Notice to ContractorsFederal Aid Project No.STPAA-HSIP-0077(524)RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMASealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on November 08, 2019 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Safety Widening, Planing, Resurfacing, and Traffic Stripe on SR-77 from the…
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS ESTATE OF WILLIAM OLIVER WALKER Notice is hereby given that the 15th day of Oct., 2019, Letters of Administration on the Estate of William Oliver Walker, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Judge of Randolph County, Alabama. All persons having claims against the estate must file itemized and…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY THRASHER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Peggy Thrasher, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 17th day of October, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CONSERVATORSHIP OF PHYLLIS PHILLIPS NOTICE Notice is hereby given that Claudia Burgess has filed a Petition for Final Settlement over the Conservatorship of Phyllis Phillips. A hearing on this Petition has been set for Oct. 12, 2019 at 11:00 a.m. Notice is hereby given that…
WADLEY – Mayor Donna McKay presented Wadley Town Council with the year-end assessment of the 2019 budget, as well as the proposed 2020 budget for the Town of Wadley. During the Oct. 7 meeting, Mayor McKay reported the 2019 General Budget was under budget by $46,652, and the 2019 Utility Budget was under budget by…
The Wedowee Town Council evaluated Wedowee Family Fun Day and spoke about its success and ideas for the future. They all agreed it was a successful day for the town, and they are already looking forward to next year. Councilmember Pam Johnson states she received, “A lot of positive comments.” She disclosed that people have…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Arris Jane Wisener, 76, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2019, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Pastor Larry Cosper officiating. Burial will follow in Crossroads Community Church Cemetery. Family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville from 11 a.m. until 1 p.m. on…
(FIVE POINTS) Susan Delaine White, 60, of Five Points died Sunday, Oct. 20, 2019, at Piedmont Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. The funeral will be Wednesday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with interment following in Oakwood Cemetery. The Rev. Steve Johnson and the Rev. Aaron McCullough…
It was a huge night of high school football as four local teams found out if they were in the playoffs or not, one knows exactly where it will be in the first round and another kept its hopes of a first-round home game alive and well. It’s a lot to unpack on an eventful…
I ventured down into the Randolph Leader vault on Thursday afternoon on a very specific mission, and I came back sneezing almost uncontrollably. The Leader vault is where the archives of the Leader are kept. Stacks and stacks of bound volumes with all the past copies of the Leader sitting on shelves browning away and…
For 47 minutes and 53 seconds two big-time teams leaned on their largest players to battle it out in the trenches as RCHS and Walter Wellborn fought to a 14-14 tie. “It was just a hard-fought, smash-mouth football game on both sides,” said RCHS head coach Pat Prestridge. But with seven seconds left on the…
Handley built a commanding lead with a nearly flawless first half, then saw that lead dissipate in the final two quarters as they fell to Lincoln 34-30 Friday in Roanoke. The loss almost certainly knocks Handley out of contention for the region title and leaves them in need of at least one more region win…
(ROANOKE) Wyatt Edward Staples III, 67, of Oak Crest Drive, Roanoke, died Tuesday evening, Oct. 8, 2019, at Tanner Medical Center East Alabama in Wedowee. The funeral was Monday, Oct. 14, at noon at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church. Pastor L.B. Houston served as eulogist. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Staples was born…
Ranburne made sure that this week’s game would be a battle of unbeatens as the Bulldogs blasted West End Walnut Grove 68-26 Friday in Ranburne. Meanwhile Clay Central snapped a two-game losing streak in convincing fashion as the Vols shut out St. Clair County 65-0 to position themselves their own late-season playoff push. Here’s how…
Woodland kept things close into the second quarter before Cleveland scored 25 unanswered point to pull away for a 59-36 victory. The Bobcats cut the Cleveland lead to 28-21 in the second quarter but Woodland never seriously slowed down the Cleveland offense, and the Bobcats just couldn’t keep pace offensively. The loss sullied a huge…
It’s that time of year again. Have you and your loved ones considered getting a flu shot? If not, now may be the time. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) states that getting a flu vaccine every year is the best way to protect yourself and your family from the flu and its…
Handley, Wadley and RCHS are all in position to secure playoff spots with wins this week. Ranburne and Central are already in the postseason and will use this week’s games to help themselves climb the region standings. Here’s what’s on the line Friday for all six area teams. Handley If the Tigers win this week…
Visitors to Arts and Crafts on the Median Saturday in Wedowee enjoyed the woodcarvings of Monty Folds of Wadley. Folds calls his business Born Again Wood Carvings. The Randolph County Liners, a line dance group, had a total of 201 dancers to join in and dance to “Sweet Home Alabama” at Saturday’s Wedowee Family Fun…
MONTGOMERY – It would take you about 15 hours behind the wheel and more than 1,000 miles to drive from Montgomery to New York City, but that’s how many miles of road Alabama’s county governments plan to improve next year with the proceeds of the new gasoline and diesel fuel taxes being paid by motorists.…
WEDOWEE – At Thursday’s Randolph County Commission meeting, Randolph County Chief Deputy Donnie Grant told the commission about a new computer system that helps speed up the record keeping of the sheriff’s department. “What used to take us hours to do going through every arrest, call and incident report now takes just a matter of…