(LANETT) Mrs. Linnie Heath, 89, of Lanett died Sunday, April 30, 2017, at EAMC LanierHospital in Valley.Funeral services will be held Friday, May 5 at 1 p.m. CDT at New Harmony Baptist Church, Roanoke (Clacksville community), with the Rev. Douglas Jones Sr. officiating, and the Rev. William Phillips, eulogist. Burial will follow at the church…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Linda Robinson Baldwin, 79, of Wedowee will be Friday, May 5, 2017, at 2 p.m. at Highway Congregational Methodist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from noon-2 p.m. on Friday. Ms. Baldwin died Saturday,…
(NEWELL) Funeral service for James Elbert Houston, 58, will be Thursday, May 4, 2017, at 11 a.m. at Oak Grove Worship Center with minister Brenda Montgomery officiating and pastor Frederick Brown eulogist. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Houston’s remains will arrive at the church one hour prior to his service. Mr. Houston…
Randy Boyd’s time as Woodland head football coach and athletic director has come to an end after three seasons. Boyd was let go in a brief meeting with principal Jeff Thompson two weeks ago. “I was told last Thursday to come in, and I was told that I was no longer the head coach and…
Reaching the third round of the state tournament – something no Handley baseball team has ever done – has been the stated goal of head coach Tyler Hall since he took over the program prior to last season. After a two-game sweep at the hands of defending state champion UMS-Wright Friday in Mobile, that goal…
The recognition continues to accumulate for Wadley’s Quae Drake. The most recent accolade for Drake came in the form of a roster spot on the North team for this summer’s North-South all-star basketball games when the teams were announced last week. The game is for players who have just completed their junior season. Drake is…
Wadley blasted Winterboro 17-0 in the Lady Bulldogs’ first game of the 1A, area 6 tournament Monday. The win put Wadley in the finals of the three-team tournament and assured them of an eighth straight trip to the regional tournament. Wadley is looking for its seventh area title in the past eight years. They will…
Mrs. Pike’s fifth-grade class at Rock Mills Junior High School got to experience “”drunk goggles”” last week during DARE class. School resource officer Willard Ford assisted students as they tried on different pairs of goggles with different intensities of impairment. The goal is to show students just how impaired their vision would be under the…
Early in the first act of Hamilton, after Alexander Hamilton has made his way to New York City to pursue his dreams, this talented, passionate young man sings “My Shot,” a song about seizing the moment and capitalizing on his innate talents. How appropriate that Desmond Nunn, a young, talented, passionate Alabamian, who went to…
WOODLAND–Woodland High School celebrated its 100-year anniversary welcoming a full house including parents, teachers, retired teachers, students, former students, community supporters and other visitors. The event was held in the Richard Laird Gym. Beginning the celebration was a reception for the guest speakers and retired teachers held in the WHS library hosted by the 2017…
Donna Hodges, director of special education and student services, gave an assessment update at last Tuesday’s Roanoke Board of Education meeting. Everything has changed in Montgomery with the State Department of Education, and on Saturday morning she was shocked to see the state had released system assessments on al.com. Having heard nothing about their release,…
WEDOWEE–Guilty pleas were recently taken in Fifth Judicial Circuit Court in Wedowee by Circuit Judge Tom F. Young prior to the court term beginning May 15. With the help of Gloria Stitt, translator, Juan Fernandez Molina, 33, of 2286 Big Springs Drive, LaGrange, and Noel Del Valle Molina, 31, of 177 Thomas Road, Palmetto, Ga.,…
Randolph County Narcotics Unit received numerous complaints about someone in a house directly across the street from Knight-Enloe Elementary School believed to be selling illegal narcotics. After conducting several hours of surveillance, agents obtained a search warrant for 304 Piedmont St. On Thursday of last week, members of Randolph County Sheriff’s Department and Roanoke Police…
On Friday, May 5, Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey will help the city of Mobile raise the first flag for the commemoration of Alabama’s 200th birthday-and you’re invited! ALABAMA 200, a three-year celebration of the anniversary of statehood, will reach every county and corner of the state. But it starts in the historic heart of Mobile,…
The end of a season is a great time to throw a little perspective on what we just witnessed and how it fits in the larger picture of the state of a program. The 2017 baseball season is officially in the books. Three of the county’s baseball teams made the state playoffs this season. Those…
We like to think we are safer in rural Alabama than in other parts of the country, but there is one area where it is more dangerous here than in 44 other states. And it’s not the well-documented incidents of diabetes, high blood pressure, strokes, heart attacks and obesity, although we we have the dubious…
NOTICE Below you will find a Legal Notice providing a description of the above roadway that the Randolph County Commission is considering vacating. In accordance with the Code of Alabama 1975 23-4-1 and 23-4-2, you are being notified of the Public Hearing regarding this matter. If you are unable to attend the hearing, we request…
ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT NOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR UNDERGROUND INJECTION CONTROL (UIC) PERMIT AND REQUEST FOR COMMENTS PUBLIC NOTICE – 212 Randolph County Hareshchandra C. Patel, 25067 Highway 48, Woodland, AL 36280, UIC Permit Number ALSI9956572 has applied for the reissuance of a permit for a Class 5W20 Injection Well at Woodland One Stop,…
Read the other day about Steve Gough, a 44-year old truck driver, who is walking the entire length of Britain, from Land’s End in the south to John o’Groats in the north, wearing nothing but “a floppy olive-green hat, brown hiking boots and navy blue socks.” 847 miles. All to convince the Brits that nudity…
Well, folks, let’s put the final coup de grace to the Robert Bentley six-year governor’s reign and move on. Ole Bentley was quite a story his last two years. He had become the ringleader of a circus and an infamous national cartoon character. The salacious and lurid details of his affair with Mrs. Rebekah Mason…