The Alabama basketball state playoffs brackets are beginning to take shape. The Handley Lady Tigers and their head coach Courtney Screws have just taken a massive step towards reaching their first Final Four by defeating Trinity 47-41 to advance to the regional finals on Wednesday afternoon. A pattern has begun to form for the Handley…
The Woodland Bobcats got their season underway Monday with a 5-4 victory against the RCHS Tigers. The win for the Bobcats prevented the RCHS Tigers from winning their fifth straight season opening game. Woodland trailed all game until the bottom of the seventh and final inning when they scored a pair of runs. The winning…
The Southern Union Lady Bison are assured of a spot in the postseason for the second straight season, despite losing their only conference game of the past week. SU currently sits in fourth place in the ACCC North Division with a division record of 3-5. The top five teams from each division advance to the…
Handley’s two-man fishing team of Kyle Knoll and Evan Pike finished first place at the Alabama BassNation Regional Tournament in Eufaula on Saturday with a weight of 19.9 pounds. This win has qualified Knoll and Pike to compete in the national championship tournament to be held in Paris, Tenn., later this summer. With their first-place…
The Handley Tigers saw their season come to an end last Tuesday in a 64-55 subregional loss on the road at Montevallo. It’s the first time since 2014 that Handley has failed to reach the regional round of the state tournament. Handley went cold from three-point land for the second consecutive game, and that proved…
Let me start by saying I’m proud! I’m proud I’ve had the opportunity to watch a shy, bashful little boy who was bullied throughout middle school grow up to be such a great inspirational leader and strong man. I’m proud he has turned a negative time in his life into an opportunity to teach others…
WEDOWEE – Gunshots rang out in the halls of Randolph County High School in Wedowee on Tuesday morning, echoing off the cinderblock walls and reverberating against the blue steel lockers. A shooter, wearing a thick flannel jacket and carrying a handgun, swiftly moved through the school, trying to push his way into classrooms, stepping over…
Alabama Power is surveying recreational users of the Tallapoosa River as part of its Harris Dam relicensing process. The dam’s license is set to expire Nov. 30, 2023. Alabama Power must file an application with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission for a new license by Nov. 30, 2021. Survey results will be used to inform…
WEDOWEE – During an emergency called meeting on Saturday morning, Randolph County Commission approved measures to lower the water level of Crystal Lake, water source for the city of Roanoke. The commission approved the rental of two siphoning pipes. The pipes should pull the water level down enough to repair an as yet undetermined blockage…
At Monday’s meeting of Roanoke Utilities Board, visitors at the meeting voiced complaints about their water, but the board gave a simple answer to the questions … no money. Ann Neighbors addressed the board about low water pressure at her residence on Allen Avenue. “I can’t even wash clothes and take a bath at the…
NRCS program cutoff February 28, 2020 Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) announced February 28thth as the cutoff date for producers for Environmental Quality Incentives Program (EQIP). Applications are accepted on a continuous basis; however, selecting applications for funding is completed periodically through batching periods with specific cutoff dates. Socially disadvantaged, limited resource and beginning farmers…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ELOREE WILLINGHAM MOSES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Eloree Willingham Moses, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of Feb., 2020, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
Final Notice and Public Explanation of a Proposed Activity in a 100-Year Floodplain or Wetland To: All interested Agencies, Groups and Individuals This is to give notice that the Randolph County Commission has conducted an evaluation as required by Executive Orders 11988 and 11990, in accordance with HUD regulations at 24 CFR 55.20 Subpart C…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SUE SHIPE CHASTAIN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Sue Shipe Chastain, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of Feb., 2020, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
NOTICE OF FINDING OF NO SIGNIFICANT IMPACT AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO REQUEST RELEASE OF FUNDS 2/19/2020 Randolph County Commission 12 East Broad Street Wedowee, AL 36278 256-357-4980 TO ALL INTERESTED AGENCIES, GROUPS AND PERSONS: These notices shall satisfy two separate but related procedural requirements for activities to be undertake by the Randolph County Commission.…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2020 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT Relating to Randolph County; to authorize the sale of draft…
(ROANOKE) Kenneth Johnson, 47, of Jackson Street, Roanoke, died Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020, surrounded by family at Northeast Regional Medical Center in Anniston. The funeral was Tuesday, Feb. 18, at 1 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Riley Street. Burial followed at East Roanoke Cemetery. Kenneth was born Sept. 10, 1972, in Roanoke to the late…
(CHESTERTOWN, Md.) Jesse Gordon Cunningham of Chestertown, Md., died Feb. 16, 2020. He was 82. The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 22, at 1 p.m. at Fellows Helfenbein and Newnam Funeral Home where relatives and friends may call from 11:00-1:00. Interment will be in St. PaulÕs Cemetery in Chestertown. He was the son of the…
The Handley Lady Tigers are one win away from the state final four. Handley led from start to finish and held off a late Trinity rally to secure a 47-41 victory in the semifinal of the Southeast Regional in Montgomery Monday afternoon. It’s the first trip to a regional final – as a player or…
(FIVE POINTS) A memorial service for Roger Neal Webb, 79, of Five Points will be Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2020, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel. Mr. Webb died Sunday, Feb. 16, at his residence. An Arkansas native, Mr. Webb was born April 5, 1940, the son of Leslie and Ruby Southall Webb. He was…