The final score doesn’t back this up, but Wadley played probably its toughest opponent of the season in Friday’s Class 1A second-round playoff game against Isabella. The fact that Wadley won 55-19 against that opponent may mean Wadley is on to something special in this 2017 postseason.The Bulldogs were tested early, but they scored 28…
A missed opportunity early and an inability to generate consistent offense sent Ranburne to a 17-7 loss to Lamar County in the second round of the Class 2A state playoffs Friday. The loss ends Ranburne’s season after the team pulled off a first-round upset of Tarrant last week. “Tis the way the season’s gone,” said…
Central-Clay County’s season ended in the second round of the state playoffs for the third time in the last four years as they fell to Demopolis 17-6 Friday. Central never really got its running game going against a strong defensive front from Demopolis. “That was a big concern of ours going in, and they were…
When RCHS head coach Pat Prestridge has a really good team – like he does this year – he routinely compares that team to his 2003 squad that won the Class 2A state championship. It’s a natural thing to do. As humans we look for patterns, order in what otherwise would be chaos. That’s just…
NOTICE Wedowee Water, Sewer and Gas Board is required to monitor and report your drinking water for contaminants on a regular basis. Results of regular monitoring are an indicator whether or not your drinking water meets health standards. Due to computer error, the months of January through September of 2017 we did not report turbidity…
LEGAL NOTICE During the November 13, 2017 meeting the Randolph County Commission enacted a Resolution to close (vacate) a section of County Road 645 as described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of County Road 34 and County Road 645, for a point of beginning, thence run northerly along said County Road 645 a distance…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EUDENE WHALEY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Eudene Whaley, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of November, 2017, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
(ROANOKE) Earl Eugene Pogue, 53, of Rebecca Lane, Roanoke, died Wednesday, Nov. 15, 2017. Mr. Pogue was on Border Street in Roanoke visiting with friends, when he died. Public viewing and visitation for Mr. Pogue will be Wednesday, Nov. 22, from 1 to 2 p.m. at East Roanoke Pure Holiness Church of God, prior to…
(LANETT) Martin Lehman Scott of Lanett died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley. Visitation for Lehman will be at Bluffton Funeral Services, Tuesday, Nov. 21, from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. EST, followed by the funeral service in the chapel of Bluffton Funeral Services. Interment will be at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett.…
(WOODLAND) Graveside services for Grover Barry Payne, 66, of Woodland were Monday, Nov. 20, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Wedowee City Cemetery with Bro. Matt Browning officiating. Mr. Payne died Saturday, Nov. 18, at Clay County Hospital. A Randolph County native, Mr. Payne was born March 6, 1951, the son of Grover Payne II and…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Annie Jeanette Clifton, 75, of Woodland will be Saturday, Nov. 18, 2017, at noon at Gray Hill Church of God with the Rev. Jerome Whaley and Tasha Whittle officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30-8 p.m. on Friday. Mrs.…
(WOODLAND) The funeral service for Billie Patterson Tucker, 79, of Woodland will be Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with Bro. Wade Price officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mrs. Tucker died Tuesday, Nov. 14, at her home. She was a native of Talladega and…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Michael Anthony Gore, 48, of Franklin, Ga., died at his home. A memorial service will be Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017, at 2 p.m. EST in the chapel of Stutts Funeral Home with the Rev. Lynn Janney officiating. The family will accept guests at Stutts Funeral Home from 1 – 2 p.m. prior to…
(GRAHAM) Ezra Myron Church Jr. of Graham died Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017, in a Rome, Ga., hospital. The service will be Friday, Nov. 17, at 2 p.m. EST in the chapel of Hightower Funeral Home with the Revs. David Daniel and Don Butler officiating. Music will be furnished by Bonnie Sanders, Chris Keaton, Gita Spradlin…
Pleasant Home had a few surprises on offense for Wadley early on, but the Bulldogs overcame those with another scoring onslaught to notch a 64-18 win in the first round of the class 1A playoffs. “We weren’t quite sure exactly what they were going to try to do,” said Wadley head coach Ken Fordham. “That…
In a high-intensity playoff atmosphere, Central-Clay County rolled to a 42-14 first-round win over the Charles Henderson Trojans in Lineville Friday. Central running back Cam Peoples rushed 18 times for 199 and three touchdowns and was one of four Central players to cross the goal line, as the Trojans had no answer for the Volunteer’s…
A fast start on both sides of the ball gave RCHS the early cushion it needed, and the Tigers poured it on with three touchdowns in the final five minutes of the second quarter before proceeding to a 42-6 win over North Sand Mountain in the first round of the Class 3A state playoffs Thursday.…
The deadline for the Nov. 22 (Thanksgiving week) issue of The Randolph Leader will be Friday, Nov. 17, at 5 p.m. The paper will go to press Monday night. It will be placed in newspaper racks and taken to the post offices on Tuesday.
Guy Thompson and James Johnson of Guy Thompson Construction began demolishing the old Rite Aid building Monday Ð a project that may take several weeks to complete. Dr. David Towers, who at one time was interested in buying the large building across from McDonald’s, stopped by to see how it was going. Thompson noted when…
You won’t find many people who expected Ranburne to do what it did Friday at Tarrant, but you can count head coach Stephen Bailey as one of them. The Bulldogs, the No. 4 seed from 2A, Region 5 went on the road and knocked off the No. 1 seed from Region 7 by a score…