a hunting club, a timber company and Randolph County Commission. At issue is access to some 34 acres of land…
At last Tuesday’s Roanoke City School Board meeting, School Superintendent Chuck Marcum gave the board an update on the COVID-19 pandemic in the city school system. “First off, I am very proud of our three principals and their staffs for the outstanding work they are doing under very difficult circumstances,” Marcum said. “We are using…
At last Tuesday’s Roanoke City School Board meeting, the board approved a new, innovative virtual program to improve reading scores in early grades on the mandatory statewide tests. Dr. Kim Hendon made the recommendation on behalf of the school system. Sabra Burns, Kippie Marcum, Kathy Pate and Kristie Worthy will be “virtual interventionists” for Knight-Enloe…
Roanoke City Council reversed course Monday and said Roanoke Recreation Center could proceed with fall youth sports, but some hurdles still remain before the kids will be able to get back on the field, if they are able to do so at all. The council voted on Aug. 10 to cancel the fall youth sports…
WEDOWEE – “We’re not here to change Wedowee – we’re here to celebrate it,” said Alex Krumdieck, director of the Auburn University Urban Studio. On Thursday of last week, a large group of community leaders, state and local public officials, business owners and citizens met at Keller Williams in Wedowee with students from Auburn University…
NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Bailey-Harris Construction Co.,Inc. has completed the Contract for Construction of Randolph County Jail, 340 Probilt Dr., for the State of Alabama and Randolph County, City of Wedowee, Owners, and have made request for final settlement of said Contract.…