WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission approved a return to the four-day workweek for the highway department during Daylight Saving Time.During Monday’s meeting, Commissioner Larry Roberts said about 60 percent of Alabama counties are on a four-day work schedule. The pros of a four-day week include fewer hours of non-productive time between the shop and work sites; reduction…

WEDOWEE – Randolph County Board of Education approved the 2018-2019 school calendar at a meeting on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Here it is for parents to clip and save: Aug. 2            Teacher institute Aug. 3            Teacher in-service Aug. 6            Teacher in-service Aug.…

Toxicology results are pending on the bodies of a Roanoke couple who committed suicide together. The bodies of David Alan Whitley, 70, and Linda Joyce Whitley, 68, of 110 Cynthia Circle were discovered by a friend on Feb. 10. According to Chief Adam Melton, investigators found nothing at the scene, but gathered information about a…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Laura J. Burge and Christopher L. Burge, wife and husband, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., on the 27th day of February, 2009, said mortgage recorded…

Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. NH-0001(601) RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on March 30, 2018 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Planing, Resurfacing, and Traffic Stripe on SR-1…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Eldon Troy Ferguson, Jr., a married man and Betty J. Ferguson, his wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for BSM Financial, L.P. dba Banksource Mortgage, on the 14th day…

INVITATION TO BID Contractors interested in bidding on Weatherizing homes and assessors interested in proposing to assess homes for Weatherization in the Talladega, Clay, Randolph, Calhoun, and Cleburne County areas need to provide name, mailing address, and telephone number to the Community Action Agency of TCRCC. Interested contractors must provide a copy of their Liability…

SMALL TOWN BANK – Publication of Notice Small Town Bank, an Alabama Banking Corporation headquartered at 117 Main Street, Wedowee, Alabama 36278, has submitted an application to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation and to the Alabama State Banking Department for authority to establish a branch office of Small Town Bank at the 45 East Paulding…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY TO: LEVITICUS LEE LEVERITT Take notice that a Petition for the Change of name of minor child, whose birth date is December 29, 1999, has been filed in this Court, and that you were listed as the father of said child on the birth certificate. A hearing on…

Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey last week created a council to study school safety. She said it should consider all ideas, including securing schools, intervening with students who are identified as posing risks of violence, and updating and standardizing emergency operation plans for schools. She asked for a report by April 30. One specific proposal, a…

Yuh know, th’ good Lord was int’rusted in fishermen. Bob Curtis, Coosa River, 1938 Alabama is full of rivers and streams. Those rivers and streams are full of fish. Though I grew up between the Alabama and the Tombigbee, my favorite of them all is the Coosa. It is also the one that man has…

Well, folks, the 2018 political year has begun and all of the horses are in the chute. It is going to be a good year for horse races. Perennially, the year of the governor’s race has been the best year for Alabama politics. Historically, most Alabamians have been more interested in who they elect as…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Mrs. Maurice Bradley Lee, 97, of Wedowee will be Saturday, March 17, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Rev. Corky Addison officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Lee died Tuesday,…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Annie S. “Dean” Hayes, 85, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, March 11, 2018, at WellStar West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. The funeral will be Wednesday, March 14, at 2 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with interment following in Marseilles Cemetery in West Point, Ga. Her family will…

(ROANOKE) Jaylon Quanterrious Branyy’on Cook, 18, of Chemical Street, Roanoke, died early Monday morning, March 12, 2018, at the residence of his cousin on Strong Street in Roanoke. Jaylon was born Sept. 23, 1999, in Roanoke to Felicia Cook Nolan and Wayne Trammell. He grew up in Roanoke, where he spent the majority of his…

(GRAHAM) Anita Presnal McManus of Graham died Saturday, March 10, 2018. She was 36. Funeral services will be Saturday, March 17, at 11 a.m. at Bowdon Baptist Church. Bro. Tony McManus and Bro. David Daniel will officiate. After the services and in accordance with her wishes, her body will be cremated. The family will receive…

(PEACHTREE CITY, Ga.) Ruth B. Bedford of Peachtree City, Ga., former resident of Roanoke, died near her childhood home of Caledonia, N.Y. on December 10, 2017, while visiting her mother. A memorial service was held Dec. 16 at Albert Funeral Home in Caledonia. Another memorial service will be held Saturday, March 24, 2018, at 11…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for the Rev. John L. Bishop, 71, of Roanoke were Sunday, March 11, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Cornerstone Church with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Private burial followed at Corinth Christian Church Cemetery, Wadley. Rev. Bishop died Friday, March 9, 2018, at UAB Palliative and Comfort Care in Birmingham. A Birmingham…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James Hoyt Yates Jr., 89, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ricky Emery officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Yates died Saturday,…

(PELL CITY) Funeral service for Juliette “Judy” Green Yates, 86, of Pell City will be Tuesday, March 13, 2018, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Kilgroe Funeral Home. Interment will follow at Valley Hill Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Mrs. Yates…