WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission heard from residents regarding a developer’s request to enlarge a subdivision.At the Aug. 28 meeting, county engineer Burrel Jones explained that the abutting property owners had received letters regarding this request. The Sweetwater subdivision is between two private roads. The water lines serving the lots are privately owned, but the lots are…
Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have risen 33.0 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $2.49/g yesterday, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has increased 23.8 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.64/g, according to gasoline price website GasBuddy.com.…
The Wadley Bulldogs turned Woodland head coach Jeremy Stanford’s debut into a night to forget, as Wadley blasted the Bobcats 47-7 in the season opener for both teams Friday in Woodland. Wadley’s seven touchdowns were scored by seven different players, and the Bulldogs defense held Woodland to zero first downs and a negative yardage total…
Handley had a couple of opportunities to keep the game close early, but in the end Callaway once again proved to be too much for the Tigers, as they put a stop to Handley’s 13-game winning streak with a 35-0 win in LaGrange Friday. “I thought we fought them hard the first half,” said Handley…
On one side you had a team with the longest active losing streak in the state. On the other was a top-10 squad with realistic state championship aspirations. The game went just about how you would expect under those circumstances. RCHS, the No. 10 team in class 3A, scored on the game’s opening kickoff and…
When two evenly matched teams reach a stalemate, the team that makes the most critical mistakes usually ends up on the losing end. That’s what happened for Clay Central Friday in its 28-14 loss to Benjamin Russell Friday Alexander City. The teams went toe-to-toe for two quarters as they reached halftime knotted at 14. The…
Ahhh. As I write this on Tuesday morning I’m doing the football equivalent of sitting in my recliner, propping me feet up and loosening my belt a couple of notches after thanksgiving dinner. I’m stuffed on football, and it’s one of the best feelings in the world. And the good thing is we get to…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James Bell, Jr. single and Tawanda Calloway, single, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., on the 4th day of April, 2007, said mortgage…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carrie Smedley Whatley A/K/A Carrie L. Smedley And George Whatley Husband And Wife to Conseco Finance Corp. – Alabama dated April 30, 2002; said mortgage being recorded in Book 428,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JOE STANLEY MITCHELL, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Joe Stanley Mitchell, deceased, having been granted to Debra Stallings on the 21st day of August, 2017, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BILLY SMITH, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Billy Smith, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of August, 2017, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MARIAN SMITH EDGE, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Samuel Ira Edge on the 29th day of August, 2017, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JOE JORDAN, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Jason Jordan, Atlanta, GA You will take notice that on the 24th day of August, 2017, a Petition for Final Settlement was filed in the Probate Court of Randolph County for the Estate of Joe…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JAMES DUNN, DECEASED NOTICE OF FINAL HEARING That a final hearing has been set for 10:00 a.m. on the 27th day of Sept., 2017, in the Probate Courtroom at the Randolph County Courthouse. This notice of final hearing is to give the…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Outdoor Aluminum, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Improvements to Handley High School Football Stadium, Proposal B (16-115B) Roanoke, Alabama, for the State of Alabama and the Roanoke City Board of Education, Roanoke,…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Outdoor Aluminum, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for Improvements to Handley High School Football Stadium, Proposal B (16-115B) Roanoke, Alabama, for the State of Alabama and the Roanoke City Board of Education, Roanoke,…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Outdoor Aluminum, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for the Replacement Visitor Bleachers to Wadley High School Football Stadium, Wadley, Alabama, for the State of Alabama and the Randolph County Board of Education, Wedowee,…
Notice of R.L. Harris Hydroelectric Project Issue Identification Workshop 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 October…
The weather conditions that created Hurricane Harvey and led to widespread flooding in Texas have resulted in what has been called a 1,000-year flood. This is expected to be the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history, exceeding the total economic impact of Katrina and Sandy combined. Massive relief efforts are underway, first to rescue…
I recently read that a bunch of surveys conducted by the University of North Carolina’s Center for the Study of the American South revealed that during the last decade of the 20th century the number of folks living down here who actually considered themselves to be Southerners declined 7.4 percent. This got me to wondering–just…