Woodland got wins against Elmore County and Reeltown in the Reeltown tournament Saturday as part of a busy week in which the Lady Bobcats played five games. Here’s how the week went for Woodland.Ohatchee 3, Woodland 2Woodland managed just five hits, including RBI by Josie Cross and Madison Mitchell, but the Bobcats gave up the…
The Wadley baseball and softball teams took the field just one time each last week, with the boys defeating LaFayette 10-3 last Tuesday and the girls falling to Ranburne 11-0 on Thursday. The Lady Bulldogs did secure their first win of the season Monday with a victory over Faith Christian. On the baseball diamond, Wadley…
In a severe weather situation in east Alabama, the information that you need to be aware of imminent threats and to stay safe from those threats is available. You just have to know where to find it. The more sources you make available to yourself, the more informed you will be. Former Randolph County EMA…
An EF-O tornado struck Randolph County late on Thursday night of last week causing damage to property but no injuries. A chicken house owned by Richie Rollins on County Road 56 in the New Hope community lost its roof. A farmhouse owned by Eugene Wortham on County Road 15 in Wedowee was blown off its…
Less than two weeks after a powerful tornado caused tragic damage in Lee County, Randolph County had its own tornado scare Thursday night. And as the storm traversed the state on a trajectory toward Wedowee, one man who lives 135 miles away was at the forefront of predicting its local impact. Thankfully the storm that…
The R.L. Harris Dam is now undergoing recertification, and we need your help! If you live or have property below the dam, a committee has been loosely formed to preserve our Tallapoosa River heritage. This is NOT an effort to point fingers or to discredit any individual or organization, but our intent is to illustrate…
A single-vehicle crash at 4:30 a.m. Sunday, March 10, has claimed the life of a Roanoke teen. Gabriel James Thomas Turner, 18, was killed when the 2013 Dodge Charger he was riding in left the roadway on Alabama Highway 22 and struck a tree. Turner was pronounced dead at the scene. The driver was identified…
Roanoke Utilities Board was back at full-strength for their Monday meeting as Tonya Jones took the chair once occupied by her mother, long-time board member Willie Mae Jones. Jones was appointed to fill the unexpired term of her recently deceased mother by Roanoke City Council upon nomination by Councilmember Tammi Treadwell Holley. Utilities board Chairman…
RESOLUTION NO. 1179 WHEREAS, Ordinance 820.01 of the City of Roanoke governs nuisances located within the city and the City and the City followed all procedural and notice requirements of said ordinance; WHEREAS, the following properties are before the City Council for a determination to be made as to whether the properties shall be declared…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the terms of that mortgage executed by DONALD LEE LEWIS, SR., and wife, DEBORAH T. LEWIS to First Bank of Alabama, as successor in interest to the Bank of Wedowee, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of RANDOLPH County, Alabama,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Nancy Jill T Whaley, an unmarried woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Aliant Bank, on the 30th day of September, 2009, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
RESOLUTION NO. 1184 WHEREAS, Ordinance 820.01 of the City of Roanoke governs nuisances located within the city and the City and the City followed all procedural and notice requirements of said ordinance; WHEREAS, the following properties are before the City Council for a determination to be made as to whether the properties shall be declared…
RESOLUTION NO. 1183 WHEREAS, Ordinance 820.01 of the City of Roanoke governs nuisances located within the city and the City and the City followed all procedural and notice requirements of said ordinance; WHEREAS, the following properties are before the City Council for a determination to be made as to whether the properties shall be declared…
RESOLUTION NO. 1180 WHEREAS, Ordinance 820.01 of the City of Roanoke governs nuisances located within the city and the City and the City followed all procedural and notice requirements of said ordinance; WHEREAS, the following properties are before the City Council for a determination to be made as to whether the properties shall be declared…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM ROBERT DIXSON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of William Robert Dixson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of March, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JO STEWART LANDERS, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Jo Stewart Landers, deceased, having been granted to Mindi Turner on the 12th day of March, 2019, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…
STATE OF ALBAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GRADY MILTON WAKEFIELD, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Grady Milton Wakefield, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 13th day of March, 2019, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: LARRY GENE SWANSON On the 13th day of March, 2019, Petitions were filed in this Court for the name changes of three minor children, whose dates of birth are Sept. 3, 2008, Sept. 16, 2014, and October 8, 2012. A hearing upon these petitions has been…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES BENEFIELD, DECEASED NOTICE Jennifer Hope Benefield address unknown Be advised that a Petition to Administer the estate of James Benefield, deceased, has been filed with the Probate Court of Randolph County, and that the 16th day of April, 2019…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Harriett Shivers, 71, of Roanoke will be Thursday, March 21, 2019, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Derek Farr officiating. Burial will follow at Heritage Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 – 8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Shivers died…