For just the second time in school history the RCHS Tigers will begin the season as the No. 1 ranked team in the state.The Tigers, who finished last season as the Class 3A state runners-up to Hillcrest-Evergreen, received 15 first-place votes to top the preseason 3A poll released Sunday night by the Alabama Sportswriters Association.“It’s…
From start to finish the high school football season in Alabama will encompass 124 days of the 2018 calendar. The final day of the season will take place with state championship games at Jordan-Hare Stadium in Auburn on December 7. The first day took place Monday at 384 schools across the state, and optimism for…
I always like to critique the preseason rankings as it relates to our local teams, and this year is no different. Since I don’t vote in the polls, it’s always fun to take a look at them when they’re released and then do a little backseat driving for those who do vote. So without further…
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Thornton were recently honored as the National Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) Small Farmers of the Year. This statewide honor was presented to Gene and Rose Thornton who own and operate Sneaky Crow Farm in Roanoke. Over the last 13 years, the Thorntons have made a name for themselves throughout the community.…
FIVE POINTS–A Randolph County teen was critically injured in a three-vehicle accident on Wednesday of last week near Five Points According to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), the accident happened on U.S. Highway 431 at approximately 7:30 a.m. A 2010 Ford Edge, driven by Meghan Fuller, collided with a 2017 Kenworth dump truck. The…
Alabama’s District 3 Congressman Mike Rogers visited Randolph County Thursday, addressing the Roanoke Rotary Club at Gedney’s restaurant before meeting with the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce and the Randolph County Economic Development Authority later in the day. Rogers covered a variety of topics in an approximately 20-minute speech to the Rotary Club. He lauded…
FRANKLIN, Ga.–Two Roanoke men were in the Heard County jail Friday morning and charged with stealing from a major local business. According to a report from Franklin Police Department (FPD) investigator Lt. Tino Brooks, one of the men had contracted with JAC Products to remove scrap pallets from the property at 226 Mary Johnson Dr.…
Wadley Community Theater will be putting on its inaugural show with two performances at Bald Rock Studios in downtown Wadley. The show, which will consist of three short comedy sketches, will be performed Friday, August 17, at 7 p.m. and Saturday, August 18, in a 2 p.m. matinee. Admission is free to both shows, and…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on November 19, 2014 by Wilburn Corneilus Davenport, unmarried individual, originally in favor of Branch Banking and Trust Company, and recorded in Mort Book 598 at Page 77 on December 1, 2014, in the Office of…
FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Bullard-Cook Inc., has completed the Contract for Construction of A New Dining Facility and Field House for Southern Union State Community College at Wadley, Alabama for the State of Alabama, and have made request…
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY COMMISSION Alabama Power Company Project No. 2628-065 NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE LICENSE APPLICATION, FILING OF PRE-APPLICATION DOCUMENT (PAD), COMMENCEMENT OF PRE-FILING PROCESS, AND SCOPING; REQUEST FOR COMMENTS ON THE PAD AND SCOPING DOCUMENT, AND IDENTIFICATION OF ISSUES AND ASSOCIATED STUDY REQUESTS (July 31, 2018) a. Type of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JERRELL CALVIN COTTLE, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Jerrell Calvin Cottle, deceased, having been granted to Janell F. Cottle on the 29th day of May, 2018, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2018 – 900079 STEPHEN M. WILSON AND SCOTT WILSON, PLAINTIFFS vs. A parcel located in the W 1/2 of the NW 1/4 of Section 25; and the E 1/2 of the NE 1/4 of Section 26; Township 19 South; Range 12 East, Randolph County,…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2018 – 900077 JOHN HALL PLAINTIFF vs. A parcel located in Fraction “C” and Fraction “B” of Section 14; Township 22 South; Range 10 East, Randolph County, being divided from a larger parcel, and divided into 2 Tracts, each more particularly described as: TRACT…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2018-900084 CINDY SUMNERS PLAINTIFF VS. I, Irwin Lance Turner, a registered professional land surveyor in the State of Alabama, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct record of my survey of the hereon platted property, said property lying in the…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Catherine Ree Sewell Kirby, 97, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 10, 2018, at 6 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Mrs. Kirby died Monday, Aug. 6, at Roanoke Health Care. An Arcadia, La., native, Mrs. Kirby was born Sept. 25, 1920, the daughter of…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mr. Kathen Gerald Veal, 73, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, Aug. 2, 2018, at EAMC Lanier Hospital in Valley. The funeral was Monday, Aug. 6, at 11 a.m. EDT at Riverview Pentecostal Church of God with Pastor Amy Messer officiating. Burial was at Highway Methodist Church in Randolph County at 2:30 p.m. EDT.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Buster “Buck” Robinson, 90, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Steve Williams and Mike Fisher officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Robinson passed…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Rita Franklin, 59, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Aug. 5, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Steve Williams and Joe Franklin officiating. Burial will follow on Monday at Rosemere Cemetery in Opelika. Ms. Franklin died Friday, Aug. 3, at Traylor’s Nursing Home. A Lee County native, Ms.…
(LINEVILLE) The celebration of the life of Charles “Chuck” Ieronimo, 34, of Lineville was Saturday, Aug. 4, 2018, at 6 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville. Interment was Sunday, Aug. 5, at 3:30 p.m. in Christiana Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Ieronimo died Monday, July 30, at Grandview Medical Center. He was a native of…