Roanoke City Council dealt with eight nuisance properties presented by attorney Laura Morgan but delayed acting on the Vine Street property owned by Irma Lee Hill.In the public hearing, Hill said she is a widow, and due to health problems, she cannot clean up her Vine Street property where she raised her children.She said she…
This time the last-minute touchdown didn’t mean anything. And Wadley was just fine with that. Marengo scored on a 46-yard touchdown run with 31 seconds left in the game, but all it did was change the final score from 34-14 to 34-20 in Wadley’s favor. Wadley had seen its last two postseasons end in dramatic…
Prior to this season only twice in the history of the AHSAA football playoffs have two teams from Randolph County advanced to the state semifinals in the same season. It happened in 2003 with Wadley and RCHS and again in 2004 with Wadley and Woodland. Since the high school football playoffs began in 1968, Randolph…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2016-900082 DONNA BARNETTE, TONYA HUDSON, and TRINA KING, PLAINTIFFS VS. LOUIE TIMOTHY MITCHEL, JR, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF SALE By Order of the Circuit Court of Randolph County, the undersigned Chad Lee, Commissioner appointed to make the sale, shall sell at public auction to the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ANNIE SUE JOHNSON, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Annie Sue Johnson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 17th day of Nov., 2017, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all…
(POWDER SPRINGS, Ga.) James R. Roberts, 82, of Powder Springs, Ga., died Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2017. The funeral was at 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 25, at Macland Baptist Church in Powder Springs with the Rev. David Holcombe officiating. Interment followed at Powder Springs Memorial Gardens. A native of Phenix City, Ala., Mr. Roberts was retired…
(FIVE POINTS) W.B. Berry, 87, of Five Points died Friday, Nov. 24, 2017. The funeral will be Wednesday, Nov. 29, at noon at Canaan Missionary Baptist Church in the Welch community with the Rev. Calvin Trammell Sr. as eulogist. Burial will follow in Skyview Memorial Gardens. Mr. Berry is survived by his wife, Evelyn Appleby…
(IRONDALE) Funeral services for Sandra Murphy Langley, 73, of Irondale were Sunday, Nov. 26, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jim Robertson officiating. Burial followed at Midway Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Langley died Wednesday, Nov. 22, at Compassus Hospice. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Langley was born Aug. 9, 1944,…
(ROANOKE) Infant Keith Ryan Forte Jr. of Roanoke died Monday, Nov. 13, 2017. His family includes his parents, Keith and Karalyn Forte of Roanoke; grandparents, Ellen and Vinson Bailey of Roanoke and Keith and Janice Henn of Loxahatchee, Fla.; two aunts; two uncles and five cousins. His grandfather, Floyd F. Forte Jr., preceded him in…
(LANETT) Funeral services for Mavis Virginia Bailey Almon, 83, of Lanett will be Saturday, Nov. 25, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. John Samanie officiating. Burial will follow at Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery, Woodland. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs.…
(ROANOKE) Willie Joe McCray Sr. of Yancey Street, Roanoke, died Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. His life will be celebrated on Saturday, Nov. 25, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church, Riley Street, Roanoke. Officiating will be Pastor Gilbert Staples, Rev. Terry Magby, Rev. William Dillard and other ministers.…
Lanier Color Company of Gainesville, Ga., and PCS Company of Fraser, Mich., have each made donations to the Plastic Injection Molding Program at Southrn Union State Community College, making several partial scholarships possible for the Plastics Injection Molding Program at Southern Union. The donations will provide scholarship opportunities for individuals who have expressed an interest…
On Wednesday evening, Nov. 15, Randolph County Narcotics Unit agent Larry Clark was contacted by Deputy Bernard Sheppard in reference to a traffic stop he was on at County Road 17 just off of U.S. Highway 22, Roanoke. Deputy Sheppard advised Agent Clark he had Anthony Sheron Foster aka “Precious” stopped in a 2004 Chevy…
Jordan Brown of Woodland High School has been awarded full tuition to Auburn University from the Auburn University Board of Trustees Scholarship. He is also a semi-finalist for the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation Scholarship and a semi-finalist for the United States Senate Youth Program Scholarship. Jordan plans to major in bio-medical sciences. Jordan is the son…
RCHS found an unlikely hero in an unlikely play call that came from an unlikely source. The play was the decisive blow in RCHS’s 35-28 win over Fultondale in the second round of the Class 3A state playoffs Friday. Atario Hester ripped off a 97-yard run from the RCHS 1-yard line to get his team…
Alabama Power Company Thurs.-Fri. TEC Thurs.-Fri. Banks Thurs. Randolph County Courthouse noon Wed.-Fri. Randolph County Water Authority Thurs.-Fri. Roanoke City Hall Thurs.-Fri. Roanoke Utilities Board Thurs.-Fri. Wedowee Town Hall noon Wed.-Fri. Wadley Town Hall Thurs.-Fri. Woodland Town Hall Thurs.-Fri. State/Federal Offices Thurs.-Fri. Awbrey Library Thurs.-Sat. Post Offices Thurs. County Schools Mon.-Fri. City Schools Wed.-Fri. The…
Monday, Nov. 13, Smokey Cole was sworn in to finish out the 5th District term of Amber Cofield, who resigned because of health reasons. Cole said he is glad to be back, and it will take him awhile to catch up. Because of the upcoming Christmas holidays, Roanoke City Council set meeting dates for Dec.…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Board of Education covered a variety of topics at their meeting on Thursday evening of last week. In personnel business, the board: ¥ Accepted the resignation due to retirement of Sheri Brown, general science teacher at Randolph County High School, effective Jan. 1. ¥ Approved Shannon Fincher and Taylor Herren as…
Roanoke City School Board met Nov. 14 in the Handley Middle School Media Center. During Superintendent Chuck Marcum’s financial report, he said the good news is that they had made the last payment of $75,000 on the school’s roof that cost $500,000. Continuous Improvement Plan The board approved the Annual Continuous Improvement Plan for HMS,…
A tractor trailer accident on Tuesday night of last week left many residents of Roanoke without electricity. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Gordan Lamar Morris, 74, of Jacksonville was driving a 2005 Volvo tractor-trailer for J&D Burgess Inc. of Anniston and traveling south on U.S. 431 approaching the curve at the entrance…