DICKERT – A 46-year-old Wadley woman was transferred from the scene by helicopter on Wednesday afternoon following a serious accident on Highway 22 near Dickert, where resurfacing has been going on.A 2015 Freightliner tractor-trailer was at the end of a line of cars waiting for the paving, when the woman’s 1999 Ford pickup truck struck…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Frances Smith, 74, of Roopville, died Wednesday, May 17, 2017. She was born on June 14, 1942, in Roanoke, Ala., the daughter of the late Trot Birdsong and Elizabeth G. Birdsong. She was retired, having worked for over 41 years with BBI, and she was a member of Veal Baptist Church. In addition…
(DELTA) The funeral service for the Rev. Jimmy Charles Yarbrough, 66, of Delta will be Saturday, May 20, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home, Lineville, with Bro. Buford Gaines officiating. Burial will follow in the Sellers Cemetery. Rev. Yarbrough died Wednesday, May 17, at St. Vincent’s Medical Center in Birmingham. A Randolph County…
(DADEVILLE) Herbert H. Richardson, 88, of Dadeville, formerly of Valley, died Sunday, May 14, 2017, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Graveside services will be Saturday, May 20, at 3 p.m. EDT at Shawmut Cemetery in Lanett with the Rev. Mike Newman officiating. The family will receive friends at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in…
(LANETT) Eugene “Geno” Trammell Jr., 83, of Lanett died Saturday, May 13, 2017, at Hospice LaGrange in LaGrange, Ga. Funeral services will be Friday, May 19, at 1 p.m. EDT at Ebenezer Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery. The remains will lie in state at the church Friday from noon until the funeral…
(LOXLEY) Artie Will Elizabeth Swann, 82, formerly of Pensacola, Fla. and a resident of Loxley, Ala., died Thursday, May 11, 2017. Ms. Swann was retired from Pen Air Federal Credit Union after 32 years of employment, was of the Baptist faith, former member of Elks Lodge and American Legion. She was preceded in death by…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Ilena Baker Matthews, 94, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, May 14, 2017, at Twin Fountains Nursing Home. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Thursday from the graveside in Meadoway Gardens Cemetery with the Rev. S. T. Janney officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Wednesday evening from 6-8…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Joseph Lashley Wilkins, 36, of Wadley will be Thursday, May 18, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Sprayberry and Gary Clark officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 10-11 a.m. on Thursday. Mr. Wilkins died Monday, May 15. Mr. Wilkins was…
The 42nd Annual Randolph County Learning Center Bike Hike is this Saturday, May 20. You may pre-register at the Learning Center this week or call 334-863-8991 for more information. Registration on Saturday begins at 7 a.m. at Roanoke Rec Center on West Point Street. The walk or ride begins at 8 a.m. The Bike Hike…
WADLEY–Don’t miss the flurry of activity taking place at Southern Union State Community College’s Wadley campus this June. Children entering the first through the sixth grades are invited to attend the annual Kids Kollege day camp. Held June 12-16, Kids Kollege gives the youth of east central Alabama an opportunity to explore various subjects in…
Summer on the Lake will be Saturday at Wedowee Marine South on Highway 48 West, Wedowee, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. The indoor event will take place rain or shine. “This is a great way for people to get a lot of information about the lake in one place because we’ll have so many…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education met on Tuesday evening of last week to deal with several personnel items, mainly transfers. The board approved the transfer of the following personnel: ¥ Kristi Triplett from pre-K teacher at Woodland High School to second-grade teacher at Wedowee Elementary. ¥ Randy Boyd from P.E. teacher at Woodland to P.E.…
The Roanoke City Council met Monday night and will not meet again until June 12. Mayor Mike Fisher said the next meeting will be at 5 p.m. with city attorney John Tinney to discuss the abatement process so everybody will be on the same page when it comes to taking care of nuisance properties. The…
LaFAYETTE–The speed limit is going up on County Road 278. During Monday’s meeting of Chambers County Commission, commissioners voted to raise the speed limit to 55 mph from the road’s intersection with Highway 431 at Welch to the Georgia state line. County Engineer Josh Harvill made the recommendation following a speed study by the Alabama…
After several months of complaints about Travis Lee “Trap” Branham allegedly selling methamphetamine, Randolph County Narcotics Unit served a search warrant on him at his residence located at 1055 Maple Dr. in Roanoke. On Monday Roanoke Police Department officers Mark Farmer and Bryar Crocket and Randolph County Sheriff’s Department K-9 unit deputy Justin Vallia and…
Handley fell excruciatingly short of its second straight state tournament appearance Saturday when the Lady Tigers dropped a 5-3 decision to Northside in the final elimination game at the South Central Regional in Troy. Northside scored three runs in the top of the seventh inning to erase a 3-2 Handley lead, and Handley was unable…
Over the past several weeks, members of Randolph County Narcotics Unit have received numerous complaints in reference to Darius Spratling allegedly selling marijuana from 734 Strozier St., Roanoke. After making controlled buys from Spratling, members of Randolph County Narcotics Unit obtained a search warrant. On Friday, May 12, members of Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and…
Randolph County Chamber of Commerce is excited to host the Ninth Annual Summer on Main Street Festival and Concert on Saturday, June 3, in Roanoke. Opening ceremonies for the festival and the Alabama 200 Bi-centennial Kick-off will begin at 7:30 a.m. The festival will bring a variety of arts, crafts and food vendors, along with…
RCHS used three big plays to claim a 21-0 win over Wadley, while Ranburne’s touchdown in the last two minutes proved to be the difference maker in a 16-9 win over Woodland at Friday’s spring jamboree in Woodland. In what was mostly a defensive standoff, RCHS gained the upper hand with a potent passing connection…
Roanoke Utilities Board general manager Jerry Revis said the recent Municipal Gas Authority of Georgia meeting was a good meeting and they are through with the mapping project. He met with Michael Hughes and said he was impressed because the mapping project shows every meter, fire hydrant and valve in town. Revis said they have…