The deadline to register to vote in the August 23 municipal elections is Monday, Aug. 8. Registration is done at the board of registrars office in Wedowee. Anyone who has been a resident of the city for 30 days prior to the election is eligible to vote. The last day to apply for an absentee…

Superintendent Chuck Marcum told the members of the Roanoke Board of Education that he is excited that the first dirt has been moved for the athletic facility project at Wright Field. This preliminary work was done to allow Alabama Power to re-position some service poles where the building will go. When this is completed then…

Average retail gasoline prices in Alabama have fallen 4.3 cents per gallon in the past week, averaging $1.87/g to begin this week, according to GasBuddy’s daily survey of 3,348 gas outlets in Alabama. This compares with the national average that has fallen 2.0 cents per gallon in the last week to $2.13/g, according to gasoline…

The 2016 football season is officially underway. But with preseason games still over two weeks away let’s take one last look at the memorable moments of the 2015 season. We’ll hit some highlights (and lowlights) from various weeks of last season as a way to whet your whistle for the excitement of the season to…

Gov. Robert Bentley, after years of opposing gambling in all its forms, has now decided to call the Legislature into special session to consider passing a constitutional amendment that would allow a vote on a statewide lottery. Alabama is one of six states without one. Previously he correctly noted that legalized gambling in any form…

Without air conditioning it would be worse The other day a picture popped up on my news web page, and I was told that it was the anniversary of the birth or death or something-or-other of Willis Carrier, the inventor of air conditioning. Down here in Dixie our states should declare a holiday. Without Carrier’s…

Now that the national conventions are over and we have had a glimpse of what to expect in the upcoming fall presidential contest, let us turn our attention back to our good ole state politics. Even though we do not have any good state races this year, it does not mean that we have not…

(ROANOKE) Doris Caldwell of Roanoke died Monday, Aug. 1, 2016. She was 70. The funeral will be in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home, Bowdon, Ga., on Wednesday, Aug. 3, at 3 p.m. EDT. Bro. Lynn Janney, Bro. Charlie Bolt and Bro. Anthony Caldwell will officiate. Interment will be at Sardis Baptist Cemetery, Bowdon. The…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Greg “Poppy G” East, 52, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Harmony Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Jerry Wiggins, Chad Brown, Jason Owens and Ed Halsey officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Paulette Jackson Banks, 68, of Roanoke were Friday, July 29, 2016, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Steve Baccus and Chris Martin officiating. Burial followed at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Banks passed away Wednesday, July 27, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A DeKalb County…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for James Dunn, 87, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Ken Griffith officiating. Burial will follow at High Pine Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon-2 p.m. on Tuesday. Mr. Dunn died Sunday, July…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Lottie Bell Lashley Pilgrim, 80, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2016 at 1 p.m. at Randolph Memory Gardens with the Revs. Mike Brewer and Nick Pilgrim officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. on Wednesday. Mrs. Pilgrim died Saturday, July 30, at…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Fred Alsabrook, 80, of Roanoke will be Monday, Aug. 1, 2016, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Rev. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Restlawn Memorial Gardens in LaGrange, Ga. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon-1 p.m. on Monday. Mr. Alsabrook died Saturday,…

(ROANOKE) Phyllis Jean Pollard, 62, of Roanoke died Thursday, July 21, 2016, at Golden Living Nursing Home, Lanett. She was born May 29, 1954, in Wedowee, attended Randolph County High School and worked as a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, Joe Mitchell; sons, Calib Knight and Seth Cofield; and six grandchildren. She was preceded in…

(BREMEN, Ga.) Reba Dean Harvel Rampy of Bremen, Ga., died Tuesday, July 26, 2016, at the Stewart House in Carrollton, Ga. Services will be Saturday, July 30, at 11 a.m. EDT at Bethlehem United Methodist Church with the Rev. Duane McManus, Spencer McGraw, Lori Irwin and Rev. Ray Rampy officiating. Music will be furnished by…

(LANETT) Charles Alfred Slagle, 90, of Lanett, died peacefully Tuesday evening, July 26, 2016, at Carillon Assisted Living in Wake Forest, N.C. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. EDT Saturday, July 30, at Lanett First United Methodist Church. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home…

(FIVE POINTS) Fraser Rudd, 86, of Five Points died Friday, July 22, 2016, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. A Metcalf, Ga., native, Mr. Rudd was born May 6, 1930, the son of William Wesley and Annie Adelle Berry Rudd. He was a U.S. Army veteran and retired telegraph operator with CSX Railroad where he worked…