(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for Michael Ross Lowe, 76, of Wedowee will be Sunday, July 31, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon-2 p.m. before the service begins.Mr. Lowe passed away Thursday, July 28, after a six-month battle with cancer.A Montgomery native, Mr. Lowe…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Lilly Jane Smith, 70, of Woodland will be Friday, July 29, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. David Daniel and Carlton Phillips officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5-8 p.m. on Thursday. Mrs.…
(VALLEY) Calvin G. McConnell, 67, of Valley died Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at his residence. Graveside services will be Friday, July 29, at 11 a.m. EDT at Fairfax Cemetery with the Rev. Steve Sexton officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home Friday morning from 10-10:45 a.m. EDT. Mr. McConnell was born June…
He represented the smallest school of any player on either roster, but that didn’t stop former Wadley star Kamaury Avery from earning the starting middle linebacker spot for the North team at Thursday’s North-South All-Star game in Montgomery. And the leap from playing 1A football to playing among some of the best graduating seniors in…
Handley Middle Handley Middle School will have orientation on Thursday, Aug. 4 for grades 4, 5, 7 and 8. Orientation for fourth grade will be at 5 p.m. Fifth grade will be at 5:30 and grades 7 and 8 will be at 6. Orientation for sixth grade will be on Aug. 1 at 5:30 p.m.…
During the week of July 2-8, Woodland High School Future Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) students Kathleen Brown and Jessica Heard competed at the FCCLA National Leadership Conference in San Diego, Calif. Nationals hosted 8,500 students, along with their advisers from 50 states and two provinces. In Kathleen and Jessica’s category, National Programs…
On May 31 the inaugural class of the Randolph County Youth Development Initiative (RCYDI) graduated at Southern Union State Community College in Wadley. The RCYDI is a program of the Randolph County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA) funded in part by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC). The goal of RCYDI is to help students think about…
Alabama’s 11th annual back-to-school sales tax holiday begins at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Aug. 5, and ends at midnight Sunday, Aug. 7. The state’s four-percent sales tax is waived throughout the state, while sales taxes levied by 293 cities and counties also are waived on: • clothing priced at $100 or less; • school supplies valued…
At Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting city attorney John Tinney announced the best news heard about Randolph Medical Center since it closed closed its doors in March of 2011. Vendors had not been paid, including the service that provided the physicians, and when they walked out the hospital had to close. Tinney said several months…
The dedication and unveiling of a historical marker will take place at the old Riley family homestead and Esters family home Thursday. Owner Lavada Esters said the Alabama Historical Commission has recognized the old home at 211 Riley St. and placed it on the Alabama Register of Landmarks and Heritage on June 18, 2015. The…
Right around this time last year head coach Larry Strain, just a few weeks into his first year on the job at Handley, took his team to Piedmont for a 7-on-7 passing camp. It was one of the first non-practice, competitive situations with his new team. And it wasn’t pretty. “I mean we didn’t even…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission approved a motion to accept trash at the landfill that is only from local households, locally permitted industries and roll-off containers with a manifest. Commissioner Richard Fetner noted the landfill is filling up fast. It is permitted only for loads generated within Randolph County. “How do you ensure that?” asked Commissioner Lathonia…
Mayor Mike Fisher told those at Monday’s Roanoke City Council meeting that Roanoke was among the five safest small towns in Alabama, according to a letter he received from Madison Reed. It said they have just published a study, which found that Roanoke is among the five safest small towns in Alabama. The town’s ranking…
Bob Young, investment banker with Frazer Lanier Investment Bankers of Montgomery, was selected by members of the Roanoke Utilities Board at its last meeting to refinance loans to save money. In his presentation Young said he has worked with the board for a number of years and the city as well. Interest rates have steadily…
Foundation for Randolph County Schools has awarded dual enrollment scholarships for the 2016-2017 school year. The proceeds from the inaugural Mardi Gras Gala that was held on Feb. 6, made this possible. The event raised $21,000 to benefit students in Randolph County Schools. Photos of all the scholarship winners with their awards are on page…
When it comes to things like education and social justice Alabama typically ranks in the lower third among its other 49 peers. But there is one area in which Alabama is the groundbreaking equivalent of a love child between Albert Einstein and Rosa Parks. That area is football. And true to form, last month Alabama…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR PROPOSALS FOR A NEW WEIGHT ROOM ADDITION AT HANDLEY HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STADIUM FOR ROANOKE CITY SCHOOLS ROANOKE, ALABAMA PROJECT NO. 16-115 Sealed proposal as listed below will be received at the Roanoke City Board Of Education, 557 Main Street, Roanoke, Alabama, 36274, by Mr. Chuck Marcum, Superintendent, until Thursday, August 11, 2016…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BERNARD PATTERSON OXFORD, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Bernard Patterson Oxford, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 19th day of July, 2016, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DV-2016.900006.00 GIBBS SERVICE, INC. D/B/A QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL HOME, PLAINTIFF VS. JAMIE LANCE, JAMES WATTS JR., JAMES LEONARD WATTS AND CRYSTAL SELF DEFENDANTS NOTICE TO: JAMES WATTS SR. Notice is hereby given to the above named individual that an action has been filed in the District…
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DV-2016.900006.00 GIBBS SERVICE, INC. D/B/A QUATTLEBAUM FUNERAL HOME, PLAINTIFF VS. JAMIE LANCE, JAMES WATTS JR., JAMES LEONARD WATTS AND CRYSTAL SELF DEFENDANTS NOTICE TO: JAMES LEONARD SR. Notice is hereby given to the above named individual that an action has been filed in the District…