Less than two weeks before its first home game of the 2016 season RCHS has become a team without a home.A Thursday inspection of the RCHS field house by the state fire marshal’s office determined that the building is so far out of compliance with the state fire code that it is unfit for human…
Area residents can make their voices heard concerning the health services that will be offered in the region by participating in Wedowee Hospital’s Community Health Needs Assessment. The Community Health Needs Assessment is a federal requirement for nonprofit hospitals and requires that those institutions survey the perceived health needs of the communities they serve and…
WEDOWEE–Wedowee Police Department continues to investigate a burglary that happened in the early morning hours of last Friday at H&M Drugs in Wedowee. According to Chief Jay Stone, two suspects entered the store by crawling through the drive-through window, taking an undisclosed amount of medications. The store’s alarm went off, but the suspects quickly made…
Roanoke Police Department executed a search warrant on Friday at the housing authority apartments on Seymour Drive. Willie Jadarryl Houston, 32, of 750 Seymour Dr., Apt. 14, Roanoke, and Jasmine Marqueta Linson, 27, of 1233 Recreation Dr., Roanoke, were arrested and charged with the sale of cocaine, drug trafficking, first-degree possession of marijuana and possession…
At Monday’s Roanoke Utilities Board meeting general manager Jerry Revis said he has not heard from the U.S. Department of Agriculture on their requested loan. The board is wanting to replace the clear well at the filter plant, which has been leaking for a long time. Chairman Ron Cameron said, “I don’t think it is…
Roanoke Streets Department wants to clarify rules regarding what they pick up and what they do not. The department is located at 829 LaFayette Hwy. The telephone number is 334-863-7666. Hours of operation are from 6 a.m. to 3 p.m., but that changes with the season. The pick-up schedule is on alternate weeks. One week…
Sweet Grass Sally, presented by Tanner Health Systems and Small Town Bank, will be a musical event Friday, Aug. 19, at Rotary Main Street Theatre in Roanoke. The band has influences such as Tom Petty, Zac Brown, The Black Crowes, John Hiatt and Blackberry Smoke. The band is focused on bringing back Southern rock and…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF LARRY T. SHEPPARD, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Take notice that Letters of Administration have been granted to Charity Sanders, Administratrix of the Estate of Larry T. Sheppard, deceased, on the 10th day of August, 2016, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE WHEREAS, default has been made in the terms of the Real Estate Mortgage, executed on the 3rd day of November, 2011, by Mazie D. Perry, as Mortgagor, in favor of Small Town Bank, as Mortgagee, as recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR-2016-900049.00 COTY BROWN, PLAINTIFF VS. PHYLICIA COLLINS, DEFENDANT NOTICE TO: PHYLICIA COLLINS Notice is hereby given to the above named individual that an action has been filed in the Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama. You must file an Answer to the subject Statement of…
Can our state government get any more inexplicable, incompetent and corrupt? If we had asked that question at any point in the past, the answer would have been yes. Unless we, the voters, put a stop to it, the answer to that same question asked today will be the same. It’s not enough that the…
Confronting the possibility that he might not be declared the winner in November, Donald Trump began talking about the election being “rigged.” Trump friend and advisor Roger Stone, suggested that the Republican nominee go farther and warn supporters that “if there is voter fraud, this election will be illegitimate. . . we will have a…
Political experts and historians have consistently chronicled the fact that vice presidential choices have no significant effect on the presidential race outcome. However, this has been a very unconventional presidential political year. My assessment is that the selection of Mike Pence by Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton’s choosing Tim Kaine were extremely wise and helpful…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Diana Beverly Dilworth Jones, 76, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Aug. 17, 2016, at 11 a.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Ralph Barrow and Chris Martin officiating. Burial will be at Alabama Heritage Cemetery in Montgomery. The family will receive friends at the church from 9-11 a.m.…
(DALLAS, Texas) Mabelene H. Young, 85, a native of Roanoke, passed away peacefully surrounded by family on Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, at 1:19 p.m. in Dallas, Texas. A funeral service will be Tuesday, Aug. 16, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends on…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ozeal Pete Whaley, 92, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Trinity Baptist Church with the Revs. Scott Whaley, Tim Whaley and Jeff Burns officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the church from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Monday. Mr.…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Funeral services for Rita Faye Drake, 74, of Franklin, Ga., will be Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at 2 p.m. CDT at Ridgeway Baptist Church with the Rev. Lynn Janney officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Saturday.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Catherine Crenshaw Edmondson, 85, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow at Mt. Carmel Church of Christ Cemetery in Woodland. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 2-3 p.m. on Sunday.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Bobby Holden, 58, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 15, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Holden died Friday, Aug. 12, at Wedowee Hospital. A Troup County, Ga., native, Mr. Holden was born May 16,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ezzie Lee Imogene Tuten, 90, of Roanoke will be Friday, Aug. 12, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home with the Rev. Jody Overton officiating. Burial will follow at Welcome Home Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-7 p.m. on Thursday. Ms. Tuten died…