April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. This month and throughout the year, Randolph County Department of Human Resources encourages all citizens and organizations to play a role in making Randolph County a better place for children and families. By ensuring parents have the knowledge, skills and resources they need to care for their children,…
This Sunday, April 17, the Wedowee Area Ladies Community Chorus will present its annual spring concert. Since its beginning in 2007, the chorus has developed the tradition of two concerts annually, always free to the public. Over the years the group has performed a variety of styles–classical, traditional sacred, Southen gospel, pop, Broadway, folk. This…
WEDOWEE–A Tennessee pilot made an emergency landing Saturday in a field adjoining County Road 67 near Wedowee. At approximately 9 that morning, Chambers County Sheriff’s Office was contacted by the Federal Aviation Administration that a pilot was attempting an emergency landing, and so they began the search. Peter Milton Larsen of Hampshire, Tenn., had been…
A smattering of voters decided two local races in Tuesday’s runoff election. Thirteen percent, or 2,074 of the 15,867 registered voters voted. Running for county superintendent of education on the Republican ballot were educators Mary Kelly and John Jacobs with Jacobs winning. Kelly received 826 or 40 percent of the votes, while Jacobs received 1,238…
The Randolph County Economic Development Authority (RCEDA) held a called meeting Thursday to accept board resignations but there was not a quorum of the 11-member board present so no official actions could be taken. Vice-president Dick Israel, taking over as interim president, said resignation letters had been received from president David Daniel of Woodland, treasurer…
Handley moved to 3-0 in area play thanks to back to back wins over Munford and Leeds Wednesday and Thursday, respectively. Handley thumped Munford 16-1 Wednesday as the Lady Tigers pounded out 18 hits. Handley led 9-1 after four innings, then removed all doubt about the victory with six-run seventh. Catcher Haylee Stokley went 2-for-3…
ATMORE–State inmate William Randall “Randy” Triplett, 45, was found dead of an apparent suicide at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on Thursday. At 11:10 a.m. last Thursday, April 7, two corrections officers found the inmate hanging from a bedsheet in a one-person cell inside the prison’s segregation unit. The inmate was unresponsive…
The Randolph County JOBS Task Force and Randolph County Economic Development Authority are kicking off their 9th Annual Career Expo on April 19 at Trinity Baptist Church’s family life center in Roanoke from 9 a.m. until noon. The purpose of the event is to create an experience for the people in Randolph County and surrounding…
Woodland Founders Day will be Saturday, April 23. The opening ceremony will be at 9 a.m. with Boy Scout Troop 4132 presenting the United States flag and Cyndal Jones singing the National Anthem. Mayor Tim Prince and the Woodland Town Council will present the key to the city. Live entertainment will begin at 9:20 according…
RCHS swept a crucial doubleheader against Woodland Thursday to keep its hopes alive for the top spot in 2A, area 10. RCHS is now 3-1 in area play and trails unbeaten Ranburne by a game in the standings. RCHS was scheduled to play Ranburne Tuesday night in a doubleheader to determine the regular season area…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission discussed the landfill and the landfill road during its meeting on Monday. County engineer Burrel Jones told the commission the landfill had eight to 12 commercial vehicles come to the landfill recently, and it took four trucks two days bringing dirt to cover it. The landfill needs a new supply of dirt,…
Handley High School Student Government Association will host a community-wide voter registration drive Saturday, April 16, from 9 a.m. to 1p.m. Anyone who is not currently registered to vote is invited to visit them at either of the following locations: Piggly Wiggly, Walmart or Corner One. Handley’s SGA encourages every citizen to take part in…
Some parking areas downtown have been blocked off due to work the Alabama Department of Transportation is doing. Donnie Cash, Streets Department supervisor, said DOT workers are relining the storm water pipe. This is in response to it being broken and leaking. It has been broken a long time. Cash said they told the Northern…
The RCHS baseball team went to the 2A state finals last season and returned six starters from that team, including first-team all-state outfielder J.R. Roundtree. The team has put together a worthy encore performance as it has compiled a 21-6 record, and all six of those losses have come to teams in class 4A or…
What is left of the Randolph County Economic Develpment Authority board is taking the right steps moving forward, meeting with the Economic Development Partnership of Alabama (EDPA) to get some questions anwered. If nothing else, the back and forth with the organization most active in statewide industry recruitment will ensure that EDPA is aware of…
As the saga of Gov. Robert Bentley played out in the press and in the “social media” (a term I love to hate) I could not help but think about how the Bentley scandal compares to scandals of past politicians who governed in and around Alabama. A quick review of the competition suggests that at…
There appears to be very little interest in promoting an effort to impeach Governor Robert Bentley. With very few legislative days left in the session, legislators have a myriad of problems to deal with, not the least of which are the budgets, especially the General Fund. The financial woes surrounding the General Fund cloud the…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that certain Mortgage, executed on the 10/03/2011, by MARY JIM GREEN HAND, AN UNMARRIED WOMAN, as Mortgagor, to MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTESM, INC., AS NOMINEE FOR URBAN FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. as Mortgagee, which said Mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. ACNU60429-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 April 29, 2016 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Resurfacing and Traffic Stripe on CR-65 from…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. STPAA-HSIP-0022(524) 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 April 29, 2016 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Safety Widening, Planing, Resurfacing, and Traffic Stripe…