LEGAL ADVERTISEMENTFORECLOSURE NOTICEPursuant to Alabama Code § 8-15-34(1975) the following described property owned by Paul Frye, residing at 7645 County Road 129, Wedowee, AL 36278 is being sold: a washer and dryer, blue sofa, outdoor cushions, television, microwave, rocking chair, queen Victorian chair, keyboard, electric fire truck, metal desk, wake board, wood flooring and a…
For numerous obvious reasons, a lottery is a terrible way to fund essential services like the state’s General Fund and Medicaid. And in Alabama, where so many live below or barely above the poverty line, Medicaid is an essential service. Without it around a million of the state’s citizens––overwhelmingly children, the elderly and the disabled––would…
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT FORECLOSURE NOTICE Pursuant to Alabama Code § 8-15-34(1975) the following described property owned by Demetrius Marable, residing at 3911 East Pratt, Spane, VA 99202 is being sold: a brown desk, stroller, antique table and chair, wood stove, metal bed, wood table, wooden rocking chair, baby items, sewing machine, black cast iron cooker, antique…
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT FORECLOSURE NOTICE Pursuant to Alabama Code § 8-15-34(1975) the following described property owned by Napolean Ponder, 220 Weather Heights Road, Wedowee, AL 36278 is being sold: two televisions, wooden chest, baby rocker, brown chest, four wicker chairs, washing machine, dryer, two rugs, tires, blue love seat/chair, toaster oven, fan, stackable chairs, coolers and…
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT FORECLOSURE NOTICE Pursuant to Alabama Code § 8-15-34(1975) the following described property owned by Tim and Teresa Massie, 7820 Fleetwood Drive, Milton, Florida 32570 is being sold: wooden table, chairs, antique headboard, Christmas tree, shower bench, pedestal fan, plastic stackable bins, corner shelves, phone, extension ladder, microwave, washing machine, dryer, wheel chair, twin…
Recently I published a column on the significance of losers in the American electoral tradition. As I pointed out then, and will reiterate now, the losers are the glue that holds our democracy together. For those of you who did not see the column, I wrote about how important it has been in the history…
In 1960 television was a new medium. Most Americans did not have televisions in the early 1950s. However, by 1960 the majority of the country had fallen in love with Lucy and TV. Presidential races had been run by party bosses in urban enclaves like New York and Boston. Political parties and party conventions were…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Ann Stephens, 74, of Wadley will be Thursday, Aug. 25, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Grove Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Stephens died Monday, Aug. 22,…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Larry J. Messer, 72, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Aug. 24, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Rev. Paul Messer and Dr. Dan Strain officiating. Burial will follow at Ava United Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral home from 5-8 p.m.…
(DECATUR, Mich.) Richard Alan Hastings, 57, died Monday, Aug. 22, 2016. Richard was a previous resident of Lakeland, Fla., and Roanoke, but had spent his last few years residing in his childhood home of Decatur, Mich. During his time in Roanoke, he had been employed by Sejongs in LaGrange, Ga., and Mohawk Industries in Roanoke.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Willie Charles Cavender, 65, of LaGrange, Ga., died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016, at his home. The funeral will be at 4 p.m. EDT Tuesday, Aug. 23, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary with the Rev. Robert Longshore officiating. Burial will follow in Meadoway Gardens Cemetery. Willie was born Oct. 14, 1950, in Randolph…
(WEDOWEE) Jefferson Lee “Buck” Wallace, 83, of Wedowee died Sunday, Aug. 21, 2016. The family will receive friends at Jones-Wynn Funeral Home in Douglasville, Ga., Wednesday, Aug. 24, from 5-8 p.m. EDT. The funeral will be Thursday, Aug. 25, at 11 a.m. EDT in the chapel of Jones-Wynn Funeral Home in Douglasville with the Revs.…
(ROANOKE) Richard Keith Dugger, 67, of Roanoke, formerly of Abingdon, Va., and Neva, Tenn., died Saturday, Aug. 20, 2016, at UAB Hospital. The family received friends at Quattlebaum Funeral Home from 2-3 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 21. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. A Neva native, Mr. Dugger was born March 18, 1949, the son…
Municipal elections for all four cities or towns in the county are Tuesday, Aug. 23. Roanoke’s polling place is in the Handley High Gym and all the rest are in city halls. Polling hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and voters must show a photo identification in order to vote. Some candidates chose to…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Julia Strozier Easter died Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Marietta, Ga. The celebration of life service will be Thursday, Aug. 18, at noon EDT at New Mt. Olive Baptist Church, LaGrange, with the Rev. Rufus Smith officiating. Interment will follow at the church cemetery. She was born Jan. 3, 1953, in LaGrange to…
GRAHAM-A Bowdon, Ga., man was injured on Wednesday morning of last week when he lost control of his 1997 Chevrolet Tahoe, went through a fence, flipped and landed in a pond on Highway 48 near Graham. William David Bailey, 51, was the only occupant of the vehicle and was taken by Air Evac to Grady…
Five Randolph County GEDs were earned this past year through the partnership between Southern Union State Community College’s Adult Education Program, the Randolph County Economic Development Authority, and the Young Adult Employment Skills (YES!) Project of Circle of Care. Southern Union’s Adult Education Program offers free GED classes to those needing a high school diploma.…
Horseshoe Bend National Military Park will host the annual Muster on the Tallapoosa with the park’s living history volunteers and demonstrators on Saturday, Aug. 20, from 9 a.m. until 4 p.m. During the event visitors will get a front row seat to what it was like for American Indians and militia members during the Creek…
Officials with Tanner Health System, which is under contract to equip and operate Randolph County’s new hospital once built, have revealed that the new facility will be called Tanner Medical Center/East Alabama. “We want to give the facility a name that reflects its emerging role as a destination not only for Wedowee and Randolph County,…
As the area legislative delegation tries to do away with the Randolph County Industrial Development Council/Randolph County Economic Development Authority, its members were working Monday to meet the needs of an interested industry. As is common in economic development, the name of the interested industry was not released. This project is called Project DEER. President…