A fire on Monday afternoon did extensive damage to the Wedowee home of Sandra Bradley, her daughters and granddaughter. Volunteer firefighters from the A&M, New Hope and Wedowee departments responded to the call, which was initially dispatched as a kitchen fire, at 1:20 p.m. on West Broad Street. The inside of the house is a…
Handley fell from second to fourth place and ended up with an unenviable first-round playoff matchup after a 42-29 loss to Dadeville at home Friday. Handley led 29-14 with just under seven minutes left in the third quarter and appeared well-positioned for the win, but Dadeville put together a relentless rally in the third quarter…
LAKE WEDOWEE–The 2015 Renew Our Rivers Lake Cleanup, sponsored by Alabama Power and Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association (LWPOA), took place Oct. 20-22. One hundred twenty hard-working volunteers filled two 30-yard dumpsters with trash collected from Lake Wedowee. The group was blessed with great weather, which made the cleanup a pleasant experience. The workers appreciated…
Members of Wind will play Saturday night as a fundraiser for October’s Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Those performing playing classic rock favorites to dance to are: Tim Cox, Tom Norton, John Hodges and Tim Jacobs. The Halloween concert Saturday will be from 8 until 11 p.m. at the Fort Charles M. Clack National Guard Armory.…
A Roanoke man was transported by Lifesaver helicopter to Columbus Medical Center following a wreck on County Road 59 on Friday morning of last week. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Roy Levi Brown, 24, was southbound in his 1997 Ford Ranger truck when he ran off the road on the left,…
The fourth Downtown Fall Festival sponsored by the Roanoke police and fire departments is set for Saturday, Oct. 31, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. It will coincide with the hours set by the council for Halloween trick or treating in Roanoke. Dorothy Tidwell, event coordinator, is helping to put it together and says they need…
Beginning this Sunday, Nov. 1, goods bought in Randolph County will cost an additional one percent. The hike in the county sales tax, from 1 to 2 percent, is due to an August referendum in which county voters overwhelmingly chose to add the tax to support the construction and operation of a new hospital for…
Roanoke Police are investigated a home invasion robbery that happened around 1:30 a.m. Monday on Border Street. Police Chief Adam Melton said the victim, Demetrius Winston, 39, suffered several gunshot wounds and is in serious but stable condition at University Hospital in Birmingham. Melton said masked individuals entered Winston’s residence and a fight broke out.…
Election is not until March 1, 2016, but qualifying for local races is near the deadline of Nov. 6 at 5 p.m. and candidates are signing up. Those planning to qualify need to do so with Randolph County Republican chairman Sid Hare or Randolph County Democratic chairman David Meddick. Up for election are: the county…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission Chairman Larry Roberts said he met with new Revenue Commissioner Pam Taylor and saw the legitimate concerns with the revenue office’s computer system, as it does not communicate within the department. He has talked with other counties about the issues they face. Roberts said Taylor can manage a change in computer systems…
Frank Fetner surprised those at the Roanoke City Council meeting Monday night by turning in his written notice of retirement effective Nov. 30. The community service supervisor has worked for the city on two different occasions, from June, 1993 to October, 2001 to the most recent from March 1, 2005 to the present. His letter…
Roanoke City Council on Monday passed a $6.8 million budget for the 2015-2016 fiscal year, compared to last year’s $6,115,827 budget. Excess revenues over expenditures are $893,693. Revenues of $817,520 in the budget include $3,240,000 in sales taxes; $422,000 in property taxes; $63,000 in gasoline taxes; $53,500 in motor vehicle taxes; $13,200 in motor vehicle…
Veterans Day is Nov. 11 but Roanoke will celebrate and honor its veterans Saturday, Nov. 7. American Legion Post 53 is planning the activities, which will feature a parade. Commander Eugene Martens said the guest speaker will be Greg Akers, the American Legion Adjutant for the state of Alabama. Born in Wytheville, Va. Akers enlisted…
Supt. Chuck Marcum and the Roanoke Board of Education held three student discipline hearings last week. The superintendent released a written statement: “Our top priority is to provide a safe environment for all of our students. On October 8th three Handley High School students were involved in inappropriate behavior that would constitute a Class III…
The RCHS Tigers moved one step closer to a perfect regular season with an emphatic 48-14 win over Horseshoe Bend Friday. Reco Hannah rushed for 104 yards and two touchdowns on just six carries, and J.R. Roundtree added two touchdowns–one on the ground and one through the air–as RCHS won by 21 points or more…
ANNISTON–Sight Savers America (SSA), an Alabama-based nonprofit, was recently awarded a $77,000 grant from the Stringfellow Health Fund of the Community Foundation of Northeast Alabama to expand their KidCheck Plus health screening program to more schools in Northeast Alabama. It also will be used to expand necessary case managed follow-up eye care through their Children’s…
Ranburne put away any hopes of a Woodland upset early as the Bulldogs built a 30-0 halftime lead and went on to a 40-8 win over the Bobcats. “They were more physical, a whole lot more physical than we were, and they executed well. They tackled, and we didn’t,” said Woodland head coach Randy Boyd.…
It’s not one of the great disasters of history. No one is going to look at a list that includes the Titanic, Hurricane Katrina and 9/11 and put “Kamaury Avery’s fibula” at the end of it. But within our realm of high school football in Randolph County we’ve certainly come across a sad turn of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF PAUL LEAVERE BROWN, SR., DEC NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Rebecca Joyce Brown on the 22nd day of October, 2015, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jerry A Horne, an unmarried man, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Taylor, Bean & Whitaker Mortgage Corp., on the 31st day of July, 2007, said mortgage…