For some county schools Monday’s official first day of football practice looked pretty much the same as in years past. For others the changes even from a year ago are more extremely pronounced.Here’s a look at the county teams and how their first day of practice in 2017 was different than in years past, ranked…
I love the first Monday in August. I love it for a few reasons. One, any day in August is awesome because that means that July is over. I like July about as much as I like warm brown bananas. Blech. I wish we could put July in the freezer and use it later for…
After warning readers last week about known scams that have been separating victims from their money, early this week we received two warnings about phone scams that have been targeting people in the immediate area. One warning comes from the phone company, TEC, about a scam specifically targeting their customers. If you receive a phone…
As relations with Cuba began to soften, Alabama business folk began thinking of stuff we could sell to Cuba. Lumber. Poles. Wood chips. Paper products. Automobiles. Chicken. Chicken? Yep, chicken. Think about it. Alabama has lots of chickens. Cubans like chickens. Moreover, they prefer the dark meat. Most folks here prefer the white. Works out…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Equine and Ag Center and Waypoint Ranch’s Peace at Home Project will join together to build programs that provide services and support to active duty service members, veterans and their families in the Southeast. The purpose of this partnership is to create a successful equine-assisted therapeutic retreat program for people who are living…
After 39 years of operation, Buffalo Arena north of LaFayette will host its final horse show on Saturday, Aug. 19. The farewell celebration show will begin at 11 a.m. The show will be double-judged to make up for a rainout on July 1. Points will be earned for Buffalo Arena, East Alabama Horseman Association (EAHA),…
Folks we are getting down to the proverbial lick log in the much-anticipated vote for the open U.S. Senate seat vacated by Jeff Sessions. After 20 years in the U.S. Senate as our junior U.S. senator, Sessions left to become Donald Trump’s attorney general. He probably regrets this decision. When the race began it looked…
CONCORD–A fire and explosions believed to be started from propane gas caused even greater destruction to a residence in the Concord community that was being renovated from an earlier fire in late March. According to Randolph County E-911, the call came at 8:44 a.m. on Friday of last week to 76 County Rd. 833. The…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education met on Thursday afternoon to make a few last-minute personnel decisions. The board approved Keith Smith as principal of Woodland Elementary School. They accepted the resignation of Jackie Maduro as sixth-grade math teacher at Wedowee Middle School. They also approved: Cathy Stephens as transportation secretary. Ricky Lane Moore as substitute…
The Randolph County Animal Shelter is holding an open house and celebration Saturday, Aug. 12, from 10 a.m. to noon to commemorate the 5,000 animals adopted out over the past 10 years. Evelyn and Chuck Smith, involved in forming the shelter and keeping it going, invite everyone to come celebrate this shelter milestone, tour the…
Randolph County Probate Judge George Diamond, who oversees elections, reminds voters the Ofelia polling place is moving to Mt. Prospect Baptist Church Fellowship Hall for the upcoming election. The church is at 297 County Rd. 38, Lineville. He said he has a sign placed at Ofelia directing voters to the other location in case they…
The Wadley Town Council voted Monday night for 10 percent of their alcohol sales to go to the Randolph County Economic Development Authority, Mayor Donna McKay said. They also approved purchasing a John Deere Gator to replace the old one that died and was almost 20 years old. McKay said someone looked at the old…
Two Roanoke men were injured on Tuesday afternoon of last week when the vehicle they were in went off Doublehead Road and hit a persimmon tree. Albert Lewis Trammell, 67, was the driver of the 2005 Chevrolet Malibu. He was taken by ambulance to Wedowee Hospital. His passenger, Billy G. Owensby, 57, was taken by…
Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association and the Piedmont Plateau Birding Trail will have the 2017 Birding Paddle on Fox Creek at Lake Wedowee on Saturday, Aug. 12, at 7 a.m. starting at the Fox Creek birding site off Hwy. 48 halfway between Wedowee and Lineville. For more information, contact Joanne at 256-786-0541 or email [email protected].
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Richard C. Rochester and Winette Carol Rochester, on the 16th day of March, 2002 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of…
PUBLIC NOTICE The Randolph County Commission is considering the feasibility of closing a section of roadway in the Big Springs Community being more particularly 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 of…
ADVERTISEMENT OF COMPLETION In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Kent Consolidation Construction, Inc. DBA KC Construction, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Water Intrusion Repairs, Contract #2014462, located at Southern Union State Community College, 750 Roberts St., Wadley, AL 36276 for the Southern Union State…
NOTICE OF ADOPTION HEARING PROBATE COURT OF CALHOUN COUNTY CASE NO. 2017-0290 TO: Jenna Cagle, the natural mother of J.R.V. Please take notice that a Petition for Adoption of the above named minor child, who was born to Jenna Cagle and C.A.V. on or about the 4th day of July, 2012, has been filed in…
(VALLEY) Carolyn Wilson Haynes, 92, of Valley died Monday, Aug. 7, 2017, at her residence. The funeral will be Wednesday, Aug. 9, at 3 p.m. EDT at Fairfax United Methodist Church with interment following in Fairfax Cemetery with the Rev. Paul Messer officiating. The family will receive friends at Fairfax United Methodist Church Tuesday from…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Clara Beatrice Hester Rollins, 99, of Woodland will be Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Rocky Branch Baptist Church with Bro. Clayton Scott and the Rev. Matt Browning officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Rollins passed away Saturday, Aug. 5, at Traylor’s Nursing Home. The family…