Wyner Phillips said Randolph County Historical Museum, which he oversees, has a roof that has been falling for awhile.“I went to Montgomery and spent a whole day and told them all the things we had in there and told them about the problems. They gave me a bunch of papers. I filled them out and…
A public hearing was held at the Roanoke Council meeting to re-apply for a Community Development Block Grant to conduct roadway repaving improvements for the following city streets: Mulberry Street, Chemical Avenue, Gaston Street, Cotney Circle, Hill Circle and a portion of Cotney Line Drive, Seymour Drive and Satterwhite Street. Ryan Kallem, principal planner with…
Offices Up for Election in 2018 Notice of Primary Runoff Election for Randolph County, Alabama Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate, do hereby given notice of election to be held in Randolph Co., Ala. On July 17, 2018 for the purpose of nominating candidates for the offices…
(ROANOKE) Ricky McKinley, 61, of Roanoke died Sunday, June 10, 2018, at Jackson Hospital. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Friday, June 15. A private graveside service will be held at a later time. A Jacksonville, Fla., native, Mr. McKinley was born March 13, 1957, the son of…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Evelyn Ruth Boehms Norton, 92, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, June 13, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Chris Martin, Dr. Russell J. Levenson and Dr. Paul Messer officiating. The family will receive friends at the church from 12:30-2 on Wednesday before services. Mrs.…
(WEDOWEE) Emmett T. Johnson Sr., 77, of Fifth Street Southwest, Wedowee, died Saturday, June 9, 2018, at his residence, concluding an extended illness. The funeral will be Wednesday, June 13, at 11 a.m. at Zion Rest Baptist Church. Mr. Johnson will be in state at the church one hour prior to services. Officiating will be…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Mary W. Calhoun, 92, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, June 12, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Darren Anglin officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Monday. Mrs. Calhoun passed away…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Rose Pierce Knight, 66, of Wadley will be Saturday, June 9, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Ricky Cummings and Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday.…
(DADEVILLE) Funeral services for Jimmy Lee “J.L.” Bolt, 72, of Dadeville, formerly of Randolph County, will be Saturday, June 9, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ralph Nelson, Bro. Adam Bowen and Bro. Charlie Bolt officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Springs Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The funeral for Susie Ann “Mona” Burks, 60, of LaGrange, Ga., will be Saturday, July 8, at 1 p.m. at Antioch Baptist Church in LaGrange. Mrs. Burks died Thursday, May 28. She was born Nov. 9, 1957, in Roanoke, daughter of the late J.C. Morgan and Susie Mae Pinkard Morgan. She leaves to…
Ken Fordham’s relatively brief, but wildly successful time as the head football coach at Wadley has come to an end. Fordham tendered his resignation on May 23, and Wadley principal Lori Carlisle made the announcement a week later after giving Fordham the opportunity to meet with his players and give them the news. Fordham will…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Dessie Mae Williamson Holt, 78, of Oxford will be Thursday, June 7, 2018, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of Miller Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Pine Hill Memorial Park in Talladega. The family will receive friends on Wednesday from 6-8 p.m. at the funeral home. Ms. Holt died Monday,…
The end of the school year and the start of the summer is always a time of turnover among high school coaches, and this year is no different. The resignation of Wadley head football coach Ken Fordham is the latest and biggest change in the county thus far, but it’s not the only one, after…
COOL SPRINGS – A Heflin man was arrested Monday morning after allegedly ramming a tow truck into the home where his ex-wife and grown child live. Willie Myrl Williamson, 54, of 7933 County Rd. 10, Heflin, is charged with five counts of attempted murder, three counts of reckless endangerment, first-degree aggravated stalking, discharging a gun…
Despite the early rain and fog, vendors and many political candidates showed up in downtown Roanoke Saturday for the 10th Annual Summer on Main. Dorothy Tidwell, executive director of Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, read off the numerous sponsors, who they could not do the 14 annual events without. The early rain kept the crowd…
LAKE WEDOWEE–A 17-year-old Alexander City youth lost his life Saturday after going under water in Lake Wedowee while swimming with friends. Randolph County Coroner Terry Sparks confirmed Monday that Devin Kalil Billups, 17, of Alexander City went missing in the water around 2 p.m. while swimming in an area of the lake near the old…
Incumbents ruled the day in the county-wide primaries held Tuesday, but that was not the case in the two county school board elections. With all of the ballots counted besides the provisionals, incumbents David Cofield, George Diamond and Amy Newsome all garnered over 60 percent of the votes cast in the county to win their…
East Alabama Arts Society presents the 11th Annual Arts in the Median on Saturday, June 9, from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in downtown Wedowee. The art show offers original paintings, drawings, pottery, sculptures, photography and more.
The public is invited to hear Alabama Department of Environmental Management discuss ways the public can help clean up impaired waterways in Randolph County. The meeting will be Tuesday, June 12, at 9:30 a.m. at the ALFA Insurance meeting room, 112 S. Main St. in Wedowee. The Upper Tallapoosa Clean Water Partnership is hosting the…
So Ken Fordham has resigned from his post as the head football coach at Wadley. His 43 wins there are the third most at the school behind Randy Sparks (120) and Max Yarbrough (47). Fordham lost a total of four games in his final three seasons at Wadley, and three of those losses came in…