One only has to pick up a copy of The Randolph Leader on nearly any week to realize we have a problem with illegal methamphetamine here–use, manufacture and sale.We don’t hear that much about abuse of opioids–pain relievers and other prescription drugs that are addictive–though we do hear about the opioid “epidemic” that is affecting…

WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education took care of several personnel items during a called meeting on Tuesday afternoon, June 27. The board approved the following teachers and staff for the upcoming school year:  Caitlin Stanford as elementary teacher at Woodland High School.  Charles Wood as history teacher at Woodland.  Sarah Lynch as math teacher at…

“My Uncle Ichabod said, ‘Speakin of the city, it ain’t no place for women, gal, but pretty men go thar.” W.C. Fields, “The Fatal Glass of Beer” I don’t get out much anymore, and when I do I try to avoid places that have more people than dogs, which I think is a pretty good…

As we take a mid-year look at Alabama politics, it has been an eventful first half of the year. It is not every year that a governor resigns mid-term. Governor Robert Bentley’s resignation from office on April 10 will more than likely be the most newsworthy story of the year. Bentley’s saga had begun 18…

WEDOWEE–During a called meeting on June 29, Randolph County Commission approved a plan to lease roll-off containers for use at the landfill until a new cell can be dug and opened there. County engineer Burrel Jones said, “We’re practically full. Some areas are usable, but it’s hard to access and dangerous for individuals to back…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Agnes M. Simpson to SunTrust Mortgage, Inc. dated May 22, 2006; said mortgage being recorded in Book 497, Page 636,, as modified by that certain Modification Agreement in Book 576,…

NOTICE OF SALE The following item has been abandoned at 9802 Old Hwy. 431, Wedowee, AL 36278 and will be sold on Aug. 1, 2017 at 6 p.m. at the same address. 8×16 Black Utility Trailer Jeff Watts 312 Cumberland Dr. LaGrange, GA 30240 (27-30)

ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that M.G. Brooks & Son Construction, Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for a New Weight Room Addition at Handley High School Football Stadium for Roanoke City Schools at Roanoke, AL, for the State of…

LEGAL NOTICE Angela G. Davis (Heflin, Alabama) and Darcilla D. Richardson (Heflin, Alabama) have applied to the Federal Reserve Board for permission to retain more than 10 percent of the shares of East Alabama Financial Group, Inc. and thereby become part of the previously approved Davis family control group. East Alabama Financial Group, Inc. controls…

(LEEDS) Martha Louise Hicks, 78, of Leeds, formerly of Roanoke, died June 23, 2017. The funeral was Wednesday, June 28, at Kilgore Funeral Home Chapel. Interment followed at Forest Crest Cemetery. Mrs. Hicks is survived by a son, David Hicks of Leeds. She was preceded in death by her former husband, Dean Hicks, and a…

(LANETT) Thelma Hornsby Lauderdale, 95, died Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Andalusia Manor in Andalusia. Graveside services will Monday, July 3, at noon EDT at Oakwood Cemetery in Lanett. She was originally from Lanett and was born March 18, 1922. She worked at Charter Federal Bank in West Point, Ga., until she retired. She was…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Edward Matthew Driver, 86, of Roanoke will be Monday, July 3, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Welcome Home Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Driver died peacefully at Traylor Nursing Home on Friday, June 30. A Cleburne County native, Mr. Driver…

(WADLEY) Graveside services for Helen Ruth Folds, 83, of Wadley will be Monday, July 3, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Rev. Dale Jones officiating. Mrs. Folds died Saturday, July 1, at LaFayette Nursing Home. A Spalding County, Ga., native, Mrs. Folds was born Feb. 18, 1934, the daughter of J.T.…

(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Annie Laura Landers Scott Denney, 105, died at Wynfield Park in Albany, Ga., on July 1, 2017. Graveside services will be Wednesday, July 5 at 10 a.m. at Antioch Christian Church Cemetery, Roanoke (Chambers County). The Rev. Terry Rainwater will officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 until…

The funeral for Mable Lee Woodgett, 85, was at 1 p.m. on Saturday, July 1, 2017, at Pine Flat Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial followed in the church cemetery. Survivors include one daughter, Wanda Watts (Torrey) of Birmingham; three sons, Thomas L. Woodgett Jr. (Eyvette) of Anniston, Carl Woodgett (Ricey) of…

(WOODLAND) Kathryn Faye Lovvorn of Woodland died Wednesday, June 28, 2017. She was 60. The funeral was Sunday, July 2, at 2 p.m. EDT at Sardis Baptist Church in Bowdon, Ga. Bro. Darnell Teal and Bro. Spencer Kilgore officiated. Interment will followed at Corinth Baptist Church Cemetery, Bowdon. Mrs. Lovvorn was born in Carrollton, Ga.,…

(ROANOKE) Anne Fetner, 88, of Roanoke died Tuesday, June 27, 2017, at LaFayette Nursing Home. Graveside services will be Thursday, June 29, at 10 a.m. at Mt. Zion Christian Church Cemetery with the Rev. Bill Calhoun officiating. Mrs. Fetner was born in Randolph County April 10, 1929, to the late Carl Duke and the late…