Barktoberfest has been moved from Saturday, Oct. 28 to Saturday, Nov. 4 at 2 p.m. due to inclement weather. It takes place in the parking lot of Gerson’s Garden in downtown Roanoke. The fall book sale for Randolph County Animal Shelter at the old cotton warehouse has also been extended through that weekend. For those…
Months of planning and labor will come together this Saturday, Nov. 4, as Fredonia Heritage Association presents the popular one-day festival now in its ninth year. As always, there are new performers and vendors added to the blend of musical acts and crafts people that have proven popular in the past. Admission and parking continue…
Lewis O. Powell IV held a group spellbound at a lunch and learn at Awbrey’s Downtown Roanoke Meeting and Conference Center while speaking on ghosts and hauntings last Wednesday. He wrote and sold out of Southern Spirit Guide’s Haunted Alabama: A Gazetteer Southern Spirit Guide blog to Ghostlore, Legends and Haunted Places in the Heart…
MONTGOMERY–Alabama Community College System Chancellor Jimmy Baker on Thursday announced the selection of the Southern Union State Community College Strategic Planning Committee, as well as the dates for three community town halls. These efforts are part of the ongoing strategic planning initiative at the college, designed to address critical issues and culminating in the selection…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission accepted a schematic design for the new county jail during its Oct. 23 meeting. Sheriff David Cofield said they tweaked it a bit for changes in the office space. The design–which includes 203 beds–was created with a “safe number” of dollars because the county isn’t yet sure about the bonds and exactly…
With the Dec. 12 general election for the U.S. Senate seat on the horizon, those who have not registered in Randolph County have until Monday, Nov. 27, to do so. You can register in the Boards of Registers office adjacent to the county courthouse or by going on the Secretary of State’s website where there…
Fifty years after graduating Handley High School, the Class of 1967 is reuniting to honor two of its members. At a school assembly on Friday, Nov. 3, at 12:30, the HHS Class of ’67 will recognize Charlie Dunson and Joseph Whittaker, the first two African-American graduates of HHS, with a plaque commemorating and honoring these…
Randolph County’s annual Veterans Day Parade will be Saturday, Nov. 11. It is sponsored by American Legion Post 53. All veterans are invited to participate and ride on the veterans’ float. The guest speaker this year will be Command Sgt. Maj. Meacham Bailey, a decorated soldier with 29 years of military service. The color guard,…
Superintendent Chuck Marcum of Roanoke City Schools said Susan Menkal, Southeastern Summit coordinator, visited Handley Middle School on Sept. 25. Mrs. Menkal, from North Carolina, travels throughout the Southeast inspecting the implementation of the Summit program in participating schools. “She reported to me how impressed she was with how hard our 6th-8th teachers are working…
One thing led to another for two Valley men accused of a series of thefts. According to this week’s reports from Roanoke Police Department, a utility trailer was reported stolen from a County Road 79 address on Monday. Then the victim spotted his trailer on the side of the road across from Wellington Terrace Apartments.…
MONTGOMERY–The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is set to begin enforcing the Alabama Mandatory Liability Insurance Law (Act#2016-361). Last year, during the 2016 legislative session, the law was passed and signed by the governor to mandate all Alabama motorists have liability insurance. Beginning Wednesday, Nov. 1, those who choose to drive without liability insurance will face…
Handley overcame 25 penalties for 215 yards and still came away with a 34-21 win over Holtville on the road Friday. Despite all the flags, Handley won with relative ease as the Tigers held leads of 28-0 and 34-7 before two Holtville touchdowns in the game’s final three minutes produced the final margin. Holtville was…
Walter Wellborn took advantage of a pair of RCHS turnovers to keep the game close through the first half Friday night. The game was tied 7-7 for much of the second quarter, and RCHS – the No. 3 ranked team in Class 3A – held a slim 13-7 advantage at the half. But two third-quarter…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 3, 2009, executed by Terill L. Drake, an unmarried person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for American Southwest Mortgage Corp., which mortgage was recorded on April 8, 2009, in Mortgage Book…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by John Rudy Windsor, unmarried, originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 19th day of March, 2013, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
Too often we don’t think about flu vaccinationis until we have the flu. Then we wish we had heeded the advice to get a shot, but it’s too late. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 970,000 Americans were hospitalized due to the flu in 2014, and more than 40 million were…
I was saddened when I learned that Kathryn Tucker Windham had died at home in her beloved Selma. I could imagine the scene there then, imagine family and friends going out to the back shed and removing the Rose Point Crystal (service for 12, complete with water pitcher and butter dish) from the custom built…
With all the changes and uncertainty surrounding Alabama government in recent months, including political appointments, high level resignations, special elections, runoff elections and a host of new candidates tossing their names into the 2018 election circus, Alabamians might be relieved to know one thing remains steady and solid and many may never have heard of…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Joy Lynn Garner, 62, of Woodland will be Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017, at 1 p.m. at Providence Baptist Church with the Revs. Greg Norred and Terry Eason officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Garner…
(WACO, Ga.) Edna Ruth Robinson, 90, of Waco, Ga., died Tuesday, Oct. 24, 2017, at her residence. Services were Saturday, Oct. 28, at 2 p.m. at Shiloh Primitive Baptist Church with Elders Dave Chandler and Tommy Patterson officiating. Interment followed in the church cemetery. She was born in Hopewell, Ala., May 25, 1927, daughter of…