Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association and Alabama Power Company will conduct the annual Renew Our Rivers lake cleanup on Lake Wedowee from Tuesday, Oct. 25, through Thursday, Oct. 27. Each day will begin at the Highway 48 boat ramp at 8 a.m. Snacks and lunch will be provided by LWPOA and local merchant contributors. Alabama…
Strike up the band! An old tune is happening out at Wadley High School this year. The band is being revived by the students at Wadley High School under the direction of Kayla Peavy. Wadley’s band was disbanded during the ’90s when budget cuts pulled the funding for the music program. However, due to the…
The Wadley Bulldogs claimed their second straight region championship Friday at home as they knocked off Winterboro 36-0. The win is Wadley’s 11th straight in the region after the Bulldogs ran the table in region play last season. “It’s hard to do it one year, but when you’re able to get it two years it’s…
Saddening, sickening and still smoldering, Butler’s Mill is now a heap of ashes and metal sliding toward the Little Tallapoosa River at Graham. The fire was reported at about 7:20 p.m. on Monday. The restaurant was not open on Mondays, so no one was there at the time of the fire. An area resident called…
The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce will host the Randolph County Public Candidate Forum on Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 6 p.m. in the large courtroom of the Randolph County Courthouse in Wedowee. The purpose of the event is to introduce the public to candidates running in the November 8 general election for Randolph County Superintendent…
A Roanoke man was killed in a one-vehicle accident on Friday night on Satterwhite Street. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Paul David Foster, 49, of 165 Jackson Ave., was traveling from Gulf Street toward Luckie Street in his 1998 Ford F-150, at a high rate of speed, when he came out of…
“All you see is blue lights,” Wadley Mayor Michael James said of the events which led to a warrant being sworn out on him by his own police department on a misdemeanor charge of obstructing governmental operations. Part-time police officer Ian Taylor, made full-time a couple of weeks ago, had pulled over a man in…
The Wadley Bulldogs won their second straight area championship and advanced to the South Super Regional in Montgomery after sweeping matches against Alabama School for the Deaf and Talladega County Central in the area tournament Monday. Wadley cruised past ASD in the first game by scores of 25-14, 25-4 and 25-21. Tori Brown was in…
STANDING ROCK–The suspect in a kidnapping in LaGrange was captured on Monday evening in Chambers County. According to reports, David Blake Thaxton, 26, of LaGrange allegedly kidnapped a woman from the Red Roof Inn in LaGrange on Monday. The woman was able to jump out of the truck in LaGrange at one point and scream…
A Woodland man was seriously injured on Thursday morning of last week in an explosion on County Road 487 near Napoleon. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office (RCSO), at about 11:40, Kerry Bryan Crowe, 48, and Sean Tyler Huddleston, 43, were cutting a 55-gallon barrel to make a burn barrel when it…
Brent Wilson, field supervisor with the Roanoke Utilities Board, told the board the U.S. Weather Service said this area is in a severe drought and by next week they could be in extreme drought. Wilson said it helps that Roanoke is using less water than in the past. The city is using 0.8 million gallons…
Mike Patel of Jay’s Package Store on Chestnut Street applied to the Roanoke City Council for an alcohol license Monday night. When asked, Police Chief Adam Melton said he he met all the requirements. Mayor Mike Fisher asked Patel was he not caught selling alcohol on Sunday and he replied it was a mistake that…
Please join the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce officers and directors Tuesday, Oct. 25, from 6 until 7:30 p.m. for the chamber’s annual meeting celebration. It will be at the East Alabama Antique Tractor Club Pavilion, Wedowee Kiwanis Park, Wedowee. Reservation are requested by Oct. 21. Call 334-863-6612 or 334-863-1402 or e-mail [email protected]. The event…
MONTGOMERY–Attorney Gen. Luther Strange again is urging Alabamians to participate in the DEA Prescription Drug Take-Back Day, this Saturday, Oct. 22, at locations throughout the state. Randolph County’s Drug Take-Back will be set up behind Randolph County Courthouse. This year’s event-the 12th DEA National Prescription Drug Take-Back – has approximately 52 collection sites scheduled to…
Two people were injured on Friday afternoon of last week in a vehicle accident on front of the skating rink in Roanoke. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, a 2003 Chevrolet S-10, driven by Sherman Swanson, 48, of Roanoke was traveling southbound on U.S. 431 and was coming to a stop when it…
In three previous seasons as the head coach at Clay Central, Kris Herron had finished second in his region three consecutive times. The Volunteers finally broke that streak Friday when they defeated Sylacauga 49-34 to assure Herron of his first region championship at the school. “It’s a good feeling. That’s kind of a goal you…
On Wednesday of last week Gov. Robert Bentley signed a Drought Emergency Declaration due to extremely dry conditions. Also known as a No Burn Order, the governor’s declaration prohibits all outdoor burning for Randolph and 45 other counties in north and central Alabama. The remaining 21 counties to the south are under a Fire Alert,…
If you have been following the news as you should, then you are aware of the rash of “creepy clown” reports coming in from as far north as Philadelphia to as far south as Pensacola, with a cluster of clowns here in Alabama. Though the calls to authorities vary in describing just what the clowns…
Bill Baxley has been in the news a lot this year. He was the lead defense counsel for former House speaker Mike Hubbard’s ethics conviction trial in Opelika. Baxley practices law in Birmingham and is one of the state’s premier and most expensive criminal defense lawyers. Like a good many of the top defense attorneys,…
NOTICE The Town of Wedowee Zoning Board of Adjustment will be meeting Thursday, Oct. 27, 2016 at 6 p.m. at the city hall to consider Brian Raughton’s request for a variance. (42-43)