A chain reaction accident happened on Sunday afternoon at Three Points in Roanoke. Antwon Perry, 32, of Roanoke, driving a 1992 Chevrolet van, Mary Emma Burrell, 46, of Roanoke, driving a 2010 Ford Escape XLT, and Jimmy Caldwell, 58, of Roanoke, driving a 2005 Chevrolet Suburban, were all stopped at the red traffic light in…
With the coronavirus continuing to affect citizens in Randolph County, Air EVAC, a division of Global Medical Response, is continuing to fly critically injured and ill patients from Tanner East Alabama in Wedowee, and if needed from other landing zones around the county. The helicopter ambulance service is used when a patient needs to be…
A building associated with East Avenue Church of God on Avenue A in Roanoke burned to the ground Friday. The building was being torn down by a private party when the blaze began and quickly raged out of control. Roanoke Fire chief Ronald Cameron (pictured, with hose) helped contain the fire. photo by Tim Altork
Randolph County has seen its third coronavirus-related death this week. In all there are 58 confirmed cases in the county. Looking at counties adjacent to Randolph, some are fairing much better and others much worse: Heard County, Ga.: 7 confirmed, 1 death Cleburne County: 12 confirmed, no deaths Clay County: 19 confirmed, no deaths Troup…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced today that ADOL has disbursed more than $164 million in COVID-19 related unemployment compensation benefits. $164,523,955 has been paid to 103,453 claimants over the period covering March 16 – April 18, 2020. This represents 227,358 weeks paid. $132,328,900 of those funds are Federal Pandemic Unemployment…
TUSCALOOSA – Demarcus Joiner, a junior civil engineering major from Roanoke, was recently elected Student Government Association president for the 2020-21 term. Joiner was inaugurated on March 31. Things looked a little different this year, but the University’s online learning shift didn’t slow things down. It was, virtually, business as usual. “It’s definitely been a…
WEDOWEE – Dozens of shoppers were thankful for the kindness of a stranger when he picked up the tab for their groceries on Tuesday morning of last week. Doug Williams, owner of WM Grocery in Wedowee, said the donor set a dollar amount and asked that it start in the early morning when shopping is…
Absentee voting is still ongoing for the July 14 primary run-off. The last day to apply is July 9. Since the courthouse is closed to the public, if voters will call the Circuit Clerkâs Office at 256-357-4551, someone will assist them in completing the process by mail.
MONTGOMERY -Attorney Gen. Steve Marshall and Jawandalyn Brooks, executive director, Alabama Coalition Against Domestic Violence (ACADV), joined Thursday to remind the public domestic violence is a growing concern during the coronavirus pandemic, and despite the public stay-at-home orders, victims of domestic violence may still seek shelter and assistance from abuse. “As our state works to…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Melody Pike, an unmarried woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Capital City Bank, on the 12th day of April, 2012, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE Default having been made under the terms of that certain mortgage executed by Paul Douglas Sheppard, a married man, on the 26th day of November, 2019 to First Bank of Alabama which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHNNY DUANE HUDDLESTON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Sara Elizabeth Cummings on the 16th day of April, 2020, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Willie Frank “Franky” Patterson, 67, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Kenneth Fuller and Rev. Derek Farr officiating. Mr. Patterson died Monday, April 20, at Tanner Medical Center of East Alabama in Wedowee. A Roanoke resident, Mr. Patterson was…
(WEDOWEE) Private graveside services for Brenda Goodwin, 58, of Wedowee will be at Pine Flat Primitive Baptist Cemetery with Elder Thomas Knight and Pastor Veresia Houston officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-7 p.m. on Thursday, April 23. Mrs. Goodwin died Sunday, April 19, at WellStar Kennestone Hospital in Marietta,…
(ROANOKE) Winfred Page Enloe Jr., a Roanoke native, died Saturday, April 11, 2020, at the age of 96. Mr. Enloe was a proud World War II veteran who served his country as a first lieutenant in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a fighter pilot in the South Pacific. After graduating from Clemson University, he…
(WADLEY) Claudean Brown, 91, of Wadley died Friday, April 17, 2020, at Traylor’s Nursing Home in Roanoke. A Cleburne County native, Ms. Brown was born May 12, 1928, the daughter of Berry and Essie Perry Turner. She was Baptist by faith and worked as a spinner at Handley Mills and Candlewick. Survivors include her two…
(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Betty Odell Boyd Craft, 91, died peacefully April 19, 2020, after a brief decline at Arcadia Health and Rehabilitation Center in Pensacola, Fla. She will be laid to rest with her husband, Chuck, at Barrancas National Cemetery. Because of the pandemic, no memorial service is planned at this time. She was born April…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Sue Parmer, 85, of Roanoke will be Monday, April 20, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Mrs. Parmer died Sunday, April 19, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrolton, Ga. A Roanoke native, Mrs. Parmer was born March 4, 1935, the daughter of Coy…
(WADLEY) Graveside services for Gary Melton, 65, of Wadley will be Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at 3 p.m. at Forrester’s Chapel Cemetery with Bro. Donald Kirk and Bro. Brent Noles officiating. Mr. Melton died Sunday, April 19, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A Wadley native, Mr. Melton was born Sept. 15, 1954, the…
(DECATUR, Ga.) Joseph Lamar Higgins,73, of Decatur, Ga. (formerly of Standing Rock), died Thursday, April 16, 2020, at Emory Decatur Hospital in Decatur. Due to the current social gathering restrictions, there will be a private graveside service on Monday, April 20, at 1 p.m. in Canaan Baptist Church Cemetery at Welch with the Rev. Joe…