ROCK MILLS–A Roanoke man was injured on Saturday evening when another guest cut him with a knife while at a mutual friend’s house in Rock Mills.Cecil Eugene Brown, 39, of 207 County Rd. 30, Roanoke, was arrested and charged with second-degree assault for allegedly cutting Kenneth Lee Nimon, 38, on the right side of his…

Randolph County officials are urging citizens to look at the Alabama Transportation and Rehabilitation Investment Program (ATRIP) as an example of how local road and bridge investments can benefit the entire state. ATRIP was introduced in 2012 as an infrastructure initiative aimed at investing more than $1 billion into Alabama’s local roads and bridges. As…

Sid Hare, chairman of the Randolph County Republican Executive Committee, said he was very proud of the local Republican Party at last week’s meeting to hear Jerry Walker’s contest of John Jacobs’ candidacy for county superintendent of education. The group allowed Jacobs to stay on the March ballot. They listened to both sides of the…

As the playoff field gets smaller and smaller we have two county teams that are alive and well heading into Friday’s third-round action. Wadley hosts Cedar Bluff in class 1A, and RCHS hosts Cleveland in class 2A with the winners advancing to the state semifinals. The last time two county teams reached the state semifinals…

Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. ACNU60425-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 December 04, 2015 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Resurfacing and Traffic Stripe on CR-51 from…

Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. ACBRZ60420-ATRP(003), ACBRZ60421-ATRP(003) 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 December 04, 2015 and at that time publicly opened for the constructing the Bridge Replacement and Approaches on…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2015 – 900079.00 VISH CORPORATION, PLAINTIFF vs. Tract #1: Commencing at an existing iron pin found (crimped top pipe) marking the NE Corner of the SW 1/4 of the NW 1/4 of Section 4, Township 20 South; Range 10 East, Randolph County, Alabama, thence…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by GLENN L. GREEN, a single adult, mortgagor, to REGIONS BANK, on June 24, 2008, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama at Mortgage Book 534, page…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GUY FRANKLIN WILSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Frankie Wilson on the 12th day of Nov., 2015, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S SALE CORELINC LLC VS. AMY MEADOWS By Virtue of a judgments issued out of Circuit Court of Randolph County, Alabama and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against Amy Meadows, defendant, out of the goods, chattels, land and…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV 2015 – 900080.00 PIERCE ALLAN MEADOWS PLAINTIFF vs. Commencing at an existing iron pin found (shaft) marking the NW Corner of the NW 1/4 of the SW 1/4 of Section 25, Township 18 South, Range 11 East Randolph County, Alabama, thence N 88°15’34” E…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV-2012-900089.00 TERRY SHEPPARD, PLAINTIFF VS. DON SHEPPARD, KAREN SHEPPARD POGUE, SANDRA MADDOX CROSSWAITES, CURTIS L. MADDOX, JR., DALLAS WAYNE RICHARD, BOBBIE JEAN RICHARD, GERALD WHITE, EARL STEPHENS, JAMES R. STEPHENS, TODD STEPHENS, JERRY PAUL STEPHENS, VIRGINIA STEPHENS DUNAVENT, SHELBY JEAN MADDOX, ROLLINS, JOE BOB MADDOX,…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: BARBARA NORRED, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT Letters of Administration of said deceased have been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of Nov., 2015, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama. Notice is hereby given that all persons having…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO SALE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES S&S Discount hereby notifies the public at large that they intend to apply for an Off-Premise Beer License. The premises at which S&S Discount wishes to sale Alcoholic Beverages is located at 111 4th St. SW, Wedowee, AL. Anyone wishing…

During the 2014 Thanksgiving travel period there were six motor vehicle fatalities statewide. It’s a heavy travel time with the potential for increased traffic accidents. We seem to have gotten a jump on it here, with reports in this issue of The Leader of four injury-causing accidents in the past six days. One involved alcohol…

Down on the coast I like to ask folks that I meet “where are you from?” They reply and, courteously, ask where I am from. Then I say “here” and watch the envy in their eyes. I have a mean streak. The other day I asked a guy who was loading his car for the…

We Alabamians love the governor’s race. When talk turns to politics in our beloved state, it usually leads to the governor’s race. It does not matter if the governor’s race is four years away, political gossip starts early as to who will run for governor. As each new race approaches it is talked about more…

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Thomas Brian “Curly” Knight, 39, of Wadley, will be Thursday, Nov. 19, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Corinth Congregational Christian Church with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Bryan Lee Yates officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Knight died Monday, Nov. 16, at University Hospital in Birmingham. A lifelong…

(GRAHAM) Dr. Larry Cecil Cosper of Graham died Sunday, Nov. 15, 2015. He was 64. Funeral services will be Wednesday, Nov. 18, at 2 p.m. EST at Shiloh Baptist Church in Graham. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Larry was born June 11, 1951, in Bowdon, Ga., to Cecil Cosper and the late Bernice…

(WEDOWEE) Clarence “Hook” Robertson, 49, died Friday, Nov. 13, 2015, surrounding by his loving family. A memorial service was Tuesday, Nov. 17, at Canaan Baptist Church (Shining Light), Wedowee. Mr. Robertson was born March 24, 1966, to Charlie Robertson and Dorothy Mae Livingston Robertson in Roanoke. A lifelong resident of Wedowee, he graduated from Randolph…