(DOUGLAS, Ga.) Clara Laverne Kent Butler, 97, of Douglas, Ga., died Tuesday evening, Nov. 15, 2016 at Shady Acres Health and Rehabilitation following an extended illness.Visitation will be Thursday afternoon, Nov. 17, from 2-2:30 at Ricketson Funeral Home in Douglas. Funeral services will be held immediately following visitation at 2:30 EST at Ricketson Funeral Home…
Handley pulled off a feat that no team had achieved since the Reagan administration as the Tigers went to UMS-Wright and defeated the Bulldogs 20-14 in the second round of the class 4A state playoffs Friday. Bart Boyd had a fumble recovery for a touchdown, Hudson Burns kicked two critical field goals and the Handley…
Trent Lane rushed for 186 yards and three touchdowns on just 14 carries, and RCHS staved off a late Sylvania rally for a 38-24 win in round two of the class 3A state playoffs Friday in Wedowee. RCHS led 31-8 after a 3-yard touchdown run by Seth Hannah late in the third quarter. But Sylvania…
The Randolph Leader received this interesting piece of memorabilia just before Veterans’ Day. It’s a clipping from The Birmingham-News Herald, undated, but during World War II: Eighty-nine-year-old J.J. Wilson of Liberty Grove has 34 particular reasons for keeping up with the war news. Son of a Confederate soldier and father of a World War I…
Wedowee The Town of Wedowee Christmas Parade will be Thursday, Dec. 1, at 6 p.m. For more information, please call Wedowee City Hall at (256) 357-2122. Wadley Wadley Christmas Parade will be Saturday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m. Woodland Woodland Christmas Parade will be Thursday, Dec. 8, at 6:30 p.m. Beginning at 5 p.m., the…
In order to get news and time sensitive advertisements out before Thanksgiving, The Randolph Leader will have an early deadline for its Nov. 23 paper. Rather than Monday, the deadline for that week’s paper will be Friday, Nov. 18, at 5 p.m. The paper will be printed Monday night and will be in racks and…
Results were not immediately available election night but now it is confirmed there is a new district attorney for the Fifth Judicial Circuit which includes the counties of Macon, Randolph, Chambers, and Tallapoosa. Jeremy Duerr, an assistant district attorney in the district for 12 years, who ran as a Democrat, defeated Bill Harris, a Republican.…
The Roanoke City Council approved its 2016-2017 budget Monday night, got an update on the drought situation, and Mayor Mike Fisher announced committee assignments for the council. The $7,742,115 budget is $910,203 more than last year’s $6,831,912. A 3-percent cost-of-living raise for all city employees was included and went into effect yesterday. Recreation director Jerri…
A Wedowee woman was seriously injured on Monday of last week in an ATV accident. Holly Renee Kendall, 28, of 769 County Rd. 242 was riding the ATV on her property when it rolled over on her. Witnesses had to get it off of her. She was taken by helicopter to University Hospital in Birmingham.…
The Wadley Bulldogs’ season came to gut-wrenching end Friday at Curtis Lynch Memorial Field after the Bulldogs’ attempt at a 2-point conversion and a 22-21 lead failed in the game’s final minute. Sweet Water then ran out the clock on its ensuing possession to claim a 21-20 win. Wadley had four critical turnovers, losing three…
At the last Roanoke Board of Education meeting held at Handley Middle School Supt. Chuck Marcum said this was his favorite time of the year as the board gets to go out to each school. Each school has a special program of what they are doing new and the children present it. At this meeting…
The room where learning was taking place and those aspiring to a better future worked for that future is now empty and lifeless. Cotina Terry, the former executive director of Randolph County Economic Development Authority (officially Randolph County Industrial Development Council), reflects on what the Sept. 30 shutdown by the legislative delegation means to the…
The Southern Union Music Department will present its annual Christmas concert, It’s Beginning to Look like Christmas, Nov. 29, through Dec. 2, in Brazeal Auditorium on Southern Union’s Wadley campus. All shows begin at 7 p.m. CT. Under the direction of Dr. Trey Rayfield, concert-goers can expect to see an array of musical selections that…
Clay Central’s collective playoff lives began to crumble in a flurry of first-quarter touchdowns by St. Paul’s. In the end, the two-time defending state champions in class 5A had once again advanced and sent Central home with a 48-14 defeat. “They’re a very good team. They’re just outstanding,” said Central head coach Kris Herron. “That…
In week nine RCHS played Walter Wellborn in what amounted to a playoff game for both teams. The winner would advance to the playoffs and the loser would play their week 10 game and then be done with their season. The stakes could not have been higher. Naturally, the game went to overtime. Wellborn scored…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. STPNU-5616(250) 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 December 02, 2016 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Full Depth Reclamation, Resurfacing, and Traffic Stripe…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by BRIAN ELLIOTT and DAWN SIGGERS ELLIOTT, husband and wife, on the 15th day of July 2010, to VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., as recorded…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Carolyn Gray, a married woman, originally in favor of Peoples Independent Bank, on the 12th day of June, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV16-900084 SANDRA LYNN PANUS ABATE PLAINTIFF VS. 1.38 ACRES, MORE OR LESS, MORE PARTICULARLY DESCRIBED BELOW DEFENDANT NOTICE A Complaint has been filed in the Circuit Court of Randolph County to quiet title to the property described below in the names of Sandra Lynn Panus…
NOTICE WEDOWEE SELF STORAGE Notice is hereby given pursuant to Alabama provisions of the Self-Service Storage Act (Sections 8-15-30 through 8-15-38) that Wedowee Self Storage on Saturday, December 3 2016 at 9:30 a.m., will sell at public auction or otherwise dispose of the contents stored at 804 West Broad Street, Wedowee, AL 36278 by the…