It took four attempts, but Roanoke finally got a $359,487 Community Development Block Grant award for streets as of Friday.City clerk Pat Truitt was at a seminar when she received a telephone call from Gov. Kay Ivey’s office wanting to know if she would be in Montgomery for the awarding of the grants. She did…
LAKE WEDOWEE – The annual Renew Our Rivers lake cleanup, a joint project with Alabama Power Company (APC) and Lake Wedowee Property Owners’ Association (LWPOA), was a huge success. According to the Renew Our Rivers’ campaign organizers, of the 37 lakes covered in the state, Lake Wedowee is the best organized group they work with.…
Handley High School principal and athletic director Greg Foster did the school presentation at the Roanoke City School Board meeting last Tuesday. Foster told the board, “It is a pleasure to represent Handley High School. It is a great school in a great community. People in Roanoke expect students to succeed. We want to be…
An alleged drunk driver caused damage to Knight- Enloe Elementary School property on Wednesday night of last week. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the driver of a 1999 Ford Mustang struck a power pole and crossing gate on Commerce Street and a chain link fence on school property, causing damage to approximately…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by John Rudy Windsor, unmarried, originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 19th day of March, 2013, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO DR-2018-900075.00 DEWEY VOWELL, PLAINTIFF VS. SHARON VOWELL, DEFENDANT NOTICE TO: SHARON VOWELL Notice is hereby given to the above named individual that an action has been filed in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama. You must file an Answer to the subject Statement of…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2018-900110.00 TERRY MALCON WILLIAMS, PLAINTIFF VS. The land more particularly described below and any and all unknown parties, including any person claiming any present interest therein and including any persons claiming any future, contingent, reversionary, remainder, or other interests therein, who may claim any…
(GREENVILLE, S.C.) Joan Dyar Mullican French, 66, wife of Robert French, of Greenville, S.C., died Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018. Born in Moulton, Ala., she was a daughter of the late Everett Irwin and Anna Jo Dyar Mullican and a former resident of Wedowee. Joan was a member of White Oak Baptist Church. She was a…
(ROANOKE) Esther L. Morgan, 87, of Roanoke died Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Saturday, Oct. 27, at noon at First Baptist Church in Roanoke with Pastor Gilbert Staples and the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. Burial will follow in New Harmony Baptist Church Cemetery, County Road…
(WADLEY) The funeral service for Darrell Carson, 68 of Wadley will be Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with the Revs. Randy Anderson and Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow in the Forester’s Chapel Cemetery near Wadley. Mr. Carson died Wednesday, Oct. 24, at Shelby Baptist Medical Center…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Darnell Windsor Hill, 59, of Roanoke will be Friday, Oct. 26, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Chaplain Tim Callaway officiating. Burial will follow at Concord Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery, Wadley. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs. Hill passed…
Atario Hester rushed for 219 yards and four touchdowns as RCHS thumped top-ranked Saks 41-21 Friday at Saks. Hester had touchdown runs of 77, 11, 40 and 50 yards–all in the first half–as the Tigers built a stunning 41-0 lead over a Saks team that came into the game undefeated and ranked number one in…
The Handley Tigers entered the night needing a win over Leeds and a Childersburg loss to Lincoln in order to clinch a playoff spot. They got both. The Tigers are heading back to the playoffs for the first time since winning the state title in 2016 after they beat Leeds 31-7 at Wright Field in…
Ranburne was unable to cash in on two first-half scoring opportunities, and the Ohatchee defense made sure that a few big plays on offense held up as the Indians knocked off the Bulldogs 28-0 Friday in Ohatchee to claim the Class 2A, Region 6 title. Ranburne will finish as the No. 2 seed and will…
Woodland’s hopes for a late-season playoff push came to an end Friday in a 56-21 loss to Westbrook Christian Friday. Woodland entered the night needing a win over Westbrook and against West End Walnut Grove this week to have a shot at its first playoff berth since 2014. It wasn’t to be, however, as Westbrook…
Both Central of Clay County and Wadley won Friday to keep themselves in contention for a second place finish in their respective regions. Both teams need a win this week to clinch those No. 2 spots, and they are both in position to do so because of blowout wins on the road Friday. Here’s how…
NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS ESTATE OF MARY JAYNE MARTIN Notice is hereby given that on the 18th day of October, 2018, Letters of Administration on the Estate of Mary Jayne Martin, deceased, were issued to the undersigned by the Probate Judge of Randolph County, Alabama. All persons having claims against the estate must file itemized…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ross Dwayne Dye, a married man and Felicia K. Dye, a married woman, originally in favor of Long Beach Mortgage Company, on the 3rd day of March, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT In the matter of the Estate of Myrna E. Lowe, deceased Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Myrna E. Lowe, deceased, having been granted to James D. Lowe on the 22nd day of Oct., 2018, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of said…
WEDOWEE – The East Alabama Tractor Club Pavilion located in Wedowee Kiwanis Park was the setting for the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce Annual Meeting on Tuesday, Oct. 16. The well-attended event was a celebration of the chamber’s successes for 2017-2018. Executive Director Dorothy Tidwell welcomed guests to the meeting and thanked the attendees for…