NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL NUISANCE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC AUCTIONOn Jan. 12, 2014, the City Council of the City of Roanoke approved Resolution No. 1087 setting the costs of abating a nuisance on the following property:South St. property owned by Bessie TerryOwner having failed to reimburse the City of Roanoke for money expended to abate…

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL NUISANCE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC AUCTION On April 13, 2015, the City Council of the City of Roanoke approved Resolution No. 1096 setting the costs of abating a nuisance on the following property: Main St. property owned by John C. Bell, Jr. and Monica Bell Whitlow Owner having failed to reimburse…

NOTICE The Randolph County Learning Center is applying to the Alabama Department of Transportation for a federal capital funding grant under Section 5310 of the Federal Transit Act. This funding is for capital assistance to help meet the transportation needs of the disabled in Randolph County. A public hearing will be held on July 11th…

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL NUISANCE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC AUCTION On Jan. 12, 2014, the City Council of the City of Roanoke approved Resolution No. 1086 setting the costs of abating a nuisance on the following property: Bradley St. property owned by Benny Floyd Owner having failed to reimburse the City of Roanoke for money…

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL NUISANCE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC AUCTION On Jan. 12, 2014, the City Council of the City of Roanoke approved Resolution No. 1088 setting the costs of abating a nuisance on the following property: Coleman St. property owned by Ida Mae Graham Owner having failed to reimburse the City of Roanoke for…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: GARLAND PRUITT NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate has been filed by Mike Tranum on the 27th day of May, 2016, and that 30 days after the notice…

NOTICE OF INTENT TO SELL NUISANCE PROPERTY AT PUBLIC AUCTION On January 12, 2014, the City Council of the City of Roanoke approved Resolution No. 1089 setting the costs of abating a nuisance on the following property: Longshore St. property owned by Clifford Johnson Estate, c/o Johnnie Mae Ridley Owner having failed to reimburse the…

The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of deaths of infants under one year old per 1,000 live births. With a rate of 8.7, Alabama ranks fourth in infant mortality, behind only Mississippi and Louisiana among the states. The territory of Guam was included or we would have been third. (These numbers are from…

My buddy Gordon posted the picture on Facebook. Two dogs sitting at a table, one with a beer, the other with a martini. The beer dog says to the martini dogs, “My plans for the Fourth aren’t finalized yet, but I’m either cowering under the bed or digging a hole through the tub. And you?…

The older you get the more you realize that old adages you heard as a child are true. There is a political maxim that says, “Power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” It could very aptly be applied to the Mike Hubbard saga. Mike Hubbard was born and raised in north Georgia. He went to…

(SUGAR HILL, Ga.) Larry Gordon Cook, 68, of Sugar Hill and formerly of Hogansville, Ga., died Wednesday, June 22, 2016, at his home. A memorial service was at 3 p.m., Sunday, June 26, at Highland Baptist Church in Hogansville with the Rev. Terry Rainwater officiating. A resident of Hogansville most of his life, Mr. Cook…

(HOKES BLUFF) Winston Lovell Williams, 86, of Hokes Bluff died Thursday, June 23, 2016. His funeral was at 4 p.m. Sunday, June 26, at 12th Street Baptist Church in Rainbow City. He was born in Randolph County on Feb. 12, 1930, the oldest son of Velma and Garfield Williams. Winston graduated from Woodland High School…

(CAMP HILL) Mrs. Clytie White, 81, of Camp Hill died Saturday, June 25, 2016, at her residence. The funeral will be Tuesday, June 28, at Center Baptist Church with burial in the church cemetery with the Rev. Randall Hamer officiating. Visitation will be at the funeral home Monday from 5-7 p.m. Mrs. White was born…

(ROANOKE) Larry T. “Rabbit” Sheppard, 67, of Roanoke died Sunday, June 26, 2016, at West Georgia Hospice House in LaGrange. A memorial service will be Thursday, June 30, at 2 p.m. EDT at Fredonia Community Holiness Church. The family will receive friends at the church one hour prior to the service. The Rev. Jeremy Sheppard…

(LANETT) Clara Jean Barber, 85, of Lanett died Sunday, June 26, 2016 at Erlanger Medical Center in Chattanooga, Tenn., surrounded by her loving family. Mrs. Barber was born August 22, 1930 in Morrison Crossroads, Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late John W. Lipham and Berta Shaddix Lipham. She was a lifelong resident of Randolph…

A single-vehicle crash at 12:55 a.m. Friday claimed the life of a Heflin teen. Dalton Thomas Burke, 15, was killed when the 1999 GMC Jimmy he was driving left the roadway and struck a tree. He was not wearing a seatbelt and was pronounced dead at the scene. The crash occurred on Randolph County 233,…

(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Dalton Thomas Burke, 15, of Heflin will be Monday, June 27, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Pilgrim’s Rest Baptist Church with Bro. Mike Drummonds officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Sunday. Dalton died Friday, June 24.…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Patrick Chad Wysner, 43, of Woodland will be Saturday, June 25, 2016, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. John Davis, Jerry Wiggins and Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow at Campground Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Friday. Mr.…

(PENSACOLA, Fla.) Frances Weaver Reeves, 78, of Pensacola, Fla., died Wednesday, June 15, 2016. Memorial services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, June 29, at St. Christopher’s Episcopal Church with the Rev. Susan Sowers officiating. Frances was born in Roanoke, Ala., on Oct. 4, 1937. She attended Jacksonville State University. She moved to Pensacola and…

(BIRMINGHAM) Funeral services for Larry Wayne Nelson, 74, of Birmingham will be Saturday, June 25, 2016, at noon at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bob Shipp officiating. Burial will follow at Levens Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 11 a.m. until noon on Saturday. Mr. Nelson…