Monday evening, March 26, the Randolph County Blues, the Democratic Party ofRandolph County, held their monthly meeting and hosted a few candidates.The group was happy to welcome Ellen Radney Price of Alexander City, representing Walt Maddox, mayor of Tuscaloosa, who is a candidate forgovernor. Ms. Radney Price’s daughter is the campaign manager for Walt. Walt…
In 2019 Alabama will celebrate 200 years as a state. I grew up in Wedowee, the county seat of Randolph County, and have fond memories of that little town of 500 during the late ’50s. In the 1980s, I was perusing old maps in a map shop in Lahaina, Hawaii, when I found an antique…
BIRMINGHAM–Dr. Lewis Slavich, 61, of Lanett recently competed and won gold in two field events: shotput and weight throw. The Track & Field Coalition Indoor National Championship was held at the Birmingham Crossplex on Feb. 9. The event brought all ages to compete in everything from race walking to pole vaulting at the indoor track…
When the sun came up on March 20, revealing the extent of the damage to the campus of Jacksonville State University from the previous night’s tornadoes, Handley head football coach Larry Strain realized very quickly that he wanted to help. Strain has close ties to the school. Both of his daughters played basketball there and…
The application deadline for the presidency of Southern Union State Community College was extended to March 29 due to the impact of significant severe weather on the state and out of an abundance of caution, although it is still Chancellor Jimmy Baker’s stated goal that all committee meetings, interviews and reference checks be completed by…
When the sun came up on March 20, revealing the extent of the damage to the campus of Jacksonville State University from the previous night’s tornadoes, Handley head football coach Larry Strain realized very quickly that he wanted to help. Strain has close ties to the school. Both of his daughters played basketball there and…
An EF-3 tornado, with estimated winds of 150 mph, destroyed or damaged to some degree hundreds of structures on the campus of Jacksonville State University and in the city of Jacksonville on the night of March 19. Had the students not been on spring break–and the majority of them not in town–more injuries might have…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commissioners discussed doing some type of work at the site of the new county jail while awaiting the sale of bonds. A Raymond James Financial Services rep and an architect will attend an upcoming commission workshop. County administrator Kellie Graff has contacted almost all the local banks about assisting the county with a…
After meeting with Roanoke Utilities Board last week about a proposed gas main for Koch Foods, Marilyn Lott, executive director of Randolph County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA), and board members held their meeting dealing with Project Tag. This is the sale of 6.27 acres of RCEDA land on Steelview Drive to Aaron Moody of MecTech…
Superintendent Chuck Marcum told Roanoke Board of Education at its meeting last Tuesday they had received official notification they are accredited for the next five years. Roanoke schools achieved accreditation through the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement (NCACASI), the Northwest Accreditation Commission and the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission…
County Engineer Burell Jones told the Roanoke Council Monday night that he had looked at the Satterwhite Bridge and believed they could rehab the existing structure instead of building a new bridge. Building a new bridge is estimated to cost more than $300,000. The bridge was damaged and rendered impassable in a storm. Jones said…
Wadley High School is one of 19 Alabama high schools where a high percentage of students attend college after graduation from high school. According to Wadley High School principal Lori Carlisle, 87 percent of Wadley students attend college. Seventy-four percent attend two-year colleges and 13 percent go directly to four-year colleges. According to an article…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on August 24, 2012 by Monica Brown, a married woman and John Brown, originally in favor of Coldwell Banker Mortgage, and recorded in MORT Book 576 at Page 356 on August 30, 2012, in the Office…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ERA LOUISE OVERTON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Era Louise Overton, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of March, 2018, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN LOUISE FULLER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Evelyn Louise Fuller II, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 23rd day of March, 2018, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice…
NOTICE The Probate Judge as Chief Election Officer makes it known in each voting precinct that, as required, Randolph County, Alabama, is in compliance with the availability of registration and voting aids for all handicapped and elderly individuals, as stated in the Code of Alabama, Section 21-4-23(b). (13)
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLHP COUNTY, ALABAMA 56-CV-2018-900023.00 ELLIOTT M. GAY AND RUSSELL GAY, PLAINTIFFS V. The Southeast Quarter of the Southwest Quarter of Section 11, Township 22 South, Range 10 East, in Randolph County, Alabama, and The Heirs of Louis B. Elliott, Defendants NOTICE OF ACTION To: All Defendants herein, whose whereabouts are…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Mahalo Gregg, married man, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homestar Financial Corp., on the 19th day of December, 2016, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…
(ROANOKE) Mr. Jesse B Smith of Roanoke died Thursday, March 22, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. The funeral will be at Canaan Baptist Church, Welch, on Wednesday March 28, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Calvin Trammell Sr. officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains will lie in state…
(WEDOWEE) Mrs. Sindia Nail Hardin, 86, formerly of Wedowee, passed away at Traylor Retirement Community on March 22, 2018. A private graveside service was held at Wedowee City Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Mrs. Hardin was born in Holly Pond on Dec. 27, 1931, to Noah Nail and Bessie Hendrix Nail. She was…