(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Teresa Kay Brown, 62, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jamie Taylor officiating.The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon-2 p.m. on Saturday.Mrs. Brown died Wednesday, Jan. 10, at East Alabama Medical Center.A lifelong resident of…
While most county teams have the majority of their area schedules ahead of them, Handley’s boys could have first place in its area wrapped up by the end of the week. The Tigers passed a major test with a win at Anniston Friday. That win means that with victories this week against Munford (Tuesday) and…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats came out of the holiday break by winning two of three games against their three county foes. The Lady ‘Cats were overmatched by Handley on Saturday, but they came up with wins against RCHS Wednesday and Wadley Monday. Here’s how those games went: Woodland 53, RCHS 36 Woodland held RCHS scoreless…
In a complaint filed Friday in the circuit court of Hale County against 49 Alabama sheriffs, the Atlanta-based Southern Center for Human Rights and the Alabama Appleseed Center for Law and Justice are seeking information about how much each sheriff has personally profited by taking money intended for feeding inmates in county jails. The sheriffs…
Woodland’s boys’ quest for their first win of the season was thwarted by two county foes as the Bobcats lost to RCHS Friday and Wadley Monday. That was the story Monday as Woodland fell to Wadley 62-44. The game was tied at 25-25 at the half, and Woodland trailed just 41-36 going into the fourth…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County HealthCare Authority Chairman Bill Caypless addressed Randolph County Commission on Thursday of last week to offer the county ownership of the Wedowee Hospital property and the Medical Arts Building behind it. Caypless said most of the equipment from the hospital has been sold, and demolition should begin within the next month. Because of…
I will try to keep this clean. Don’t want to offend the offendable. Not worried about the others. You know who you are. Well guess what? Not long ago an Associated Press-Ipsos survey revealed that nearly three-quarters of the people polled said that they encountered profanity in public from time-to-time. The poll didn’t say how…
UNION–A family of five has been displaced following a fire on Friday evening of last week. According to the report, the fire was reported at 5:30 p.m. at 1022 County Road 10 near Union Baptist Church in the north-central part of the county. Howard and Bertha Pauley and their three granddaughters were not at home…
A few months back the Jefferson County Republican Party honored our senior U.S. senator, Richard Shelby at The Club in Birmingham. The view from atop Red Mountain from this elegant club is spectacular, especially at night from the ballroom. The glass enclosure allows you to see the grandeur of the Birmingham skyline. As you glimpse…
The recent extremely cold weather has caused water pipes all over Roanoke to break. One of the most troublesome ones on North Main Street has been gushing water since last week, according to Brent Wilson, field supervisor with the Roanoke Utilities Board. Rather than rip up the street to find the leak they contacted the…
As a gracious Georgia fan, I will offer my congratulations to Nick Saban and Alabama and all you Tide fans and your countless trophies. The way that Alabama and Saban won Monday’s title game against Georgia will go down as one of the most daring and legendary coaching jobs in the history of the game.…
Bill Caypless, chairman of the Randolph County Healthcare Authority, provided the Roanoke City Council with information about Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama. They have broken records with the number of patients seen in the emergency room and are running a better patient census than they had at Wedowee Hospital, Caypless said. He said they went to…
WEDOWEE–A vehicle struck a house on County Road 33 near the Randolph County Landfill on Tuesday night of last week. The resident, John Clifford Bledsoe, reported that at approximately 8 p.m. he was in bed when he heard the loud bang. The vehicle had blown a tire during the accident, and so he followed the…
Alabama State Troopers investigated 23 traffic deaths during the Christmas and New YearÕs Day holiday travel period, which was from 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2017, to midnight Monday, Jan. 1, 2018. The total is significantly lower than the total from the same period in 2016, when Troopers investigated 31 traffic fatalities. The fatal traffic…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on November 13, 1997 by Michael S Kirkland and Denease Kirkland, originally in favor of SouthTrust Bank of Randolph County, and recorded in Book 352 at Page 67 on November 25, 1997, in the Office of…
Notice of R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Operations Information Meeting Alabama Power is preparing to begin the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission process to obtain a new operating license for the R.L. Harris Project (FERC No. 2628). This process involves a multi-year evaluation of the environmental, operational, and economic resource issues at the Harris Project. On January 31,…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 10th day of May, 2013 by Shaun Langley and Stacy Langley to Double Aries Investments, Inc., which said mortgage was recorded on May 10, 2013 and is recorded in the Office of the Judge…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Vickie Stamps Duke, 68, of Newell will be Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Steve Dempsey and Ed Halsey officiating. Burial will follow at Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Bremen, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m.…
(MORRIS) The funeral for Jesse D. Booker Jr. of Morris will be Thursday, Jan. 11, 2018, at 11 a.m. at Ridout’s Gardendale Chapel with the family receiving friends from 10-11 a.m. at the funeral home. A graveside service will follow at Glennwood Baptist Church Cemetery. Dr. Carl Beckwith will officiate. Jesse was a member of…
(BRANTLEY) Judy Rabon Woolley, 78, of Brantley, formerly of Roanoke, died Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017. A memorial service was at 11 a.m. on Saturday, Dec. 9, at Brantley United Methodist Church with Brother Dave Marnell officiating. Mrs. Woolley dedicated her life to educating and caring for both her elementary students and her husband’s players. She…