MONTGOMERY–Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded a $2,389 grant to the Randolph County Commission to purchase equipment for the sheriff’s office.The funds will purchase equipment to use e-Cite, an electronic citation system used in patrol cars. The system increases accuracy and efficiency by printing tickets in-car and relaying the ticket information electronically, alleviating any potential handwriting…
Handley steamrolled through its area tournament to claim the area title in commanding fashion, while RCHS made a statement of its own by twice knocking off the top-seeded team in its area to claim its second straight area crown. Both teams’ seasons will continue this week as they venture on to separate regionals in a…
A Call Away Bail Bonding The serving of a child support warrant developed into a more serious charge on Sunday evening in Roanoke. Randolph County Sheriff’s deputies stopped Altito Lee Mosley, 40, of 139 Radney St., Roanoke, at Circle K for two counts of failure to appear in court (child support). However, between Mosley and…
Randolph County HealthCare Authority (RCHCA) Chairman Bill Caypless visited with the Randolph County Commission on Monday to inform them of the new nine-member board that will be formed to oversee the new hospital being built now. Caypless said each municipality will appoint a board member, but not one who is a mayor or council member.…
The Franklin Road bridge has been re-opened with a three-ton weight requirement as of Monday afternoon, Donnie Cash, Streets Department supervisor, told members of the Roanoke City Council Monday night. He sent photos and information about the work his department had done to bridge inspector Rob Harris who said to re-open it with the three-ton…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH SCHEMBRI, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Steve Morris on the 4th day of May, 2016, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ERA BELL HILL, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Jimmy Ray Hill on the 4th day of May, 2016, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the…
NOTICE OF INTENT TO ABATE NUISANCES On April 25, 2016, the City Council of the City of Roanoke approved Resolution No. 1129 regarding the dangerous structure(s) located on the following property, more particularly described in Resolution No. 1129: Ave B property owned by James E. Tucker If the structures are not immediately removed to the…
NOTICE The Roanoke Housing Authority (RHA) will be amending its Admission and Continued Occupancy Policy (ACOP) and proposing an amendment to the Significant Amendment/Modification and Substantial Deviation definitions in the 5 Year Plan and Annual Plan. Residents will have forty five (45) days to comment on the proposed amendments. The 45-day comment period begins on…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: LEWIS H. HAMNER JR., DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Lewis H. Hamner Jr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of May, 2016, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the next session of the Legislature of Alabama commencing after the fourth consecutive week of publication of this notice, and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN…
The playoffs can be a cruel and deceptive judge of a team’s character. The final scores from RCHS’s third-round state playoff series against Mars Hill Bible Friday and Saturday say that Mars Hill was the better team. And that’s fair in the sense that Mars Hill won two games and earned the right to advance.…
After going unbeaten in area play during the regular season the Wadley Bulldogs softball team had a seemingly clear path to an eighth straight area championship when tournament play began in Wadley last week. But Talladega County Central had other ideas. TCC beat Wadley twice in the tournament and put an end to the Lady…
(This is the fourth and last in a series of columns that trace the history of efforts to regulate the manufacture, sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages in Alabama. What follows is an updated and expanded version of an article by the author that first appeared in The Anniston Star back in 2008.) Let’s catch…
For the past five or six years the legislature has pretty much cut state government to the bone. One of the areas that legislators have taken an ax to are Alabama’s cultural heritage agencies. These organizations throughout the state have taken it on the chin. There is an informal partnership of seven state agencies that…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Marie Sims Whitmore, 93, of Roanoke will be Saturday, May 14, 2016, at Bethel East Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland, with the Rev. Ridley Herren officiating. Mrs. Whitmore died Sunday, May 8, at Traylor Nursing Center. A Laurel, Miss., native, Mrs. Whitmore was born Sept. 30, 1922, the daughter of Orbie Watson…
(ROANOKE) Memorial services for Carroll B. Platt Sr., 87, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 1 p.m. CDT in the Georgia National Cemetery in Canton with a military chaplain officiating. Mr. Platt died Sunday, May 8, at Riverview Regional Hospital in Gadsden. A St. George, S.C., native, Mr. Platt was born Aug.…
(ALEXANDER CITY) The funeral for Benny Lamar Pinkard, 66, of Alexander City will be Thursday, May 12, 2016, at 1 p.m. in the chapel of Radney Funeral Home with Rev. Mark Sprayberry officiating. Burial will follow in Antioch Christian Church Cemetery in Roanoke. Mr. Pinkard passed away on Sunday, May 8, at Grandview Medical Center,…
(ROBBINSVILLE, N.C.) Jeffery Sawyer, 46, of Robbinsville, N.C., died Saturday, May 7, 2016, at Graham Healthcare and Rehabilitation. The funeral will be at 7 p.m. EDT Monday, May 9, at Townson-Smith Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Millsaps officiating. Committal services will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday, May 10, at Lower Yellow Creek Cemetery. Jeff was…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Garland Wesley Pruitt, 70, of Woodland will be Tuesday, May 10, 2016, at 7 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Rev. Don Ellison officiating. Burial will be Wednesday, May 11, at the Alabama National Cemetery in Montevallo. Mr. Pruitt died Saturday, May 7. A Washington, D.C., native, Mr. Pruitt was born…