Roanoke City Council dealt with a variety of issues at their meeting on Nov. 25.Guests Jimmy and Martha Bailey addressed the council again regarding the Brookside Drive curbing repair. “Thank you for what you are doing tonight and what you did last week. The street crew came out and worked on the curbing. It’s not…
MONTGOMERY – Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded $204,100 to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency to continue its fight against illegal drugs in Alabama. ALEA will use the funds for its part as manager of seven regional drug task forces in Alabama. Gov. Ivey awarded a total of $1.4 million to those agencies in October to…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lloyd J Crow and Belinda K Crow A/K/A Belinda Crow, husband and wife, to Regions Bank, on July 27, 2016, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOEL WALLACE BLACKMON, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to David Ross Hicks on the 26th day of Nov., 2019, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…
ORDINANCE 2019-11-02 An Ordinance to Change Name of Gaston Street To Countess Lane Whereas, the Mayor and City Council voted on November 18, 2019 to present an Ordinance at its next regular meeting to be held on November 25, 2019, concerning the re-naming of a City Street; and Whereas, all residents residing on Gaston Street…
LEGAL NOTICE MSE Building Company Inc. hereby gives notice of completion of contract with the State of Alabama for construction of Project No. ACBRZ60420-ATRP (003) and ACBRZ60421-ATRP (003) in Randolph County. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on Dec. 4, 2019 and ending on Dec. 25, 2019. All claims should be filed…
NOTICE The Town of Wadley is now soliciting proposals from licensed architectural firms for professional services to be provided relating to the various grant programs administered by the State of Alabama. The selection made from this solicitation will apply to calendar years 2019 through 2021. Proposals must be submitted to the Town of Wadley (265…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER 7-9A-604(2) OF THE CODE OF ALABAMA Default having been made under the terms of a security agreement and that certain mortgage executed by Susie Kris Craven AKA Susie Craven, an unmarried woman and James Matthew Hester, an unmarried…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for David Wayne Hunter, 59, of Wedowee will be Thursday, Dec. 5, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, 17624 HWY 431 Wedowee, Alabama 36278, with Bro. Jason Owens officiating. Burial will follow at Woodland Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on…
(TOLEDO, Ohio) Renward “Buddy” Yates, 73, of Toledo, Ohio, died in his home surrounded by his family on Sunday, Nov. 24, 2019. Buddy was born in 1946 in Randolph County, Ala., to Gatha Hill and Winston Yates. He married Peggy Adair in 1973 and they went on to have two beautiful children. Buddy had a…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Jack Rogers Lyner, 80, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, 17624 HWY 431 Wedowee, Alabama with Dr. Steve Dempsey officiating. Burial will follow at Morrison’s Chapel Cemetery, 3865 County Road 29 Wedowee AL. The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
(WEDOWEE) Sue Shipe Chastain, 84, of Wedowee, and formerly of Anderson, S.C., wife of Roy E. Chastain Jr., died Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019, at Lineville Health and Rehabilitation Center in Lineville. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Nov. 30, at Sullivan-King Mortuary Chapel conducted by Dr. Wendell Bannister. Entombment will follow at Forest…
(WADLEY) The funeral for J.V. “Bud” Railey, 83, of Wadley will be Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Union Motley Baptist Church with the Rev. John Roberts and the Rev. Robert Adams officiating. Burial will follow at Wadley City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from noon to 2 p.m.…
OFELIA – If you’ve been looking for a quaint place to hike and enjoy a different aspect of the outdoors on Lake Wedowee, then The Preserves is where you need to visit. The Preserves is a trail that has been established by Alabama Power and is part of their project to invest in the outdoors…
One man was injured on Wednesday afternoon of last week in a wreck in front of Walmart. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Charles Ed Bassett, 57, of Roanoke was attempting to turn into Davco Drive in a 2003 Ford F-150 truck because he thought he had the green arrow to turn. Nathan…
Knight-Enloe Elementary School staff and students were joined by the Chamber of Commerce for their ribbon cutting at their new playground last week. Children played on the new equipment and enjoyed their new playground that has been in the works for quite some time. The lead person on this project was Allison Murr, physical education…
A Roanoke man was taken by helicopter to a Columbus, Ga., hospital on Sunday after being stabbed. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Amman Rashad Morgan, 42, and James C. Pearson, 68, of Roanoke were at a third man’s home on Gilham Road watching a football game on Sunday afternoon when Morgan and…
After Clay Central’s 34-28 loss to Mortimer Jordan in week six of the regular season, Central head coach Danny Horn was in no mood to linger on the field. The team gathered for the traditional post-game prayer, after which Horn emphatically told his players in no uncertain terms to go straight to the locker room.…
Roanoke Board of Education was recently honored with the 2019 School Board Member Academy President’s Award presented by Alabama Association of School Boards (AASB). This award is presented to school boards that have 60 percent or more of their members attend at least three AASB conferences (in an academic year) and in that same year,…
WEDOWEE – Following a public hearing last Tuesday evening, Wedowee Town Council voted to leave Crystal Cove Subdivision zoned residential. Ron Young was the spokesman for those in favor of the change, stated, “We are trying to get the subdivision back to where it’s governed by its covenants that were designed when the subdivision was…