(LANETT) Garland Taylor “G-Man” Manley, Jr., 77, of Lanett died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at his residence.The funeral will be Friday, June 10, at 11 a.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Revs. Matthew Thrower and Blaine Turner officiating. Interment will follow in Resthaven Cemetery in Lanett. The family will…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Wanda Gail Calhoun Howard, 54, of Hogansville, Ga., died Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Howard was born Jan. 28, 1962, in Roanoke and was a 1980 graduate of Handley High School. A resident of Troup County since 1983, she was a member of Faith Baptist Church in LaGrange, was employed…
This Saturday from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. some of the best artists in Randolph County and the surrounding area will participate in East Alabama Art Society’s Art in the Median. Artists will have their work displayed in the median of U.S. Hwy 431 in downtown Wedowee. Most of the works will be for sale.…
A fire in the early morning hours of Tuesday destroyed S&S Discount in Wedowee. Volunteer firefighters from Wedowee, Rock Stand and A&M responded, along with Randolph County EMA, Wedowee Police Department and Randolph County Sheriff’s Office. The fire was reported at about 1:30 a.m. and had fully engulfed the business, which dealt in salvage merchandise,…
Approximately $1,016,000 worth of scholarships and awards were presented to Handley High School seniors during their awards ceremony on May 23. These include: Warren Reid Bailey – Southern Union State Community College Presidential Technical Scholarship, Career Readiness Indicator Certificate-Electrical, Program Completion Certificate-Electrical Skyler Edward Baldwin – SUSCC Performing Arts Technical Scholarship Ethan Parker Barber –…
Attendees filled the sidewalk in front of the row of vendors’ booths at Summer on Main Saturday in Roanoke. The American Legion post 53 raffle made four lucky people into prize winners at Summer on Main and helped raise money for local high school students to attend Boys and Girls State. In the raffle Earnest…
A big thank you to Randolph County residents who sent support for the Ecuadorian earthquake victims through SIFAT! Last month this 7.8-scale quake destroyed thousands of homes, schools and hospitals, killed nearly 700, and left more than 6,000 people seriously injured. SIFAT staff members Tom Corson, Peggy Walker and Marie Lanier of Wedowee have just…
A Call Away Bail Bonding A Wedowee area man was arrested on Saturday, charged with discharging a firearm into a vehicle and third-degree domestic violence. According to the report from RCSO, Eli Cicero Lee, 76, of 111 County Rd. 3298, got into an argument with his son that escalated into a physical altercation. The victim…
A Call Away Bail Bonding A Roanoke man was charged with assault following a stabbing on Wednesday evening of last week. According to the report from Roanoke Police, William Christopher Treadwell, 24, of 1233 Recreation Dr., is accused of stabbing Leventrice Carlisle, 25, of Roanoke with a steak knife. The incident happened at about 8:20…
WEDOWEE–Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Ray Martin heard more guilty pleas in the recent spring criminal term. The following defendants pleaded guilty. • Stacy Scott Smith, 41, 432 Co. Rd. 37, Graham, pleaded guilty to unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance first degree, possession of drug paraphernalia and tampering with physical evidence. It was stated in…
WEDOWEE–As is the case in most summer school board meetings, Randolph County Board of Education voted on numerous personnel matters both at the May 26 meeting and a called meeting on June 2. The board accepted the resignations of: • Kristie Beason, bus driver for Woodland High School. • Khara Jones, teacher at Wedowee Elementary.…
Looking ahead, Wadley Mayor Michael James set fees for the August city elections at Monday night’s council meeting. Mayoral candidate fees will be $50 and council members will pay $25. They can start qualifying the first Tuesday in July when the mayor gives notice. The council appointed the mayor to the Wadley vacancy on the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PEGGY HALL, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of June, 2016, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE DEB’S FOOD STOP VS. Tamika (Hope) Sears Moore By Virtue of a judgments issued out of Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Tamika (Hope) Sears Moore, defendant, out of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JULIA M. YATES, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: Vicki McManus Cooper 1270 Sedgefield Road Tallahassee, FL 32317 Sherry McManus Green 210 Deer Run Road Monticello, FL 32344 Krista McManus P.O. Box 190 Monticello, FL 32356 You are hereby notified that on this…
Alabama Department of Environmental Management P.O. Box 301463 Montgomery, AL 36130-1463 (334) 271-7700 NOTICE OF PROPOSED CONSENT ORDER Account Code 240 Randolph County Pursuant to the provisions of the Alabama Environmental Management Act, the Alabama Department of Environmental Management is proposing to issue a Consent Order to the Woodland Water Board (PWSID AL0001132), who operates…
PUBLIC MEETING Water Service to Hwy 48 Marina with Rural Business Development Grant (RBDG) and/or Appalachian Regional Commission Grant (ARC) and/or Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs CDBG-ED Grant Randolph County, AL Project No. 111-40 Notice that a public meeting for comments will be held to review the Randolph County Commission plan to file…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOIS MOON, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Take notice that Letters Testamentary have been granted to Audrey Christine Wrye and Charissa Smith, as Co-Executors of the Estate of Lois Moon, deceased on the 25th day of May, 2016, by the Honorable…
Can the embarrassment factor get any higher when it comes Alabama’s elected officials? Our Bible-thumping, then-married governor Robert Bentley, caught having an affair with his top aide, is under state and federal criminal investigation for possible misuse of state funds and resources. So much for the executive branch. Our chief justice of the Alabama Supreme…
Just got the news. Over in Lincoln, Honda is going to start making “A new truck to love.” Great slogan. Down in Dixie we love out trucks, but over the years that love has often been fickle. Just like our divorce rate, truck turnover is high. So if you are looking for something new to…