Joe Ammons, chaplain of American Legion Post 53, made a presentation on what they do to the Roanoke City Council Monday night and requested $1,000 to help with their projects.Councilman Mack Arthur Bell said he was all in favor of the veterans. “My daddy was a veteran who served in World War II,” he said.…
With or without the injured Kamaury Avery, the Wadley Bulldogs are going to run the football. Even with their premiere ball-carrier on crutches on the sideline, the Bulldogs found little resistance on the ground as they sloshed their way to a 50-0 win over Valley Head in a soggy first-round playoff game Friday. “We just…
Reco Hannah scored four touchdowns and RCHS continued its string of blowout victories with a 70-7 win over Collinsville in the first round of the state playoffs Friday in Wedowee. Hannah rushed for 156 yards and two touchdowns on 12 carries offensively and returned two interceptions for scores on defense to lead the Tigers to…
Coaches are fond of pointing out how you can learn so much more from a loss than you can from a win. (Which means that Saturday’s Georgia-Auburn game should feature about 200 of the smartest people on earth.) But it’s not often that an otherwise forgotten loss in the middle of the season would produce…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Steven C. Mickle and spouse, Stefanie Mickle, on February 24, 2012, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 571,…
INVITATION TO BID The City of Roanoke is accepting Sealed Bids on a building repair. The bid is for installing vinyl on the soffit, gables, metal fascia, metal roofing and gutters on an existing building. The building to be repaired is located at 100 Kiwanis Drive Roanoke Alabama. The building is known as the “Kids…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SHERRI TRAYLOR, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Sherri Traylor, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 4th day of November, 2015, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF WILLIE RUTH VEAL, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: Louise Phillips Doris Rowe Elsie White Nathaniel Phillips Polly Rowe James Phillips Margaret Arnold Ruby Staples And any other unknown heirs You are hereby notified that on this day came Wanda Marie…
SEALED BIDS Sealed bids will be received at the Wedowee Town Hall Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015, until 5 p.m. At that time bids will be publicly opened and read. Bids taken for: 1 Magic Chef gas stove (45-47)
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DV-2015-900045.00 WEDOWEE HEIGHTS, PLAINTIFFS VS. FREDERICK GOODWIN, DEFENDANT NOTICE OF COMPLAINT FOR EVICTION AND UNLAWFUL DETAINER FREDERICK GOODWIN, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Wedowee Heights Complaint for Eviction and other relief by the 2nd day of January, 2016, or thereafter, a judgment by default…
CITY OF ROANOKE PAVING PROJECT The City of Roanoke is taking bids on paving a section along Park Ave. from Commerce St. to Piedmont St., Country Club Rd., West Point St. and White St. (Please itemize each street according to specs). Bids must be sent to City of Roanoke, Post Office Box 1270, Roanoke, AL…
Last week, with an executive order, Gov. Robert Bentley reversed course and took the Attorney General’s Office out of the gambling enforcement business. Four years earlier he had disbanded a gambling task force put together by former governor Bob Riley and turned the primary responsibility for cracking down on gambling over to Attorney General Luther…
Recently I wrote about past (and current) efforts to predict the coming of “The End.” This brought a response from my buddy Wayne, who among other things is an ordained Baptist minister. Wayne reminded me of what Mark Twain said on the subject. “I don’t worry about predictions of the end of the world,” Wayne…
As a young boy I would sit for hours contemplating and analyzing the next governor’s race. At that time the governor could not succeed himself. He was limited to one four-year term. Therefore, we had developed a tradition whereby the man who had run second in the last governor’s race would automatically be considered the…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Nell McCollough, 86, of Newell will be Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Wayne Stevens, Connie Tumlin and Ray Clevenger officiating. Burial will follow at Pine Hill Church of Christ Cemetery. Mrs. McCollough died Sunday, Nov. 8, at her residence. A lifelong Randolph County resident,…
Funeral services for Duward McCord, 89, of Woodland will be Tuesday, Nov. 10, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Revs. Steve Dempsey and Frank Rasbury officiating. Burial will follow at Cool Springs Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. McCord passed away Sunday, Nov. 8, at his home. A Randolph County native, Mr. McCord was…
(VERONA, Miss.) John Marshell Baker Jr., 86, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House following an extended illness. A celebration of life service, with military honors, will be Tuesday, Nov. 10, in the Tupelo Chapel of Holland Funeral Directors with Bro. Merle Floyd officiating. Private burial will follow in Verona City Cemetery. He…
(LANETT) Robert “Robbie” Clyde Johns Jr., 46, of Lanett died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015. The funeral will be Tuesday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with interment in Shawmut Cemetery. He is survived by his mother, Patricia Eunice of LaGrange, Ga.; sons, Robert Lee Johns and Richard…
Joy “Yvonne” Gentry, 54, died Thursday, Nov. 5, 2015, after a lengthy battle with breast cancer. The funeral was Sunday, Nov. 8, at 2 p.m. at Bethel East Baptist Church in Woodland. Bro. Keith Runels officiated. She was born in Carroll County, Ga., the daughter of Cornelia Mitchell and the late Millard Mitchell. In addition…
(WEST POINT, Ga.) Joseph Dion “Joe Todd” McFarlin, 32, of West Point, Ga., died Saturday, Oct. 31, 2015, in Roanoke. The funeral will be Friday, Nov. 6, at 1 p.m. EST at Bethlehem Baptist Church with the Rev. Dr. W.T. Edmondson, pastor Teddy Reece and the Revs. W.G. Wimberly and Charles Trammell officiating. Cremation will…