The Roanoke Board of Education approved the next year’s budget of $13.7 million at a hearing Aug. 23.Pam Mitchum, chief financial officer, went over the particulars of the budget in her presentation. She said 80 percent of the budget is spent on salaries and benefits while 20 percent is operating expenses.There are roughly 163 employees.…
State Sen. Gerald Dial announced that Gov. Robert Bentley has approved $325,000 in Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) grants for Chambers County. The community of Standing Rock in Chambers County received a $200,000 grant from the ARC to install 27,450 linear feet of water line to provide access to clean water. Residents in the area were…
WEDOWEE–A hearing is scheduled in September for one of two claims filed against Randolph County Board of Education by employees. Woodland Spanish teacher and former counselor Harriet Jacobs filed her claim in Randolph County Circuit Court on Sept. 19, 2015. Jacobs has been employed with Randolph County Schools for 27 years, 12 of those as…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education met briefly twice last week. During a meeting on Thursday evening, the following were approved as substitute teachers: Deanna Croft, Donna Roberson, Faye Wilson, Donna Welsh and Carla Smith. The following were approved as substitutes for support personnel: Jacqueline Sims, Donna Roberson, Faye Wilson, Donna Welsh and Carla Smith. These…
With summer drawing to a close, motorists have enjoyed the cheapest summer at the pump since 2004, saving $18.9 billion over its duration versus last summer, a sweet note as they take to the roads to celebrate Labor Day. “As the holiday approaches, it’s true that gasoline prices have risen across the country due in…
The deck was already stacked in Wadley’s favor going into the 2016 regular season opener between Wadley and Woodland Thursday. But a couple of key in-game injuries to Woodland’s backfield proved devastating, as Wadley ran away with a 55-0 win at Curtis Lynch Field in Wadley. Already playing without starting quarterback Jake Lovvorn, Woodland watched…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Louie Timothy Mitchell, Sr., a single man, and Chad A. Mitchell, a single man, on October 18, 2011, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that First Team Construction Co., Inc., Contractor, has completed the Contract for construction of the Additions to Rock Mills Junior High and Wadley High School at 415 Co Rd 75, Roanoke, AL 36274 and 105 Bailey St, Wadley,…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ronald Stacy Presnal and Deborah Ann Presnal, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for FIRST BANK MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF FIRST BANK OF GEORGIA, on December 30, 2004, said mortgage…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicle will be sold on October 5, 2016 – Time – 12 p.m. – at 2611 Co. Rd. 87, Roanoke, AL 36274. 2012 GMC Canyon 1GTH6MFE7C8118676 (35-36)
RANDOLPH COUNTY PROPERTY TAX NOTICE The assessed valuations of all property listed for taxation have been fixed as provided by law and the tax returns showing such assessed valuations are in the Revenue Commissioner’s office and open for public inspection. The Board of Equalization will sit at the courthouse on the second Tuesday in September…
The legislature passed a budget during the regular session that left the state Medicaid agency $85 million short of what was need to continue serving the state’s neediest citizens at a basic level. Unable to get basic medical care, many will see ailments worsen and some may die. If legislators understand this it is not…
As if a game that held the inherent intrigue of a matchup between two former coaching cohorts needed any more drama. Clay Central capped a 90-yard fourth-quarter drive with a last-second 26-yard field goal off the foot of Dawson Harry to claim a 19-16 victory over Benjamin Russell in Lineville Friday. The win gave Central…
I read the other day that Garrison Keillor is retiring. I’m gonna miss him. Back in the ‘80s, it seemed that everybody who was anybody was listening to Keillor and “A Prairie Home Companion” on Public Radio. You could not carry on a conversation with people in the know unless you knew about Lake Wobegon,…
With Labor Day approaching it signifies that the long hot summer will soon be coming to an end. It seems that the summers are getting hotter and hotter. I was born and raised in south Alabama so I was accustomed to long hot summers. I remember when there was no air conditioning in houses or…
Barbour County came into Friday’s season opener against RCHS on a 23-game losing streak dating back to 2013. That streak was never in jeopardy of ending as RCHS cruised to a 41-6 win in Wedowee. Seth Hannah scored two touchdowns – one on the ground and one through the air – and five other Tigers…
Ranburne encountered a Mt. Zion (Carrollton) team that was superior in virtually every respect in the Bulldogs’ season opener Friday. “They were obviously a veteran, well-versed football team,” said Ranburne head coach Stephen Bailey. “Their offensive line’s extremely large, very good and very physical. Their backs were fast and big. We were out-matched, and it…
This is the big week of firsts for the 2016 football season. It’s the first week of college football, which makes me so excited I feel like I could single-handedly stop Alabama from making the College Football Playoff. (Aw, who am I kidding? No one can do that. That would go against the bylaw that…
(PELL CITY) The funeral for Joe Earl Yates, 94, will be Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Kilgroe Funeral Home. Interment will be at Valley Hill Memorial Cemetery. The family will receive friends Wednesday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the funeral home. Mr. Yates died Sunday, Aug. 28.…
(LANETT) Ronald McManus, 82, of Lanett died Saturday, Aug. 27, 2016 at his residence. Mr. McManus is survived by his wife, Peggy Wheat McManus; his four children, David McManus, Jody McManus (Bob) Elmore, Patricia McManus McDonald, and Bryan Lee (Tammy) McManus; his brother, Joel McManus; his 11 grandchildren and his five plus great-grandchildren. He was…