(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Joyce Edge, 78, died Monday, Sept. 24, 2018, at Carrollton Manor.The funeral will be at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 26, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Les Jones officiating. Burial will follow in Upper Cane Creek Cemetery.Visitation will be Wednesday noon-1 p.m.Ms. Edge was a native of Dahlonega, Ga., and…
Looking for a spark to keep its second half momentum humming, Woodland got one from an unlikely source, and on an unlikely play. And once they got that spark, the Bobcats were able to ride that momentum to a 45-38 region win on the road against Gaston Friday. Missing two starters on the offensive line,…
Sneaky Crow Farm continues to bring home the awards! They have been named the National Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) 2018 Small Farmer of the Year at a recent awards ceremony in Atlanta. After being named the Alabama NRCS 2018 Small Farmer of the Year, Gene and Rose Thornton were selected as the recipients of…
Josh Ralston doesn’t do it all for the Ranburne Bulldogs. It just seems like it sometimes. Ralston made two big plays on both sides of the ball in overtime and was in the middle of Ranburne’s success all night as the Bulldogs picked up a crucial 35-28 win over Cleveland Friday to stay unbeaten. After…
Handley built a 20-6 lead in the second quarter and then temporarily lost their roadmap to the end zone as Childersburg battled back for a 42-26 win over the visiting Tigers Friday in Childersburg. Handley out-gained Childersburg in total yardage 630-433, but they couldn’t consistently turn those yards into points when they needed to. Handley’s…
WADLEY – The Town of Wadley recently partnered with Alabama Power to upgrade its streetlights to LED fixtures across town. Alabama Power Company completed the installation of 114 new LED fixtures in August. According to Jacki-Lyn Lowery of Alabama Power, the energy efficient LEDs will provide better lighting quality and require less maintenance for the…
Republicans opened their Roanoke headquarters Friday at Victory Game Clocks across from the Randolph County Health Department. Hare said the office will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. He said people who want signs after hours when the business is not open can get them off the bales of hay out…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Labor Secretary Fitzgerald Washington announced that more than 2.1 million people are working in Alabama, breaking the previous employment record for the fourth consecutive month. “For four months in a row now, we’ve been breaking employment records,” Washington said. “Thirty-two thousand more Alabamians are working now than last year. We’ve…
Central of Clay County pounded out over 400 yards of offense on the ground to dismantle Moody and come away with a 41-7 region win Friday in Lineville. The Volunteers defense held Moody scoreless until garbage time in the fourth quarter. The Blue Devils rushed for 62 yards on their final possession, but were limited…
MONTGOMERY – Randolph County Commission Chair Larry Roberts has been elected to serve as a member of the 2018-2019 Legislative Committee of the Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA), the statewide association representing Alabama’s 67 county governments. The Association’s Legislative Committee is composed of a chairman and a representative from each county. Roberts will…
A two-vehicle crash at 4:35 p.m. Friday, Sept. 21, has claimed the life of a Roanoke man. Hershel Wayne Taylor, 74, was traveling south on County Road 61 when the 1997 Ford F-150 he was driving was struck by a 1999 Dodge Ram 3500 that was traveling north. The collision caused Taylor’s pickup to leave…
Roanoke City Council approved amendments to the animal ordinance and the 2018-2019 budget at Monday’s meeting. The 2018-2019 budget is $6,491,300. It contains a 3 percent cost-of-living adjustment. The 2017-2018 budget was $6,272,167. Councilman Mack Bell made a motion to approve the budget with two amendments, changing the appropriation for the animal shelter from $15,000…
When none of the starting running backs carry the ball more than three times and your team still wins by a wide margin, that typically means you didn’t face much of a challenge in that contest. That was the case for both RCHS and Wadley Friday as they defeated B.B. Comer and Verbena, respectively, in…
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…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF ARTHUR LEE APPLEBY, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Arthur Lee Appleby, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 24th day of July, 2018, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Zachary Daniel Callahan and Stephanie Callahan, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Homestar Financial Corp., on the 15th day of July, 2016, said mortgage…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Dorothy Ruth Trammell, 67, of Roanoke will be Friday, Sept. 28, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Sword of the Spirit with the Revs. Jeffrey Rosser, Willie Houston and Gilbert Staples and Minister Davin Houston officiating. Burial will follow at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch community. The family will receive friends…
(LINEVILLE) The funeral service for Benny Ray Brooks, 72 of Lineville will be Wednesday, Sept. 26, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Wesley’s Chapel Christian Church with the Rev. Billy Todd officiating. Burial with military honors and graveside Masonic rites will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday…
(COLLEGE PARK, Ga.) A celebration of life for Rickey L. Freeman of College Park, Ga., was Saturday, Sept. 22, 2018, at Friendship Baptist Church in the Bacon Level community. Gus Thornhill’s Funeral Home, East Point, Ga.
(WADLEY) Graveside services for Stephen Douglas “Doug” Bailey, 74, of Wadley were Sunday, Sept. 23, 2018 at 2 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Revs. Jamie Taylor and Tim Whaley officiating. Mr. Bailey passed away Friday, Sept. 21, at Tanner Medical Center in Wedowee. A Randolph County native, Mr. Bailey was born June 6,…