(FIVE POINTS) Regina Allen Elsea, 20 of Five Points, formerly of Randolph County, died Sunday, June 19, 2016, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham from a work-related injury.The funeral will be Thursday, June 23, at 3 p.m. EDT at Stutts Funeral Home Chapel in Franklin, Ga. Interment will follow in Centralhatchee First Baptist Church Cemetery, also…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Johnathan Scott Daniel, infant son of Scotty and Renee Daniel, will be Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at 5:30 p.m. at Rock Mills Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Mark Aills officiating. Johnathan passed away Sunday, June 19, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Survivors include his parents, Scotty and Renee Daniel…
The Imperial OPA circus from Atlanta visited Southern Union’s Kids Kollege last week. The visit capped off a week of fun celebrating “Kids Kollege: The Greatest Place on Earth!” Sixty-two children ages 6-12 enjoyed a week on SU’s Wadley campus studying music, dance, art, health, science, math and physical education and wellness.
The Handley Lady Tigers had a record setting season, winning the most games in a single season in school history and advancing the state final four. And in the middle of it all – quite literally – was Morgan Whaley. Whaley occupied the pitching circle for nearly three quarters of her team’s innings, and in…
Noonday Church in the New Hope community held mission camp for teens June 14-17. The campers lived at Noonday Life Center and a nearby house. Each day at Community Changers Christian Mission Camp started with breakfast and a devotion by various men and women of the community. Then the boys headed off to do yard…
As of May 20, the Randolph County High School Class of 2016 has been offered more than $1.2 million in scholarships and awards. Counselor Rhonda Loveless along with career coach Stephanie Kirby began working early to provide assistance to students seeking financial awards. The search for scholarships and awards began in October and by Nov.…
A strong windstorm swept through the county late Friday afternoon, ripping the roofs off of outbuildings on the property of Mike and Lisa Copeland on County Road 103 east of Woodland and removing a large portion of the roof at the home of Glen and Debbie Smith, also on County Road 103. Woodland High School…
A group of middle school and high school aged students are getting a first-hand look at the life of a police officer thanks to the Roanoke Police Department’s Explorer program. Now in its third year, the program is essentially a scaled-down version of a police academy in which students spend their weekdays mimicking the training…
WELCH–Two Roanoke residents were seriously injured in a vehicle accident during the early morning hours of Monday. According to reports from the State Troopers, Kimberly Renee Finley, 49, was driving a 1997 Mercury Tracer. She was transported by EMS air to Grady Hospital in Atlanta. Jimmy Ray Worthy Jr., 19, was driving a 2002 Pontiac…
The 13th annual Randolph County Sheriff’s PCA Rodeo will be Friday and Saturday, July 1-2, at 7:30 p.m. on U.S. 431, just north of Wedowee Building Supplies. Gates open at 5 p.m. Tickets are $10 and may be purchased in advance at Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. Fireworks will follow the rodeo.
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission heard reports from the county’s superintendents and extended the 1-percent sales tax for education during their June 13 meeting. Randolph County Schools Superintendent Rance Kirby thanked the commission for their continued support of the schools, not only with the 1-cent sales tax, but in all the help they gave with the Woodland…
At the Roanoke Utilities Board’s Monday meeting Greg Thompson presented a public hearing for the Clearwell Improvements Project. Thompson, with The Engineers of the South, is the board’s engineer. His presentation included photos and graphics of the water filter plant. He said the starting time for construction is up to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.…
SIFAT has received a grant through the Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Environmental Education and the Alabama Cooperative Extension System (Alabma A & M and Auburn University) to collaborate with Alabama Water Watch to offer specialized training in stream biomonitoring and water chemistry monitoring. The workshop will be at SIFAT’s 175-acre international training campus between…
Less than a week after former Alabama House speaker Mike Hubbard was convicted and removed from office for multiple violations of the state’s ethics law, an investigation by the Alabama House Judiciary Committee of Gov. Robert Bentley began. Its purpose is to determine whether there are grounds to impeach the governor after it was discovered…
One of the great questions that has hung over American elections since forever has been “who should be allowed to vote.” All sorts of qualifications have been used to answer that. Sex – don’t let women vote. Age – gotta be 21. Oh, wait, make that 18. Race – just white folks. Affluence – own…
One of my most cherished lifetime memories is the almost two decades I served in the Alabama House of Representatives. It was because of the lifetime friends made during that era. The House was not as partisan as it is today. This day and time it seems like legislators do not mix and mingle with…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Alabama, Randolph County Default having been made pursuant to the terms of that certain mortgage executed by Charles Wilson, a married man and Kelly Wilson to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Impact Mortgage Group, Inc., its successors and assigns, dated 04/11/08, said mortgage being recorded in Book…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated April 3, 2009, executed by Terill L. Drake, an unmarried person, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for American Southwest Mortgage Corp., which mortgage was recorded on April 8, 2009, in Mortgage Book…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on May 31, 2011 by Terrell Johnson, a married man, joined herein by his wife, Valerie Wilson Johnson, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Mortgageamerica, Inc., and recorded in Mort…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Herman Davis Landers, 81, of Wedowee will be Tuesday, June 21, 2016, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Cade Farris and Ricky Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Corinth Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 4-8 p.m. on Monday. Mr.…