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Bertha Mae Perry Parmer

By Editor | March 12, 2020 |

(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Bertha Mae Perry Parmer, 83, of Franklin, Ga., died Tuesday, March 10, 2020.The funeral will be Friday, March 13, at 2 p.m. EDT at Ridgeway Baptist Church with the Rev. Lynn Janney officiating. Her grandson, T. J. Hamil, will also speak. Interment will follow in Goshen Methodist Church Cemetery.The family will accept guests…

Young Handley team finding its way with new head coach

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

The starting battery typically consists of an eighth-grade pitcher and an eighth-grade catcher. The starting right fielder is a seventh grader, who also just happens to be the team’s best hitter through the first 17 games of the season. Of the 20 players listed on the roster just four are above the 10th grade, and…

Baseball: RCHS wins fifth straight, Woodland rallies past Wadley

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

J.D. Till and Payne Stitcher combined for a three-hit shutout, and RCHS won its fifth straight game with a 6-0 victory over Ranburne Friday in Wedowee. RCHS got all the runs it would need in the first inning. The Tigers loaded the bases on a Till single, a Braxton Daniel walk and an error off…

Handley gets walkoff win over Clay Central

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

Handley got its first two wins of the season and started to get its bats warm in the process. The Tigers entered Friday’s game against Tallassee having scored just four runs through their first four games (all losses), but they broke out for a 5-3 win in that game before coming up with a thrilling…

Entertainers of Tomorrow perform madcap comedy to close season

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

WEDOWEE – Entertainers of Tomorrow, Randolph County High School’s drama club, will close their 2019-2020 season next week with the comedy The Neighborly Nest. Immediately after returning from Christmas break, the students started staying after school as many as four days per week to write the outrageous comedy. The result is a 63-page script, which…

Softball: RCHS defeats Dadeville for area victory, Woodland wins 3 of 4 in Saks tourney

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

Katie Pike’s two-run single in the top of the seventh broke a 2-2 tie and sent RCHS to a 4-2 win over Dadeville in the first area contest of the season for the Lady Tigers Tuesday. Kaylee Robinson walked, and Talee Sims reached on an error, and the two runners advanced to second and third…

County spending more money at Crystal Lake

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

WEDOWEE – At Thursday’s workshop meeting, Randolph County Commissioners continued to discuss the situation at Crystal Lake. Engineer Burrell Jones stated the water is being siphoned by one hose, and the second hose is going to have to be installed again. “We’re just waiting for the water level to go down so needed repairs can…

Two injured in afternoon accident

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

A two-vehicle accident on Wednesday afternoon of last week sent two people to the hospital. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the accident happened on North Main Street. Andrew Dalton Royston, 17, of Wadley was traveling north in a 1998 Honda Accord LX as Tommie Lee Trammell, 71, of Roanoke was pulling out…

Bison Weekly: Baseball wins first conference series, softball goes 2-2 on weekend road trip

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

Southern Union’s baseball team opened conference play by claiming three out of four games against Central Alabama Saturday and Monday. The only loss for the Bison came Monday against one of the best pitchers in all of Alabama community college baseball, but outside of that game they were clearly the superior team. The Bison began…

Economic Development Authority adds to industrial site

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

Randolph County Economic Development Authority voted to purchase property adjacent to an industrial site. During the February meeting, RCEDA voted to purchase the shopping center at the corner of Bud Cummings Road, which was previously own by Reliance Real Estate. The reason they purchased the land is because there is a lot of interest in…

Convenience store robbed – Again

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

The Patel #1 convenience store in Roanoke was robbed Monday night – for the second time in a month. According to Roanoke Police Department, the robbery was reported at 10:09 p.m. at the store on Old LaFayette Highway. According to the witness, a black male wearing a black and gold Scream mask with an orange…

Mevline C. Adamson

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

(ROCK MILLS) The funeral for Mevline C. Adamson, 93, of Rock Mills will be Thursday, March 12, 2020, at 2 p.m. at Bethany Lime Congregational Christian Church. Pastor Stanley Yarbrough will officiate. Burial will follow at Bethany Lime Cemetery. Mrs. Adamson will lie in state at Bethany Church for one hour prior to services. The…

NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELBERT FRANKLIN MUNCY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Lavonne Muncy on the 5th day of March, 2020, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…

NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIE DEAN SPRAYBERRY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Willie Dean Sprayberry, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of March, 2020, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…

NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF SHEILA CHASE, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Sheila Chase, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of March, 2020, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…

NOTICE OF PRIMARY RUN-OFF

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

NOTICE OF PRIMARY RUN-OFF Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate, do hereby give notice of election to be held in Randolph County, Alabama on March 31, 2020, for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices of: United States Senator Court of Criminal Appeals Judge Place #2…

NOTICE OF HEARING

By Editor | March 11, 2020 |

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JOHN MOTE, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO: John Mote, Jr. 1111 Club View Drive Huntsville, AL 35816 You are hereby notified that on this day came Mary Mote and filed in this Court a petition for Final Settlement of the Estate of John Mote, deceased.…

Crystal Annette Smith

By Editor | March 10, 2020 |

(WICHITA, Kan.) Funeral arrangements for Crystal Annette Smith, 35, of Wichita are pending and will be announced by Clark Memorial Funeral Service, Roanoke. Ms. Smith died March 6.

Margaret Walker

By Editor | March 10, 2020 |

(STOCKBRIDGE, Ga.) Funeral arrangements for Margaret Walker of Stockbridge, Ga., are pending and will be announced by Clark Memorial Funeral Service, Roanoke. Ms. Walker died March 8.

Pamela Lee Paige

By Editor | March 10, 2020 |

(ROANOKE) Pamela Lee Paige, 55, of South Street, Roanoke, died Thursday, March 5, 2020, at Emory University Hospital in Atlanta. Viewing will be Thursday, March 12, from 1 to 6 p.m. The funeral will be Friday, March 13, at 1 p.m. at Canaan Baptist Church in the Welch community with the Rev. Calvin Trammell and…