The Handley Middle School robotics team, which is headed to the 2016 VEX Worlds Competition, was recognized by the Roanoke Board of Education March 22.Supt. Chuck Marcum said these 7th graders are state champions representing Alabama in the World Championships in Louisville, Ky.He presented certificates to Matthew Towers, Ohm Patel, Rachel Prestridge, Joshua Smith and…
Emery Norred, an eighth-grader at Rock Mills Junior High School, represented Randolph County in the 89th Annual Alabama State Spelling Bee in Alabaster on Saturday, March 12. Emery placed sixth out of the 55 students competing after three hours of spelling and vocabulary rounds. In addition to the traditional spelling of words, the Alabama Spelling…
Woodland High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) competed at the state convention with their No Kid Hungry project and won a gold medal and a chance to compete at nationals. They collected food and money at their school and at Randolph County businesses. The money collected was donated to No Kid…
The Highway 22 Yard Sale will be this Saturday, April 2, from Wadley to Rock Mills. Join the crowd. Have your yard sale with the big yard sale all along Highway 22. School groups, churches, local charities are all welcome. All proceeds go to your group. Set up anywhere along the route, but be sure…
Franklin, Ga.–A Roanoke man was killed in one of several serious automobile crashes that took place over a short period of time in Heard County on Easter Sunday. Three major crashes took place in different parts of the county late Sunday afternoon and a fourth took place Sunday evening. Lee Smith, 43, a 1991 graduate…
Two Republican nominees for local elected offices will be decided in an April 12 runoff vote. An education meeting for voters is scheduled for Tuesday, April 5. The candidate forum will be in the big courtroom in the courthouse in Wedowee beginning at 6 p.m. The public is encouraged to attend. It is a Randolph…
Mayor Mike Fisher at Monday’s meeting of the Roanoke City Council said he had some good financial news. In December of 2008 the general fund had a $5,642 deficit. Today there is $1,241,905.85 in the general fund. This is due to the hard work of people, the city council, the purchasing agent and department heads,…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission will take bids on security equipment and consult with an architect about courthouse entrances in an effort to upgrade courthouse security. Regardless of which door is used–and only one will be–the metal detectors and x-ray will be needed and will run in the neighborhood of $40,000. Chief deputy Billy Lane said the…
Rep. Bob Fincher, R-Woodland, picked up petitions from Randolph County locations last Monday but said residents still have two and a half to three weeks to sign petitions saying they want Alabama TV stations. He said there were more than 2,000 signatures but he would like to get a few more. The goal was 3,000…
Roanoke police made two arrests on Tuesday afternoon of last week while accompanying a Department of Human Resources representative to conduct a welfare check of children. Stephanie Paige Smith, 26, and Steve Thomas Vowell, 31, of 719 Williams St. in the Mill Village were both arrested and charged with first-degree possession of marijuana, possession of…
Whenever a politician touts “family values” as a reason to elect him we should ask what kind of family values. With revelations of an affair between Gov. Robert Bentley and his chief advisor, an affair that ended the governor’s 50-year marriage, yet another sanctimonious elected official has been exposed. The affair came to light when…
In the past this was the time of year when, all along the sandy stretch from Mobile Bay to St. Andrews Bay, beach businesses were gearing up for the weeks of profits that would fill coffers depleted during the lean months of winter. Air-brush t-shirt shops were stocked. Scooter rentals were ready. Refrigerated beer trucks…
This has been an exciting election year when it comes to presidential politics. It has been an extraordinarily unusual and unpredictable presidential contest to say the least, especially on the Republican side. The GOP race began with an extraordinarily large field. There were 17 candidates as the race began, all with exceptional credentials. The one…
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…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Lee Smith, 43, of Roanoke will be Friday, April 1, 2016, at 4 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Darnell Teal and Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Mills Cemetery. Mr. Smith passed away Sunday, March 27, in Franklin, Ga. A Spalding County, Ga., native, Mr. Smith…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Kenneth Earl Rosenberg Sr., 74, of Bowdon, Ga., died Monday, March 28, 2016. In accordance with his wishes, his body will be cremated and a memorial service will be planned at a later time. Mr. Rosenberg was born in Troy, N.Y., on May 21, 1941, the son of the late Benny Rosenberg and…
(WADLEY) Charles Reese, 90, of Wadley died Tuesday, March 29, 2016, at Clay County Hospital, Ashland. The funeral will be at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church, Wadley, on Friday, April 1, at noon with Pastor W.L. Russell officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Reese is survived by three daughters, Margaret Battle of Wadley,…
(DAVISTON) Travis Buchanan, 72, of Daviston died at his home on Friday morning, March 25, 2016. The life celebration will be Wednesday, March 30, at 1 p.m. at Cogar Hill C.M.E. Church with the pastor, Rev. Hines Whatley, and Bishop Tom Staples Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Buchanan was one…
(HOGANSVILLE, Ga.) Kenneth Ryan Null, 36, of Hogansville, Ga., died Friday, March 25, 2016, in Greenville, S.C. Funeral services will be Wednesday, March 30, at 1 p.m. EDT at Higgins LaGrange Chapel with the Revs. Jimmy McMillian and Robert Longshore officiating. Interment will follow at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery in the Welch community. Mr. Null…
(ROANOKE) Catherine Hairston Bledsoe, 86, of Dunson Court, Roanoke, died Thursday, March 24, 2016. The funeral will be Saturday, April 2, at 2 p.m. at Sweet Home Baptist Church, Five Points, with the Rev. L.B. Houston as eulogist. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Bledsoe was born July 17, 1929, in Five Points.…