Randolph County Foster and Adoptive Parent Association and Randolph County Department of Human are holding their annual Stuff the Bus event on Friday, July 15. They are asking for school supplies for the foster children of Randolph County.There will be four donation locations in the county. Association members will be at Wadley High School from…
A Roanoke woman was slightly injured on Friday morning of last week in a vehicular accident involving the cab of a Mack truck in front of Walmart. According to the report from Roanoke Police, Julie Abrams Ussery, 61, of Roanoke, was turning left from the southbound side of the road in her 2015 Mitsubishi Outlander…
SWAGG–A Randolph County officer was shot and the gunman took his own life following a standoff on Saturday afternoon in the Swagg community. Officers from Randolph and surrounding counties converged on County Road 7 in northwest Randolph County around noon. According to reports, Eli Cicero Lee, 76, had earlier in the day set fires at…
WEDOWEE–With about three weeks left until the start of the new school year, Randolph County Board of Education met on Thursday evening of last week to iron out some personnel matters. The board: • Approved Sheri Brown as general science teacher at Randolph County High School. • Accepted the resignation of Janice O’Neal as special…
Brian Lee of Harmon Engineering told the Roanoke City Council Monday they had four bidders to resurface County Road 79 and Country Club Road. Two were bids came in higher than expected and two were less. The estimate for the two roads was $950,000. Miller Group’s bid, and the low bid, was $815,629.95. The other…
Believe it or not, the first official practice date for high school football (August 1) is less than three weeks away. While the official practice remains in the not-so-distant future, the present represents the onset of unofficial summer football activities. For the most part the athletes have put away the high tops and the bats…
Qualifying for area municipal elections has picked up and will continue until July 19 at 5 p.m. Mayor and city council members are up for election in all cities and towns in the county on Aug. 23. If necessary, a run-off election will be held Tuesday, Oct. 4. Woodland town clerk Lisa Copeland said the…
MONTGOMERY–Attorney General Luther Strange announced that the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals last Friday upheld the capital murder, attempted murder, first-degree assault, and two second-degree assault convictions of Desmonte Demontez Leonard. Leonard, 26 of Montgomery, was convicted in October of 2014 of the murder of Ladarius Phillips of Roanoke, Ed Christian, and DeMario Pitts (murder…
Handley Tigers (last season: 8-3, lost to UMS-Wright 20-7 in round 1) One word: Brutal Synopsis: Handley has not chosen a path of least resistance in its quest for playoff glory in 2016. Handley will be talented, but many of its opponents will be equally talented or more so. Six of Handley’s 10 opponents were playoff…
The price of The Randolph Leader will increase with the August 3, 2016 issue, going from the current single-issue price of 75 cents to $1. Newspaper rack mechanisms will be changed to reflect the new pricing. Subscription prices also will rise beginning in August, although those who currently subscribe to both the print edition and…
RCHS Tigers (last season: 13-1, lost to Fyffe 20-17 in state semifinals) One word: Unfamiliar Synopsis: Outside of traditional rivals Woodland and Ranburne, RCHS will be playing against a schedule full of strangers. RCHS will play two opponents for the first time ever (Wellborn and Barbour County) and two more opponents it hasn’t faced in nearly…
Wadley Bulldogs (last season: 10-2, lost to Cedar Bluff 34-27 in round 3) One word: Familiar Synopsis: Wadley’s schedule is the polar opposite of RCHS’s. The Bulldogs will face just one different foe from last season, as Beulah takes LaFayette’s spot in the week 5 non-region slot. Other than that, it’s the same eight schools as…
Woodland Bobcats (Last season: 2-8, did not make playoffs) One word: Opportune Synopsis: Woodland will field a young and inexperienced team. That’s a great time to have two 0-10 teams (Vincent, Horseshoe Bend) on your region schedule, along with a depleted Ranburne team that will almost certainly see its streak of three straight 10-plus-win seasons come…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. ACBRZ60419-ATRP(003) RANDOLPH COUNTY, Alabama Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on July 29, 2016 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Bridge Replacement and Approaches on CR-821 over…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. ACNU60426-ATRP(013) RANDOLPH COUNTY, Alabama Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on July 29, 2016 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Resurfacing and Traffic Stripe on CR-20 from…
2016 Municipal Election The City of Roanoke will be conducting municipal elections for the purpose of electing a mayor and five city council members on August 23, 2016, with a runoff, if necessary, to be held on October 4, 2016. The city will need poll workers to conduct this election. If you are interested in…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by L. T. Mitchell, single person to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as a nominee for Home123 Corporation., on September 22, 2006, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOREN LEE BRUNNER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Eugene Bradley and Anne Ekstrom on the 13th day of May, 2016, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 22 day of February,2012 by David Cummings, to Oliver Kitchens, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 571, at Pages 465-473; said…
If you are a law enforcement officer anywhere you must feel under siege after the events of the past week. After shootings of civilians by police officers in Baton Rouge, La., and St. Paul, Minn., protests took place in cities throughout the country. One such protest, in Dallas, culminated with the ambush and killing of…