Matthew Thompson is working to clean up his nuisance property so the council gave him more time to do the work. It was noted he had made some significant improvements. Councilman Mack Arthur Bell made the motion to extend his time 30 more days and the council approved it.The council passed Resolution 1108 to sell…
MONTGOMERY–Gov. Robert Bentley has awarded grants totaling $504,337 to provide assistance to workers who lose their jobs due to a business closing or layoff and to continue that assistance through Alabama Career Centers. Southern Union State Community College will receive $307,450 of that amount in the form of two grants to support Individual Training Accounts,…
The Pilot Club of Roanoke is kicking off their Christmas for Kids program for Randolph County residents who need help with Christmas for their children. This is the 31st year that the club has provided this service for the county. In 2008, the Pilots took over the administration of the program when the Department of…
The Renew Our Rivers Lake Clean-Up for R.L. Harris Reservoir (Lake Wedowee) will be Tuesday, Oct. 20 through Thursday, Oct. 22, beginning at 8 a.m. at the Highway 48 boat ramp. For more information, call Sheila Smith at (256) 396-5093 or Betty Glover at (404) 556-4813.
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF RAY WENDELL WILLIAMS, DECEASED Letters of Administration with Will Annexed on the estate of Ray Wendell Williams, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 24th day of Sept., 2015, by the Judge of Probate of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: MARY WILSON, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S/ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Mary Wilson, deceased, having been granted to Enois Wheeler on the 25th day of Sept., 2015, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CALVIN C. BAILEY, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Calvin C. Bailey, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 25th day of Sept., 2015, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
We all wonder why the cost of healthcare and treatment for various afflictions has risen faster and higher than almost anything else. One example was front and center last week. Turing Pharmaceuticals recently aquired the 62-year-old drug Daraprim from Impax Laboratories. Turing then raised the price from $13.50 per pill to $750.00 per pill. Although…
As it turns out Handley was able to stay out of the trap. Handley entered Friday’s game against Lanett riding high off a win against Munford and knowing that Leeds awaited the following week. That led Handley head coach Larry Strain to refer to Lanett as a “trap game.” But Handley scored the game’s first…
Got an email the other day from Bryan Curtis at ESPN.com who wanted to talk SEC football. Specifically, fans of SEC football. Why me? Well, a few years ago I was the editor of the “Sports and Recreation” volume of The New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture, which apparently put me on the “go-to” list of…
The State of Alabama fiscal year begins this week and we finally have a budget for the year. Constitutionally, the only mandatory requirement that the legislature has each year in their legislative session is to pass the budgets. The Education budget was approved during the four-month regular session, but it was uncertain if we would…
The Wadley Bulldogs got their toughest test of the season at LaFayette Friday and very nearly answered the bell with a win. But LaFayette quarterback Jatarvious Whitlow connected with receiver JaMarquez Boston-Gaines on a 42-yard touchdown pass with 1:27 left in the game as LaFayette rallied from a 20-6 deficit for a 22-20 win. “We…
Woodland missed out on a big second-half scoring opportunity and couldn’t hold a 14-12 halftime lead as the Bobcats fell to Loachapoka 26-14 at home Friday. Woodland played the game without starting quarterback and defensive back Tyler Gay, who was held out of practice all week due to an injury. “It was just a precautionary…
Conference play begins in earnest in college football this week, and normally this would have me very excited. But outside of the Georgia-Alabama game are there any conference games this week that really get your heart pumping? I still have to double-check the conference standings to remember that West Virginia-Oklahoma is actually a Big 12…
(RANBURNE) Funeral services for Michael Wade “Mike” Haynes, 63, of Ranburne, will be Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Goldridge Baptist Church, Graham, with the Revs. T.J. Morgan and Darryl Jones and Jeff Stack officiating. Burial will follow at Macedonia Baptist Church Cemetery, Ranburne. Mr. Haynes died Saturday, Sept. 26, at his home.…
(WEDOWEE) Dorothy Dittmer Morrison, 76, of Wedowee died Friday, Sept. 25, 2015, at Spalding Regional Hospital in Griffin, Ga. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 29, at the graveside in Randolph Memory Gardens in Rock Mills with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Mrs. Morrison was born May 6, 1939, in Pittsburgh, Pa.,…
(MOBILE) Emilu Yarbrough Gray, 85, a resident of Mobile and Wedowee, died Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015, at a local hospital. Graveside funeral services will be Pine Crest Funeral Home, Mobile, on Tuesday, Sept. 29, at 10 a.m. with visitation on Monday from 5-8 p.m. A native of Berry, Mrs. Gray was born June 17, 1930,…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Curtis C. Hendricks, 82 of Franklin, Ga., died at Pruitt Health Care in Franklin, Ga., on Thursday, Sept. 24, 2015. The funeral was Sunday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. at Stutts Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Lynn Janney officiating. Interment will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens in Roanoke. The family will receive…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Sonja Lou South Lanier Hughes, 71, of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, Sept. 18, 2015. There was a graveside service at Zion Baptist Church in Woodland on Saturday, Sept. 26, at 2 p.m. CDT with the Rev. Darnell Teal officiating. She was preceded in death by her mother and father, James and Mary South,…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Doris Hanner Morgan, 79, of Woodland will be Saturday, Sept. 26, 2015, at 2 p.m. at East Napoleon Church of Christ with Bro. Billy Prince and Bro. Wilbur Bass officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Morgan died Thursday, Sept. 24, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Mrs.…