A fire in the wee hours of Sunday morning destroyed a vacant house across from Roanoke Healthcare Center.According to the report, employees of the nursing home on Seymour Drive reported the fire at 2 a.m. It was fully engulfed when responders arrived.The house was not numbered, but it was the former home of Leon Ogletree,…
Councilman Mack Arthur Bell asked at Monday night’s Roanoke City Council meeting if Randolph Medical Center’s hospital board was still in effect and do members still meet. Mayor Mike Fisher, a member of the board, said their attorney said they do not have to meet. Bell said he rode around and looked at the medical…
It was one of those games that was over almost before it started. Wadley led 23-0 after the first quarter and 43-0 at halftime as they pummeled Appalachian 66-7 Friday on homecoming night in Wadley. The starters got their reps, but Wadley head coach Ken Fordham began substituting liberally in the second quarter. That meant…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education held its monthly meeting on Thursday evening of last week. During the Fiscal Year 2016 budget hearing presented by Chief School Financial Officer Jodi Cotney, Superintendent Rance Kirby announced several capital projects slated to begin this fall due to leveraged Public School and College Authority Capital Improvement funds. Rock Mills…
Wadley landed a convincing homecoming victory with a 66-7 thrashing of Appalachian. The Bulldogs are now 3-0 overall and 2-0 in 1A, region 5 which keeps them in a first place tie atop the region with Victory Christian. Check out Wednesday’s copy of the Randolph Leader for full game story, stats and details on this…
Why, we’ll never know, but certain bogus Internet “warnings” continue to be recirculated as if they are real and urgent. One that keeps making the rounds every few years concerns acting quickly to register your cell phone on the “Do Not Call Registry,” number provided. This undoubtedly is getting traction this time around because telemarketers…
OK, that title may be a little over the top, but hey, there is a diet book of Biblical devotions called Slim for Him, so I figured the bar was set pretty low already. Remember a few weeks back when I wrote about seeing Methodist copying Baptists, dunking instead of sprinkling, and wondering at the…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Brittany Foster, an unmarried woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for American Financial Resources Inc. ISAOA ATIMA, on the 10th day of December, 2009, said mortgage recorded…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jeremy Wade Striblin and Cassandra G. Striblin, husband and wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as a nominee for Hometown Mortgage Services, Inc., on the 3rd day of February,…
When Jim Bennett left the Secretary of State’s office earlier this year, he set the record for the longest serving Secretary of State in the state’s history. His 12 years in the office surpassed the legendary ladies, Agnes Baggett and Mabel Amos, who would rotate between State Treasurer and Secretary of State over the years.…
RECREATION CENTER STORM WATER PROJECT The City of Roanoke is taking bids on replacing the storm water pipes at the recreation center between the football field and the little league field. The city is furnishing the pipe and any dirt needed. The contractor must have a City license and must have certificate of liability insurance…
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The City of Roanoke is taking bids for storm water pipes and two manholes at the Sports Complex. Length of pipes is: 18″” @ 240 ft. 24″” @ 120 ft. 36″” @ 40 ft. 48″” @ 400 ft. For more information contact Donnie Cash at 1-334-863-7666. The city has a right to…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Sherry Lee Joh Jones, 70, popular co-owner of Captain Billy’s of Franklin, Ga., died at her home on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. The funeral will be Thursday, Sept. 17, at 2 p.m. EDT at Caney Head United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Jones was born in Tampa, Fla.,…
(LaFAYETTE) Lillar Mae Higgins, 89, of LaFayette died Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be at Hopewell Baptist Church, Milltown, on Friday, Sept. 18, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Calvin Trammell officiating. The remains will lie in state at the church one hour before the service. Interment will be in…
(WADLEY) The funeral for Geraldine Edith Powell, 82, of Wadley will be Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Wadley First United Methodist Church. Mrs. Powell will lie in state for one hour prior to the service. The Rev. Fred Webster will officiate. Burial will follow in Wadley City Cemetery. Mrs. Powell died Saturday,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Cynthia Carol “Cindy” Phillips, 54, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Sept. 15, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Tim Whaley and Roger Hammett officiating. Burial will follow at Liberty East Baptist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mrs. Phillips died Saturday, Sept. 12, at her residence. A lifelong resident…
(HACKNEYVILLE) Graveside service for John Robert Walker, 72, of Hackneyville will be Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, at 3 p.m. at Hackneyville Cemetery with the Rev. Harold Cummings officiating. The U.S. Navy will provide veteran’s honors. The family will receive friends on Monday from 1-2:30 p.m. at Rocky Creek Baptist Church. Mr. Walker died Friday, Sept.…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Dean Sears Moody, 78, of Woodland will be Monday, Sept. 14, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Tony Morris and Terry Eason officiating. Burial will follow at Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Moody died Friday, Sept. 11, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A Randolph…
(ROANOKE) Michael Monroe Sims, 56, died Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, in Opelika. A private memorial service will be held at a later date. A Tifton, Ga., native, Mr. Sims was born Nov. 6, 1958, the son of Monroe and Juanita Vickers Sims. He had worked for BellSouth Telecommunications and AT&T and was retired. He is…
(ANNISTON) The funeral for Stella Ward, 91, of Anniston was at 2 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13, 2015, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs. Burial followed at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Mrs. Ward died Wednesday, Sept. 9, at NHC in Anniston. Mrs. Ward graduated from Handley High School in Roanoke in 1942.…