Court Clerk Sonya Nolan swore in Municipal Judge Ben Hand for a four-year term, administering the oath of office at Monday night’s Roanoke City Council meeting. She also compiled and provided the numbers of all cases that have come through the court.Hand said they had to make major changes because of changes in the law.…
WEDOWEE–A man with multiple sexual-related charges pleaded guilty, and Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Steve Perryman asked him before he pled if he understood he would serve 85 percent of the lengthy sentence. Christopher John Doddridge, 23, whose home address is listed as 1332 County Rd. 59, Roanoke, said he did. He was facing 12 first-degree…
With the county’s reigning player of the year and a rapidly expanding nucleus of quality players around him, the Wadley Bulldogs are dealing with something that they haven’t had to deal with in a long time. Expectations. “I think the last time the boys have an area championship at Wadley was 1987,” said Wadley head…
Prior to the start of this season it had been eight years since Steve Giddens blew a whistle as a high school basketball coach. But in a sweet twist of coaching fate, Giddens got to break that drought at the place where it all began for him. Giddens is back at RCHS after serving as…
Roanoke’s Timmy Smith has been a competitive drag racer from the time he was old enough to drive, and because of his father Mike’s time as a racer Timmy did a good bit of his growing up around a racetrack. “That’s where I was at pretty much every weekend growing up,” Timmy said. “I have…
The talent at Handley is undeniably good, and it’s been on full display for first-year head coach Blake Smalley as the Tigers have jumped out to a 3-0 start despite a short turnaround for many of the players following their roles in the football team’s state championship run. “I think we’ve played extremely hard,” Smalley…
Attorney General Luther Strange urges Alabamians to take precautions against scams and other potential dangers to ensure safe and happy holidays. His office offers the following tips and reminders to protect consumers against some of the most common scams during this special time. Needing help During this time of heavy travel, some scammers may contact…
You will note that after Thanksgiving I write a lot about Christmas. You didn’t notice? Well, I do. I love the season. I watch Christmas movies instead of basketball. OK, I’ll watch “Pawn Stars” before basketball. My favorite Christmas movie is “The Lion in Winter.” Some say it isn’t a Christmas movie. They also say…
While the presidential race played out this year, several things happened in Alabama politics that went under the radar. First, a federal appeals court upheld the legislature’s banning of PAC-to-PAC transfers. The new Republican legislative majority that marched into the statehouse in 2011 set out to destroy and bury the last bastion of Democratic power…
The accolades have already started rolling in after a successful football season for a pair of county teams. Both Wadley and RCHS were well represented when their respective regions announced their all-region teams last week. Wadley had the defensive player of the year (Connor Fordham), the coach of the year (Ken Fordham) and the assistant…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE DEFAULT having been made in the terms of that certain mortgage executed by Habitat for Humanity, Troup County, Inc. to La’Keisha Sims, which said mortgage is dated August 29, 2012, and recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Albert Gilchrist Scales and spouse, Cassandra C. Scales, on August 19, 2011, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 3, 2009, executed by Terill L. Drake, an unmarried person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for American Southwest Mortgage Corp., which mortgage was recorded on April 8, 2009, in Mortgage Book…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by BARBARA MCCAIN, solely, to SMALL TOWN BANK on May 5, 2009, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 543, Page 478, and SMALL TOWN BANK,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHEILA HERREN FINCHER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Robert H. Fincher on the 6th day of December, 2016, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: BRENDA GAIL MAPP NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate has been filed by Teresa Gail Hill on the 9th day of Dec., 2016, and that 30 days after…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2016-900094 KESA JOHNSTON DUNN, PLAINTIFF VS. One house and lot located on White Street as shown in Deed Book 389 at Page 451, Randolph County, Alabama; and Larrye Cohn aka Larry Cohen, Spendthrift Trust Jerry Portnoy, Larry Schulman and any and all unknown parties, including…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2016-900093 KESA JOHNSTON DUNN, PLAINTIFF VS. A tract or parcel of land facing on Kirk Street as shown in Deed Book 389 at Pages 452, Randolph County, Alabama; and Larrye Cohn aka Larry Cohen, and any and all unknown parties, including any person claiming a…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2016-900095 KESA JOHNSTON DUNN, PLAINTIFF VS. A building at the intersection of Peachtree St. and Main Street, Section35, Township 21 South, Range 12 East, town of Roanoke as shown in Deed Book 382 at Page 502, Randolph County, Alabama; and Larrye Cohn aka Larry Cohen,…
(ROANOKE) Syrenthia Lee Kimble, 56, of Roanoke died Monday, Dec. 12, 2016, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Friday, Dec. 16, at 2 p.m. at Pine Flat Primitive Baptist Church in Wedowee with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Mrs. Kimble is survived by her husband, Herbert Kimble; her daughter, Johnnie Mae…