Invitation to BidThe City of Roanoke will be accepting sealed separate bids for the grounds maintenance (mowing and trimming) of Cedarwood and Booker Hill cemeteries in Roanoke. All bids must be received at City Hall by 10:00 a.m. on March 19, 2018 and will then be opened. The City reserves the right to reject any…
As the June primaries for our statewide races get closer, there is a lot of media attention and stories being written about the power being wielded by special interests, PACs and big money. They focus on the large amount of cash and influence being bet on the candidates for governor and the legislature. The Business…
(SPRING ARBOR, Mich.) Memorial services for Angela Ophelia Key Peterson, 59, of Spring Arbor, Mich., will be Saturday, March 17, 2018, at 10 a.m. at First Congregational Full Gospel Church of Anniston (corner of Deyo and Francis) with the Rev. James Abernathy and Rev. K. Troy Peterson officiating. A second memorial will be at Union…
(CULLMAN) The funeral for the Rev. Vernon Edwin Willis, 86, of Cullman, will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday, March 7, 2018, at Cullman Heritage Funeral Chapel, with interment in Emeus Cemetery. The Revs. Charles Dixon and Freddy Waldrop will officiate. Visitation will be from 6-8 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home. He died Saturday, March…
May 3, 1937 – March 3, 2018 Thomas “Stewart” Denney Sr., 80, of Chelsea died peacefully March 3, 2018, at Oak Park Nursing Home in Auburn. Born in the Almond community to Stiles Marshall Denney and Wilma Louise Stewart Denney, he was preceded in death by both parents and his wife of many years, Elnora…
(ROANOKE) Eula Mae Brown Roper, 93, of Roanoke died Friday, March 2, 2018. A funeral service was Sunday, March 4, at 2 p.m. with the Rev. Glen Pittman officiating. Interment followed at Sunrise Memorial Gardens. She was born Jan. 3, 1925, in Hog Mountain, Ga. Ms. Roper loved the outdoors. She had a bountiful garden…
(FIVE POINTS) Harold Thomas Hudson, 81, of Five Points died Thursday, March 1, 2018, at Gadsden Regional Medical Center in Gadsden. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, March 10th, at 11:00 Eastern time at Trinity on the Hill in LaGrange, Ga. The family will receive friends at the church on Saturday beginning at…
(VALLEY) Funeral services for Loretta Maria McCollough, 93, of Valley were Sunday, March 4, 2018, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tim Teague officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. McCollough died Thursday, March 1, at Bethany House in Auburn. A Cleburne County native, Mrs. McCollough was born Oct. 8, 1924,…
(ROANOKE) Thomas L. Adamson, 79, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Feb. 27, 2018, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice, LaGrange, Ga. The funeral was at Rehope Baptist Church in the Doublehead community on Saturday, March 3, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. H.L. Jones officiating. Interment was in the church cemetery. Mr. Adamson was born April 19,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Tony Ralph Thomas, 60, of Roanoke were Monday, March 5, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Graveside speakers were John Stevenson, Dennis Folds and Larry McFarland. Burial followed at the Thomas Family Cemetery, 1621 Doublehead Rd., Roanoke. Mr. Thomas died Friday, March 2,…
Funeral arrangements are pending for Thomas L. Adamson, 79, of Roanoke, who died Tuesday, Feb. 27, at Wellstar West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. Vines Funeral Home, LaFayette.
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Chris Heard, 18, of Wedowee will be Saturday, March 10, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial will follow at Bethlehem Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Heard died Sunday, Feb. 25, at his…
For three and a half quarters, Handley’s showdown with Madison Academy in the Class 4A Northeast Regional final was not a close game. Handley trailed by double digits for the majority of the first three quarters and found themselves down 19 with about six minutes to play in the fourth. That didn’t stop the Tigers…
LIBERTY GROVE–A fire destroyed a home on Monday afternoon in the Liberty Grove community between Wedowee and Woodland. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the house was located at 3001 County Rd. 58. Owner David Brian Lackey heard an explosion from the carport and saw black smoke. He got his five children…
Family, friends and co-workers gathered at Kids Town Park last Wednesday to plant a white dogwood tree and remember beloved former city clerk Penny Holloway. Mayor Mike Fisher declared Arbor week Feb. 18-24 and in the proclamation it lists some of the economic, environmental and aesthetic benefits of trees and forestland. This is the 18th…
It was part wrong number and part misunderstanding on Tuesday night of last week when a Handley High School student received what appeared to be a threat to the school. According to Roanoke Police Chief Adam Melton, it was about 11 p.m. when a student received a text from an unfamiliar phone number that said…
WEDOWEE–The staff of Randolph-Roanoke Career Tech Center in Wedowee welcomed superintendents and board members of both local school boards on Thursday evening for a joint meeting on the campus. Director Christy Fordham welcomed the group before going over all the programs offered to students from both school systems. These include: health science, industrial technology, building…
The Wadley Bulldogs went further in the playoffs than any other team in school history. Unfortunately that unprecedented run came up one game short of the state final four in Birmingham. Wadley fell behind early and was never able to muster a serious comeback threat as the Bulldogs fell to Cornerstone 71-53 in the Class…
WEDOWEE–During its Monday meeting, Randolph County Commission approved moving into the former Wedowee Clinic building on Woodland Avenue West. The move will be for the commission office and the county engineer’s office. Commissioner Doyle Allen noted there is not that much pubic traffic to the office anymore without the solid waste department. The jail architect…
Fred Smith, director of Stringfellow Health Fund Grants, presented an opportunity to the Roanoke City Council in a workshop Monday prior to Monday’s council meeting. Susie Parker Stringfellow 100 Year Legacy Project is enabling the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama to offer a new grant opportunity for communities called “Open Spaces Sacred Places.” A variety…