(OGDEN, Utah) Del Borders Yarbrough, 69, died Friday, Jan. 8, 2016, at Crestwood Care Center in Ogden, Utah.The funeral was Tuesday, Jan. 12, at noon at Leavitt’s Mortuary in Ogden. A graveside service and interment were at Utah Veterans Memorial Park in Bluffdale at 3 p.m.Mrs. Yarbrough was born Dec. 4, 1946, to Martha Ellen…
If you want to see what it’s like for a player to almost single-handedly control a basketball game and win it for his team, ask Wadley head coach Logan Cofield for the game tape from his team’s 73-67 overtime win over Beulah last Thursday. Sophomore Quae Drake excelled in the second half and helped his…
Randolph County’s Baby New Year 2016 is Freya Madison Jordan, who was born Wednesday, Jan. 6, at 9:35 a.m. CT at West Georgia Medical Center in LaGrange. Her parents are Bryan and Lacey Jordan of Roanoke. At birth, Freya weighed 6 pounds, 10 ounces and was 18 inches long. Proud grandparents are Joe and JoAnn…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission is planning a tour later this month for its legislative delegation of both problem roads and recent road improvements. The Association of County Commissions of Alabama recently encouraged commissioners to invite their local legislative delegation to participate in a county road tour as part of the DRIVE Alabama campaign. Chambers and Lee…
The annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities will be hosted by the Randolph County chapter of the Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC) on Monday, Jan. 18. The day will start with a prayer breakfast with the Rev. Dr. W.T. Edmondson bringing the message at 8:30 a.m. at the 431 Banquet Hall in Welch. Tickets for…
Getting rid of your old electronic devices will be as easy dropping them off at Electronics Recycling Day Saturday, Jan. 16, in Wedowee, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in front of NAPA Auto Parts on Hwy. 431 North. Recyclers from CE&E Solutions will accept almost all forms of electronic devices, including computers, radios, batteries, house/cell…
Roanoke police are searching for the suspect who robbed the Roanoke Dollar General store at gunpoint on Wednesday evening of last week. Chief Adam Melton said the robbery was reported at approximately 6:10 p.m. when a black male entered the store and demanded money from the cashier. He was in the store only a short…
TROUP COUNTY, Ga.–Three young men arrested in Troup County, Ga., face charges for stealing all-terrain vehicles (ATVs) in Randolph County. According to investigator Greg Dendinger, Joshua Lamar Lester, 19, of Greenville, Ga., Brandon Forrest Benefield, 21, of LaGrange, Ga., and Kyler Logan Collier, 19, of Randolph County will be charged with first- and second-degree theft…
Shots fired on Sunday afternoon struck the outside of Roanoke HealthCare on Seymour Drive. An officer responding to the call at approximately 3:30 located where a round had struck the building on the Satterwhite Street end of the building and also found a pair of tennis shoes there. The supervisor was told to lock down…
Roanoke City Council had a busy meeting Monday night hearing a presentation by Emergency Medical Transport’s Matthew C. Knight, discussing paving and a suggestion to increase sales tax by a half cent to fund it, and hearing end-of-year reports from public safety chiefs. They also heard an extended report from Recreation Director Jerri Gabriel, who…
The deadline for this year’s Valentine section will be Friday, Jan. 22. This gives our staff five working days (not counting Mondays and Tuesdays when all hands are working on that week’s paper) to get it ready to send to press on Friday, Feb. 5. It will come out in the Leader on Wednesday, Feb.…
Woodland snapped a 10-game losing streak and earned its first win of the season with a 55-42 win over Horseshoe Bend Monday. The Bobcats got a balanced scoring effort and rode a solid second half to the win. Woodland trailed 9-7 after the first quarter, but mid-game adjustments allowed the Bobcats to speed up the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF YVONNE MITCHELL GENTRY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Joel Gentry on the 6th day of Jan., 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 JANIS HEARD FINCHER, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Michelle Fincher Ireland on the 6th day of Jan., 2016, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ronald Stacy Presnal and Deborah Ann Presnal, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for FIRST BANK MORTGAGE A DIVISION OF GEORGIA, on December 30, 2004, said mortgage being recorded in…
PUBLIC HEARING/COMMENT PERIOD NOTICE RANDOLPH COUNTY SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT PLAN 2015 As required by the Alabama Solid Wastes & Recyclable Materials Management Act (SWRMMA), Code of Alabama 1975, §22-27-47, the Randolph County Commission will conduct a public hearing to solicit public comment concerning the County’s Solid Waste Management Plan (SWMP or Plan). The Public Hearing…
RCHS got off to a hot start to 2016 and now is in position to host its area tournament for the second straight season. A win at Ranburne on Tuesday night would secure the regular season area title for RCHS and give them an automatic berth in the sub-regional round of the state tournament. “Tuesday…
Alabama State Troopers investigated 25 traffic deaths throughout the state during their designated holiday enforcement period from midnight, Dec. 18 to midnight, Jan. 1. This compares with 19 traffic fatalities over the same period one year ago. While no one factor explains the increase in fatalities, Alabama’s Secretary of Law Enforcement Spencer Collier points out…
I occasionally get letters from readers. At times what they write is better than what I wrote, but I don’t tell them that. Wouldn’t want to lose this gig. Usually they just want to tell me that what I wrote reminded them of something that happened to them. Usually they thank me. Those letters make…
Last week we discussed the presidential race. The GOP race for the nomination has been one of the most illuminating in history. Never before have political novices been the frontrunners. It is obvious that voters prefer an outsider with no governmental experience. Donald Trump and Ben Carson would both be considered outsiders, both lacking in…