For the first time all season a team figured out how to run the ball against RCHS’s vaunted defensive front, and that proved to be costly to RCHS in a season-ending 27-20 loss to Walter Wellborn in the third round of the state playoffs Friday.Randolph County came into Friday’s game allowing just 38 rushing yards…
No one will describe Handley and Oxford’s girls basketball teams as being in midseason form after the Tigers defeated the Yellow Jackets 47-37 Thursday in Roanoke. Neither team was sharp, the low point coming during a nearly five-minute stretch in the second quarter in which neither team scored a point. But Handley made the plays…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 30, 2018, executed by Angela J. Whitten, a single woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Goldwater Bank, N.A., which mortgage was recorded on May 3, 2018, in Mortgage Book 631,…
CITY OF ROANOKE ORDINANCE NO. 2019-10-01 An Ordinance to amend the Zoning Ordinance No. 682 of the City of Roanoke, Alabama and the zoning map of Roanoke, Alabama, enacted pursuant to the authority granted by Title 11-52-70 through 84, inclusive of the Code of Alabama, 1975, as amended; repealing all conflicting ordinances and maps, and…
ORDINANCE 2019-11-01 An Ordinance to change name of Waller Mill Road to Reverend R.L. Heflin Drive Whereas, the mayor and city council voted on October 28, 2019 to present an Ordinance at its next regular meeting to be held on November 18, 2019 concerning the re-naming of a city street; and Whereas, all residents residing…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DWIGHT LITTLE, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Dwight Little, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of November, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 240 County Road 486, Woodland, AL 36280 and will be sold on Dec. 19, 2019 at the same address. 2005 Dodge Neon SXT VIN# 1B3ES56C85D240896 Todd Almond 240 County Road 486 Woodland, AL 36280 (48-51p)
Public Hearing Notice Notice is hereby given that the Roanoke Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing pursuant to Section 11-52-77 of the Code of Alabama on Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Roanoke City Hall. The purpose of this hearing shall be to receive public comments on an application…
A celebration of life service for Alma Louise Vowell will be Friday, Dec. 6, 2019, at 6 p.m. in the chapel of Benefield Funeral Home in Wedowee with the Rev. Josh Kennedy officiating. Visitation will be from 4:30 to 6 p.m. prior to the service. Alma, 72, passed away Saturday morning, Nov. 23, at University…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Nellie Anne Hallman Hester, 86, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Nov. 27, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Mike Atkins, Bro. Fred Flowers, Bro. Otis Hodnett and Steven Atkins officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…
(WADLEY) The funeral for Donna Kitchens Hall, 73, of Wadley was Monday, Nov. 25, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. at Wadley First Baptist Church with Bro. Paul Wilson and Bro. Jimmy Sprayberry officiating. Burial followed at Wadley City Cemetery. Mrs. Hall died Saturday, Nov. 23, at her home. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Hall was born…
Randolph County came into Friday’s third round playoff game against Walter Wellborn allowing just 38 rushing yards per game to opposing offenses. But Wellborn and starting quarterback Jett Smith found a way to pile up 224 yards on the ground in a 27-20 Wellborn victory. Smith rushed for 123 yards and a touchdown on 16…
(ATLANTA) Ollie Mae Stephens Dodson Wood, 80, of Atlanta died Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, in Atlanta. Viewing will be Sunday, Nov. 24, from 4 to 8 p.m. EST at Willie Watkins Funeral Home Historic West End Chapel, 1003 Ralph David Abernathy Blvd., Atlanta. The funeral will be Monday, Nov. 25, at 1 p.m. EST at…
(DELTA) The funeral for Bentley Gage Ackles, 5, and Braxton Lewis Middendorf, 7, of Delta will be Friday, Nov. 22, 2019, at Lineville Baptist Church Family Life Center at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Darryl Wood and Rev. Dwayne Bailey officiating and Suzette Michaels. Burial will follow in Mt. Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery. Bentley died…
Have you noticed any bright yellow trees that seem as if they could glow in the dark? If your answer is yes, then you very well may be looking at one of the most magnificent trees in the South – the ginkgo tree. The ginkgo tree is considered to be a living fossil with the…
AUBURN – The 93rd Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place this Thanksgiving in the heart of New York City. This day nationally marks the start of the holiday season, and two Randolph County High School alumni get to be right in on the action. Sisters Elizabeth Haynes and Ellen Haynes Kirkland have gained the…
For the second straight week, RCHS did not attempt a pass on offense. And for the second straight week it was because they didn’t have to. RCHS rushed for 543 yards as a team and continued its defensive mastery with a resounding 54-6 win over Westminster Christian in a second-round playoff game in Huntsville last…
Friday’s second-round game between Jasper and Clay Central pitted the defending state champions against the No. 1 team in the state. And by the end of the night the Central Volunteers proved unequivocally which one of those titles carried the most weight. The Vols, class 5A’s reigning state champions, turned in a nearly flawless defensive…
FRANKLIN, Ga. – An Alabama man is currently behind bars in the Heard County jail following his recent arrest on drug charges. Matthew Scott Conger, 35, of Roanoke was arrested on Wednesday, Nov. 6, and charged with three felony counts of drug trafficking. The arrest occurred following a two-week investigation by the Georgia Bureau of…
Roanoke Police are still investigating a shooting that happened on Tuesday night of last week. According to the report, the shooting was reported at about 11 p.m. at a residence on Henry Street (off of Chestnut Street). The victim, James Tamarcus Battle, 35, of Roanoke was flown by helicopter to Grady Hospital in Atlanta, where…