Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded more than $46 million in grants to 18 community service agencies that provide emergency assistance to help low-income households cover the costs of staying warm during the winter and cool during the summer. One of those agencies, the Community Action Agency of Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun and Cleburne Counties, will…
by Erica Thomas – 1819News.com Ashley Rollins is just a small-town country girl. Born and raised in Alabama, she has always been a little different. She loved the great outdoors and seemed to have more guy friends than girl friends. Even as a child, she played football and was a self-proclaimed tomboy. Now, as…
The Town of Wedowee has seen the size of their recreation program during the summer months grow so much, the town is now constructing a new baseball/softball field at French Park. Preliminary work on the field began in the summer and the hope is to have it ready to host games by this coming spring.…
At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, commissioners passed resolutions honoring two long time employees on their retirement. William Davenport, is retiring after 28 years of service as grounds and maintenance supervisor, and Casey Adamson is retiring after 32 years with the sheriff’s department. In other business, the commission: Appointed Mike Jones to the Economic…
A Roanoke man was arrested Sunday after he allegedly beat an elderly woman in an unprompted attack and also killed a cat. Mason Cole McIntyre, 22, was taken into custody after he was described by a neighbor as the person responsible for beating an elderly woman on Industrial Boulevard in Roanoke. Police officers tracked McIntyre…
Arrest are for period ending on December 11th. Mitch Lewis, 42, of 706 Strozier Street, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay – Dec 6 Clint Shane Bankston, 50, of 1494 Davis Road, Albertville – Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances, Possession of Marijuana – Dec 8 Amy Susanne Bussey, 45, of 470 Smith’s Chapel ñ Possession of…
Incidents and arrest are for period ending on December 11th Randolph County Sheriff’s Office assisted the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) in the execution of a search warrant on County Road 900 in the Mount Zion area, west of Roanoke. Jeffrey Wayne Addison, 55, was arrested and charged with four counts of dissemination of obscene…
Barbara C. Wood, 92, of Roanoke, passed away on Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2023, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A private interment was held at Randolph Memory Gardens. Survivors include: her husband of 75 years, James N. Wood; a daughter, Jan Leatherman (Tim) of Shelby County; a son, Tommy Wood (Gale) of Roanoke; three…
Funeral services for Lewis Pate Huddleston, 84, of Woodland will be held on Wednesday, Dec. 13, 2023, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Bro. David Daniel and Bro. Rayford Edmondson officiating. Burial will follow at Midway Community Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9-11 a.m. on…
Stacy Dell Langford, 61, of Wedowee passed away on Thursday, Dec. 7, 2023, in Lineville. Survivors include: five children, Jason Green, Aaron Langford and Beth Langford (Todd Butler), all of Lineville, Mallory Langford of Ashland, and Tillie Morris (Tyler) of Bowdon, Ga.; 13 grandchildren, Justice, Trent, Casey, Michael, Emalin, Cassidie, Dezman, David, Jr., Gracie, Chase,…
(LANETT) Kenneth T. Meigs was born on Dec. 12, 1941 in LaFayette to Henry and Mattie Meigs. He graduated from Valley High School in 1960 and later graduated from Southern Union State Community College. Kenneth accepted Christ at the age of 14 and was united with the Valley First Assembly of God Church. Later in…
(WACO, Ga.) Funeral services for Barbara Lynn Herren Braswell, 70, of Waco, Ga., will be held on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at 2 p.m. EST at Herren’s Grove Baptist Church in Woodland with the Rev. Ricky Shirley, Keith Webb and Randy Kittle officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for R. C. Bolt, 91, of Roanoke will be held on Monday, Dec. 11, 2023, at 2 p.m., at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. on Monday before services begin. Mr.…
By Darin Gantt/Panthers.com (Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Panthers.com. You can click on that version here. CHARLOTTE — When Panthers center Bradley Bozeman and his wife Nikki were just starting out, they lived in an RV. It didn’t take them long, once they got to Charlotte, to put down roots and nurture them.…
A Florida murder suspect was found and arrested during a routine traffic stop in Roanoke early Monday morning, less than 36 hours after he allegedly killed someone in the Pensacola area. Twenty-four-year-old Isaiah Collie is accused of shooting and killing another man during a drug deal in Pensacola late Saturday night in the 3400 block…
For the second straight year Roanoke City Council member John Frank Houston took a sizable donation of aluminum can pop tabs to the Ronald McDonald House in Birmingham. Last year on thanksgiving day, in honor of his late friend Vale Shaw Bills who passed away the day before thanksgiving in 2016, Houston took 66 five-gallon…
The American Pickers are planing to return to Alabama to film episodes of The History Channel hit television series here in February 2024. AMERICAN PICKERS is a documentary series that explores the fascinating world of antique “picking” on The History Channel. The hit show follows skilled pickers in the business, as they hunt for America’s…
Sheriff David Cofield and Randolph County Sheriff’s Office have confirmed the death of an inmate of Randolph County Jail. On Saturday, Nov. 25, at 32-year-old female, Jessica Jordan, was found unresponsive in her cell. An autopsy by the Alabama Department of Forensic Science has been requested and approved to determine the cause and manner of…
Norvel Quinton Trammell, 41, of 1924 Louina Road, Roanoke – Failure to Appear/Comply/Pay – Nov 28 Gary Ray Langston, 29, of 1951 Co Rd 809, Wedowee – Failure to Appear in Court x 3 (Domestic Violence 3rd x 2, Harassment) – Nov 28 Lauren Nicole Tucker, 30, of 460 Pine Valley Drive, Roanoke – Possession…
RCSO and Wedowee Police Department responded to a break-in in progress between 3 and 4 a.m. on Nov. 30 at a shop on Highway 48 near New Hope. The suspect’s white Chevrolet truck struck a WPD patrol car that attempted to block its exit. The white truck continued onto Highway 48 eastbound with officers in…