A man was arrested last week after being caught with a Roanoke police officer’s stolen cell phone.According to the report, Officer Marquise Watkins assisted in a foot chase of a suspect from Bonner’s Point Shopping Center on Tuesday of last week. While he was away, someone took his phone that he had left in his…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education approved several personnel measures during a meeting on Thursday evening of last week. First the board welcomed newly elected member, Cindy Strain. In personnel matters, the board approved: • The contract for chief school financial officer Jodi Cotney Oct. 1-Sept. 30, 2021. • Melissa Ackles as pre-K auxiliary teacher at…
It’s not uncommon for motorists to travel hundreds of miles to enjoy Thanksgiving. But celebrating the holiday is the last thing anybody wants to do if they or those they love are involved in a traffic crash en route. Secretary of Law Enforcement Stan Stabler said Alabama State Troopers investigated 10 traffic fatalities during the…
Handley’s Rhett Fetner made his choice of colleges – and sports – official last week when he signed the paperwork for a baseball scholarship with Auburn University. “It feels great. I’m just blessed with the opportunity that I’ve got,” Fetner said. “I feel great right now, and I just know my destination is set for…
The weather could not have been more different, but unfortunately for RCHS the outcome was the same. RCHS’s playoff run came to an end Friday at a dry and dusty Roy C. Owens field as the Tigers lost to Ohatchee 31-0 in the third round of the class 3A state playoffs. It was rematch of…
To most of America the Friday after thanksgiving is known as Black Friday, the day when throngs of food-hungover Christmas shoppers hit the malls in order to have physical altercations with complete strangers over inadequately stocked bargains on electronics. To me, as a person with a vested interest in high school football in Alabama, the…
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, has traditionally been the day that holiday sales kick off, with businesses of all stripes going all out to attract the early shoppers. As with signs of the holidays themselves, though, the sales have been pulled back to begin earlier and earlier. With online sales joining the competition in…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lasstevie L. Burton, a married person, and wife, Pamela R. Lane-Burton, originally in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, NA, on the 28th day of January, 2011, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: HAYDEN RUFUS ARRINGTON, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Hayden Rufus Arrington, deceased, having been granted to Susan Sears Arrington on the 15th day of Nov., 2016, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JACQUELINE COOK CHEATWOOD, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Gerald S. Cheatwood on the 15th day of November, 2016, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…
Recently I did a piece about pickup trucks in which I observed that truck names were chosen to appeal to the good ol’ boy–”Ram,” “Silverado” and such. Responding to this, my buddy Charles wrote that he found himself out on Hwy. 280 in Birmingham, “behind a jacked-up Ford 250 dualie, profusely decorated with chrome accessories…
Our senior U.S. Senator Richard Shelby will begin his sixth six-year term in January. He is an Alabama treasure. Over the past 30 years as our senator he has brought millions of federal dollars home to Alabama. Richard Shelby currently reigns as Alabama’s most prominent political figure. He is one of Alabama’s three greatest senators…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Tina Hanner, 58, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2016, at noon at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Sister Carolyn Hanner officiating. Burial will follow at Highway Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Tuesday. Mrs. Hanner died Sunday, Nov. 20,…
(ROANOKE) Phillip Gene Cox, 81, of Roanoke died Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Wedowee. A West Virginia native, Mr. Cox was born April 24, 1935, the son of Carl and Irene Hart Cox. He was a U.S. Army veteran of both the Vietnam and Korean conflicts. He retired as a Chief Warrant Officer 2 with…
(FIVE POINTS) Herbert Swanson, 69, of Five Points died Friday, Nov. 11, 2016, at his residence. The funeral was Friday, Nov. 18, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Revs. Michael Stiggers and Cecelia Broome officiating. Burial followed at Pine Grove United Methodist Church Cemetery, LaFayette. Mr. Swanson is survived…
(RANBURNE) Funeral services for Sue Y. Beam, 59, of Ranburne will be Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, at 2 p.m. CST at Rock Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. Darryl Robinson and Chad Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home, Wedowee, on Monday from 5-8…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Kevin David Williams, 51, of Woodland will be Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Lynn Janney and Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Baptist Church in Bowdon, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ray Edward Lashley, 84, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Abanda Baptist Church with the Rev. Mickey Vaughn officiating. Burial will follow at LaFayette City Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Mr. Lashley will…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Joe Fredrick “Fred” Hodges, 80, of Wadley, will be Saturday, Nov. 19, 2016, at 3 p.m. at New Hope Christian Church with Richie Hodges, Sandy Croslin and Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow at New Hope Christian Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 1-3 p.m.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Thomas Ray Cunningham, 69, of Roanoke will be Friday, Nov. 18, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Phillip Johnson officiating. Burial will follow at Springfield Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 9:30-11 a.m. on Friday. Mr. Cunningham died Tuesday, Nov.…