A senior class that was 27 players strong and formed the nucleus of a state championship team is gone, leaving Handley head coach Larry Strain with nothing but a reset button and a talented, but unproven football team.Strain pressed that reset button and got his first look at the future of Handley football Saturday as…
The regional tournament followed the same pattern for Wadley, Woodland and RCHS as each team lost its first game, won its second and was eliminated in its third game to finish 1-2 for the tournament. Wadley and RCHS played in the South Central Regional in Troy, while Woodland played in the North Central Regional in…
On Friday in Troy, Roanoke City Schools superintendent Chuck Marcum took a little bit of the sting out of a season-ending loss by telling a grieving team who its next coach would be. Fresh off a 5-3 loss to Northside that prevented Handley from making a second-straight trip to the state tournament Marcum congratulated the…
I have a love-hate relationship with spring football games. I love that there’s football in May. I hate that it’s just one game. I hate that there’s no college football on TV the next day. I hate that I have to wait three more months for another game. So I guess it’s a love-hate-hate-hate relationship.…
Alabama continues to struggle to find a way to humanely house its inmates, whose numbers strain the inadequate correctional facilties available. How to pay for new prisons is a question that continues to vex our legislature. Wisely, more and more people within Alabama’s justice system have come to view sentencing reform as more and more…
The legislature of the state of Alabama never ceases to amaze me. Especially when it comes to passing innovative laws to get around other laws. And of all the laws gotten around innovatively, liquor laws are the most innovatively gotten around. Consider. Back at the start of the 20th century, in an effort to shut…
The race for our open U.S. Senate seat will be the marquee political event for the remainder of this year. It will be a great show. However, we have a sensational and pivotal 2018 governor’s race evolving simultaneously. This much-anticipated gubernatorial derby will be affected by the preliminary Senate horse race. The political landscape has…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Eldon Troy Ferguson Jr., a married man and Betty J. Ferguson, his wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for BSM Financial, L.P. dba Banksource Mortgage, on the 14th day…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on August 24, 2012 by Monica Brown, a married woman, John Brown, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Coldwell Banker Mortgage, and recorded in Mortgage Book 576 at Page…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of a mortgage executed to the undersigned, CharterBank, by Jennifer H. Beckom, a married woman, on the 31th day of August, 2015, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by JOEL ROBERT HOLLIS, an unmarried man, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, dated the 28th day of March, 2007, and recorded…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Thomas Cunningham, an unmarried man, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for American Advisors Group, on the 30th day of January, 2015, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF ROBERT J. WALDREP, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Take notice that Letters Testamentary having been granted to Timmy Gene Waldrep as Executor of the Estate of Robert J. Waldrep deceased on the 8th day of May, 2017, by the Honorable George Diamond. Notice…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: BENNY HEFLIN HALLMAN, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Benny Heflin Hallman, deceased, having been granted to Ronald Traylor on the 9th day of May, 2017, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…
PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE Notice is hereby given that the Roanoke Planning Commission will conduct a public hearing pursuant to Section 11-52-77 of the Code of Alabama on Tuesday, June 13, 2017 at 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers, Roanoke City Hall. The purpose of this hearing shall be to receive public comments on an application…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Rod L Hayes to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for PRESTIGE MORTGAGE CO., INC., on September 29, 2000, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services have now been arranged for Sophie Loretta Grace Moore, 6 weeks, of Roanoke, who died Sunday, April 30. Visitation will be Friday, May 19, from 1-6 p.m. The funeral will be Saturday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at New Beginning Outreach Ministry, Seymour Drive, Roanoke. Burial will follow in Skyview Memorial Gardens.…
(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…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Sara Guevara, 72, of Newell will be Tuesday, May 16, 2017, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Juan Villanueva officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Guevara died Sunday, May 14, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A San Luis Potosi, Mexico, native, Mrs. Guevara was born…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Funeral services for Doris Mae Bolton Osbahr, 77, of LaGrange, Ga., will be Wednesday, May 17, 2017, at 10 a.m. CDT at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mark McGhee officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-7 p.m. CDT on Tuesday.…