WEDOWEE– Randolph County Commission approved its 2016-2017 budget during the regular meeting on Monday.The budget includes $4,038,925 in expected revenues, $4,035,312 in budgeted expenses and a surplus of $3,613.Items/departments included within the general fund are: county commission – $614,552; circuit judges – $700; circuit clerk – $11,200; district judge – $800; drug court program –…
The Roanoke City Council met with the Randolph County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA) members to see if the entity can be salvaged and an important job prospect saved. The local legislative delegation of state Rep. Bob Fincher and state Sen. Gerald Dial has passed a bill in the legislature to terminate the entity. At some…
A Call Away Bail Bonding A Roanoke man as shot on his front steps on Sunday evening. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Brandon Terrell Shears, 24, of 354 Border St. said he was inside when he heard a car horn blow at about 7:50 p.m. When he went out onto the front…
Ranburne saw a solid performance undone by a handful of mistakes and turnovers as the Bulldogs lost to Gaston 25-17 Friday in Ranburne. Gaston scored two touchdowns off of Ranburne turnovers, and a third came as a result of a big pass play after a blown coverage by the Ranburne secondary. That was enough to…
Wadley went 4-1 in Saturday’s volleyball tournament in Wadley, including wins over Woodland and RCHS. The Lady Bulldogs’ only loss came to Ranburne. Wadley posted 2-0 wins over Woodland, Cornerstone, RCHS and Victory Christian in the tournament, which put their record at 16-4 overall for the season. Wadley opened with the win over Woodland, which…
A couple of tales this week about the rigors of being a sportswriter… Getting it right This is reason number 1,388 why I love covering small town high school sports. Last week I heaped luster onto the Handley win over number one Leeds by proclaiming in the first sentence of the game story that it…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LARRY JOE MESSER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Larry Joe Messer, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 20 day of Sept., 2016, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CORENE HESTER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Corene Hester, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 20 day of Sept., 2016, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: HERMAN LANDERS, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Herman Landers, deceased, having been granted to Jo Landers on the 22nd day of Sept., 2016, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jerry K. Gilliland A/K/A Jerry Keith Gilliland Husband And Shelly A. Gilliland A/K/A Shelly Ann Gilliland Wife to U.S. Bank N.A. dated August 31, 2007; said mortgage being recorded in…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle has been abandoned at 1878 County Road 436, Graham, AL 36263. 1999 Ford Explorer VIN# 1FMYU24E6XUA54572 Jim Coley 678-580-8775 (39-42)
STORAGE AUCTION BARBER PROPERTIES ROANOKE STORAGE 1103 LAFAYETTE HWY SATURDAY OCT 15, 2016 9:00 AM SUBJECT TO BE SOLD TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER: 19-DONNA JOHNSON, ROANOKE, AL 34-LATASHA SHEARS, ROANOKE, AL 38-WILLIE MCFARLIN, ROANOKE, AL 41-RANDY HUNT, ROANOKE, AL 57-SAMANTHA HOUSTON, ROANOKE, AL 60-WILLIAM FOSTER, ROANOKE, AL 61-LYNN DRIVER, SALEM, AL 65-ANTWAIN CANNON, FRANKLIN, GA…
VictoryLand in Macon County reopened this month with electronic bingo machines. This is noteworthy because the casino has been closed since 2013 when a raid led by the state attorney general’s office resulted in the seizure of 1,650 such machines and $263,000. It seemed electronic bingo was over at VictoryLand when last year the Alabama…
At the opening of the 2016 football season, as Southeastern Conference schools went down to defeat, or won sloppily, one of the few teams that showed the sort of grit for which past conference teams have been famous was the University of Alabama in its victory over the University of Southern California Trojans. You may…
Alabama’s most famous political restaurant and watering hole for 50 years was Montgomery’s Elite Restaurant. Until it closed about 1995, the Elite (pronounced “E-light”) was the place to eat and be seen. Many a political deal was struck at its back tables. Legislators, politicians and socialites in Montgomery frequented the famous establishment. The politicians and…
(ORANGE COUNTY, Calif.) Bernice Finch, 65, of Orange County, Calif., died Sunday, Sept. 18, 2016. Services will be Saturday, Oct. 1, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. Myris Bell officiating. Ms. Finch was born April 18, 1951, in Roanoke to the late Maggie Louise Finch. She attended Randolph County…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for the Rev. Cecil Manley Halsey, 84, of Roanoke will be Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Revs. Stoney Halsey, Ed Halsey and Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Halsey died Saturday, Sept. 24, at Wedowee Hospital.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Resa M. McDaniel, 69, of Roanoke were Sunday, Sept. 25, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Gary Baswell and Keith Benefield officiating. Burial followed at Highway Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel passed away Friday, Sept. 23, at her residence. A Clay County native, Mrs. McDaniel…
(NEWELL) A celebration of the life of James Ray Kirby, 89, of Newell will be Monday, Sept. 26, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Antioch Baptist Church with Dr. Barry Cosper, Rev. Tom Stacy, Rev. John Davis and his grandson, David Dyar, officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Kirby was born Nov. 19,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Maudine M. Cofield, 94, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Sept. 24, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Dr. Steve Dempsey officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 1-2 p.m. on Saturday. Mrs. Cofield passed away Monday, Sept.…