(WOODLAND) Timothy Lynn “Tim” Cole, 48 of Woodland passed away Tuesday, March 20, 2018.The funeral will be Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. EDT at Roopville Road Baptist Church in Roopville, Ga., with Dr. Stephen Peeples officiating. Interment will follow in Carroll Memory Gardens in Carrollton, Ga.The family will receive friends at the funeral home…
(SPARTANBURG, S.C.) Virginia Poole McKinney, 89, wife of the late John Russell McKinney, died Monday, March 19, 2018, peacefully at her home. The family will receive friends Thursday, March 22, from 10-11 a.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home. The funeral will follow in the chapel at 11 A.M., officiated by the Rev. Sal Barone. Burial will…
The RCHS Tigers began area play Tuesday in search of their sixth straight area championship. And if they are successful in keeping that streak alive, the sixth title will bear some eerie similarities to the first. In 2013 Brad Benefield was the team’s bona fide ace starting pitcher. He made nine appearances and went 4-0…
The toughest portion of the area schedule still lies in front of Woodland, but the Bobcats passed their first area test of the season last week and did so with a satisfying series win over rival Ranburne. Woodland thwarted a late potential rally in game one at Ranburne last Tuesday and came away with a…
Students in eighth and 11th grades throughout Randolph County got to participate in hands-on activities to discover different careers at the Worlds of Work (WOW) at Oxford Civic Center on March 13 and 14. WOW is designed to help students make smart choices for their future, encourage them to finish school and create awareness about…
The 7th Annual Hwy 22 Yard Sale will be Saturday, April 7, beginning at 6:00 AM. The event will begin in Tallapoosa County at New Site, follow Highway 22 thru the Town of Wadley, continuing along Hwy 22 into the City of Roanoke to Rock Mills, and end at the Georgia State Line. In downtown…
The Wadley baseball and softball teams hosted Loachapoka Friday in the first area contests for both teams this season, and both Wadley teams came away with convincing wins. About the same time that Wadley’s girls were scoring 19 runs in the first inning of a 19-3 win, the boys were down the street at Jabo…
The Public Affairs Research Council of Alabama (PARCA) studies issues affecting the state and issues periodic reports. The latest one released last week looks at Alabama’s slow population growth when compared with other states. Major reasons are Alabama’s high death rate and low rate of international migration. So what if Alabama’s population growth is not…
Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum believes in being proactive, not reactive. “We have a school safety plan we do every year. The principals, school resource officers and leadership teams at their schools work on it every year,” he said. Since the mass school shooting happened Feb. 14 in Parkland, Fla. Roanoke schools have had…
Down on the coast, locals are getting ready for the Spring Break invasion. Which means Snowbird season is almost over. “Snowbirds.” A name that was once spoken in derision that has now become a term of endearment, at least among coastal Chambers of Commerce and Tourist Development Councils. Snowbirds are the consequence of a carefully…
In a workshop prior to the last Roanoke Council meeting Ryan Kallem, principal planner with East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission, recommended the council pass a resolution seeking a grant for the fourth time to resurface eight roads. Tim Jacobs, city zoning administrator/purchasing agent, said Ryan has written the Community Development Block Grant applications…
When talk turns to politics in Alabama, it usually leads to the governor’s race. In Alabama politics the governor’s office is the brass ring. It is talked about more than anything else around coffee clubs and kitchen tables from Sand Mountain to the Wiregrass. It is comparable to college football being the king of all…
Two Roanoke teens–originally charged with tampering with evidence in the shooting death of Jaylon Cook–now face burglary charges as well. Zaquavious Cofield, 18, of 1348 Stanley Ave. and Jimmie Lee Allen IV, 18, of 1468 Hwy. 431 are charged with burglary (non-residence by force), possession of burglary tools and fourth-degree theft of property. These charges…
A two-vehicle crash at 3:32 p.m. Saturday claimed the life of a Woodland man. Casey Ridchard Langston, 23, was traveling east on Highway 48 in a 1997 Toyota Corolla when he was struck by a 2005 Dodge Ram truck that was attempting to turn left onto County Road 103 in the Providence community. The collision…
ABANDA–Sheriff Lockhart reports that in the evening hours of March 14, local law enforcement officers and state agents of the Alabama Drug Enforcement Task Force executed a search warrant at 16350 Hwy. 77 in the Abanda area. During the execution of this search warrant, agents located Kenneth A. Ballard and Jeremy L. Cofield on the…
Thoughts from the first four days of the NCAA tournament: • First of all, a 16-seed beat a 1-seed! The Google search for “What does UMBC stand for?” was trending for a few hours on Friday night because anyone (like me) who wasn’t watching their game against Virginia had basically no idea. (More on this…
PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) are proposing to build a 310 foot Self-Support Telecommunications Tower. Anticipated lighting application is medium intensity dual red/white strobes. The site location is 25191 County Road 87 in Graham, Randolph County, AL 36263 (33° 28’ 11.81” North and 85° 19’…
REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR ENGINEERING SERVICES NOTICE The City of Roanoke, Alabama is now soliciting proposals from qualified firms for professional services to be provided in connection with the Community Development Block Grant Program for a road repaving project. Proposals must be submitted to the City of Roanoke no later than 5:00 p.m., April 6,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF NETTIE RUTH BAILEY, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Take notice that Letters Testamentary having been granted to John Robert Bailey and Patricia Lynn Bailey Baggett as Personal Representatives of the Estate of Nettie Ruth Bailey, deceased, on March 12, 2018, by the Honorable George…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ROY W. NAPPIER, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Roy W. Nappier, deceased, having being granted to the undersigned on the 12th day of March, 2018 by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all…