Handley High School juniors and area businesses joined more than a million high school students and 100,000 businesses nationwide to introduce young people to the world of work.This annual initiative, which took place lasts Thursday, usually occurs on or around Groundhog Day. It allows students to explore careers that interest them and to observe first-hand…
You don’t win a state championship without having good players. And when you have good players the colleges come calling. That certainly is the case for the Handley Tigers, who had five seniors from their 4A state championship team ink their futures at the next level last week. Three of those players signed on national…
The fifth annual “Shoot for a Cure” was held Saturday at the Handley High School gymnasium. The Handley Varsity basketball teams raised about $1,800 (and almost $13,000 over the past five years) in the fight against cancer. Money was garnered through donations, T-shirt sales, and paper basketballs in honor of or in memory of someone…
Donald Wells recently spoke on Indian cultural heritage that he and his wife, Diane, are trying to document at Awbrey’s Downtown Roanoke Meeting and Conference Center. Annie L. Awbrey Library and the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce hosted the Chamber Lunch and Learn event. Wells was focusing on Native American Trail Trees in his presentation…
ANNISTON–A small group of people in Calhoun County has formed a committee with the goal of taking up to 99 veterans on a one-day trip to Washington, D.C., in May to see the World War II, Korean War, and Vietnam War memorials and other sites. Veterans from the following nine Alabama counties are invited to…
The Wadley Town Council dealt with several measures at Monday night’s meeting, according to Mayor Donna McKay. • Council members passed a resolution adopting the established mileage rate set by the state. It was 54 cents a gallon but was reduced to 53.5 cents a gallon since gas prices have decreased. The rate is primarily…
The Association of County Commissions of Alabama (ACCA) held the fourth of six district meetings preceding the 2017 legislative session last night in Birmingham. Eleven counties were represented as county leaders discussed the impact of the three-cent bond issue, known as the Alabama Transportation Rehabilitation and Improvement Program (ATRIP-2), the ACCA plans to introduce in…
Warning: I am writing about Sunday’s Super Bowl. If you are looking for a positive spin on the Falcons’ season stop reading now. If you want to wallow in Falcons misery with me for the next 900 words, then this is the place for you. Also, beware. I will not be magnanimous in any way…
In his State of the State speech yesterday Gov. Robert Bentley, as he has done prior to previous legislative sessions, called for an $800 million bond issue to build new prisons and for expanding pre-kindergarten programs. Both are needed, and doing something about our barely functioning prison system is urgent, but both are expensive. And…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James Bell, Jr. single and Tawanda Calloway, single, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., on the 4th day of April, 2007, said mortgage…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MORTON FELSENSTEIN, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Judy Clack Felsenstein on the 2nd day of Feb., 2017, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sandy Calhoun and Anthony Calhoun, wife and husband, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for Homecoming Financial, LLC (f/k/a Homecoming Financial Network, Inc.), on the 28th day of November, 2006,…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. NH-HSIP-0001(595) RANDOLPH COUNTY, Alabama Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on February 24, 2017 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Safety Widening, Resurfacing, and Traffic Stripe on…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Doris W. Rosser, nka Doris Fuller , widow, survivor of John M. Rosse, deceased 10/07/92, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for CitiBank, N.A., on the 1st day of November,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Leonard L. Coats and wife, Nobia A. Coats, originally in favor of Countrywide Bank, FSB, on the 2nd day of January, 2009, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
Every morning when I turn on my computer and go to my email, there it is. Spam Not the lunch meat. (My daddy had so much of it during WWII that for years he refused to let Mama bring it into the house. Then, as time passed and nostalgia settled in, he went out, bought…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO SALE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Warren A. Minniefield hereby notifies the public at large that he intends to apply for a Class II Package and Lounge Retail Liquor License. The premises at which Warren A. Minnifield wishes to sale Alcoholic Beverages is located at 1037…
As the third regular session of this quadrennium begins, the paramount focus once again will be on the budgets. Even more specifically, it will be about the general fund budget. Alabama is one of five states that has two budgets. Our education budget now receives over two thirds of our tax revenue due to the…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Jasper Michael Heard, 67, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017, at noon at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Heard will lie in state…
(ALEXANDER CITY) Services for Mr. Clarence Larvell Roberts, 84, of Alexander City will be Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 at 11 a.m. at Hillabee Baptist Church. The Rev. Josh Sammons will officiate. Burial will follow in Hillview Memorial Park with veteran’s honors provided by the Alexander City Veterans Honor Guard. The family will receive friends on…