Longest serving firefighter Billy Ray Taft was named assistant fire chief at Monday night’s Roanoke City Council meeting. He is filling the vacancy created by the death of Bill Ford.Fire Chief Ron Cameron said Taft had been the right hand man and those at the firefighters meeting agreed to bring him up to assistant fire…
A seminar on human trafficking will be held Saturday, Feb. 13, at from 9 a.m.-noon at First United Methodist Church in Roanoke. Registration begins at 8 a.m. Speakers will be Tajuan McCarty, founder of the Well House in Birmingham, Pat McCay, director of Madison County Human Trafficking Task Force, and Lacy Henson Tolar, co-founder of…
Kamaury Avery’s dream of becoming a college football player became a reality on National Signing Day last Wednesday when he accepted a scholarship offer from Savannah State University in Savannah, Ga. The Wadley senior, who will likely play linebacker in college, had interest from several colleges at various levels, but did not receive any bona…
In 1992 Chris May sat in the library at Handley High School and signed paperwork for a scholarship to play college football. Twenty-four years later his son Seth did the exact same thing in the exact same location. Seth May made his commitment to Point University in West Point, Ga., official Tuesday as he signed…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE AND SALE OF PERSONAL PROPERTY UNDER §7-9A-604(2) OF THE CODE OF ALABAMA Default having been made under the terms of a secured by a security agreement and that certain mortgage executed by Walter Scott Holloway, an unmarried man on the 29th day of May,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lisa Salers, and Heath W. Salers, wife and husband, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, on the 7th day of December, 2007, said mortgage…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Timothy G. Boyd, a married man and his wife Tina V. Boyd, originally in favor of Alacrity Lending Company, on the 19th day of May, 2010, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Brenda P. Kidd, an unmarried woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for Coldwell Banker Mortgage, on the 23rd day of September, 2005, said mortgage recorded in…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: WILLIAM RICHARD KIRBY, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of William Richard Kirby, deceased, having been granted to Frances Kirby on the 5th day of February, 2016, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…
NOTICE The Probate Judge as Chief Election Officer makes it known in each voting precinct that, as required, Randolph County, Alabama is in compliance with the availability of registration and voting aids for all handicapped and elderly individuals, as stated in the Code of Alabama, Section 21-4-23(b). (6)
Handley’s boys and girls swept Woodland last Thursday to complete the regular season for both teams. The girls opened the night with a 67-25 win. Handley led 16-8 after the first quarter, but the Lady Tigers outscored the Lady Bobcats 20-4 in the second quarter to carry a 36-12 lead into the half. The third…
So the Super Bowl is over. And that means short of stumbling across some “Interstellar” type of time manipulation room where I could cause myself to exist only in the months from September to February, I have to accept the reality that football is gone for the next eight months. (If you haven’t seen the…
(HEFLIN) Danny Steve Spradlin, 59, died Saturday, Feb. 6, 2016, at his residence. A memorial service will be at 1 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, at Happy Hill Baptist Church with the Rev. Chris Jackson officiating. Mr. Spradlin was a native of Georgia and a resident of Cleburne County for the past 27 years. Danny…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Annie Pearl Yarbrough McCollum, 78, of Lineville will be at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2016, at Pine Grove Baptist Church with the Revs. Billy Taylor, Claude Bennett and Sonny McCollum officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. McCollum died Saturday, Feb. 6, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical…
(EASLEY, S.C.) On the afternoon of Friday, Feb. 5, 2016, Juanita Laura Johnson Maness died peacefully of natural causes, two days before her 82nd birthday. Memorial services will be at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 13, 2016, in the chapel of Robinson Funeral Home-Downtown, Easley. Juanita was born in Whitmire, S.C., to the late Curtis and…
(LANETT) Howard Padgett, 78, of Lanett died Thursday, Feb. 4, 2016, at Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. Graveside services were Sunday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. CST at New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery in Cragford. Mr. Padgett was born in Randolph County on Aug. 29, 1937. He had worked at Langdale Mill and with…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Major Ray “M.R.” Wilson of Woodland will be Sunday, Feb. 7, 2016, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow at Prospect Methodist Church Cemetery with Masonic rites. Mr. Wilson passed away Wednesday, Feb. 3, at his residence after a brief illness. A…
Wadley’s Kamaury Avery signed his letter of intent to play football at Savannah State University at a national signing day ceremony at Wadley High School on Wednesday. Savannah State offered Avery a scholarship as part of an official visit on Saturday and Avery wasted no time accepting it, leading to Wednesday’s signing in front of…
Defense wins championships. That old adage was never truer than last Wednesday as Handley’s run of dominance in the county tournament continued unabated with a 46-31 win over RCHS in the tournament championship. The win gave Handley its ninth straight title, the second longest winning streak in the history of the tournament. “That’s one of…
After years of unsuccessfully challenging the Woodland girls basketball dynasty for county supremacy, the Handley Lady Tigers now know what it’s like to be building a dynasty of their own. Handley won its second straight county tournament title in blowout fashion with a 68-27 win over Woodland Wednesday. Tournament MVP Jasmine Finley-Kimble scored 31 points…