A Roanoke teenager was not injured on Tuesday afternoon when his vehicle struck the side of the former Merchants & Farmers Bank, the three-story building at the corner of Main Street and Knight Avenue.Jacob Alexander Stahmer, 18, told Roanoke Police the brakes of his 1999 Ford Taurus failed as he was preparing to turn right…
WADLEY–Community leaders are getting their dancing shoes ready for the 2015 edition of Dancing for Dollars, an event benefiting the Southern Union Foundation Scholarship Fund. A local spin-off of the popular television series, Dancing with the Stars, the event will be held Sept. 19 at 6:30 p.m. in Brazeal Auditorium on SU’s Wadley Campus. Prominent…
William Gene “Sean” Langley, 35, of 7001 County Rd. 26, Wadley, was arrested on Aug. 25 and charged with trafficking in cannabis, two counts of possession of a controlled substance and possession of drug paraphernalia. Officers with Randolph County Narcotics Unit discovered what is believed to be his crop of 10-15 marijuana plants growing off…
Downtown Roanoke was once a bustling area at lunchtime as the Palm Beach plant let out for lunch and the primarily female workforce headed downtown to eat. Due to the importance of the people who worked in the sewing plant to the city of Roanoke, Mayor Mike Fisher has been working on the words to…
WEDOWEE–“We’ve started; it just doesn’t show yet,” said Wedowee Hospital administrator Mike Alexander. Alexander, along with Randolph County Healthcare Authority (RCHCA) Chairman Bill Caypless, told those at the authority’s meeting on Thursday evening of last week a bit about what’s been going on in preparation for the construction of a new county hospital. Caypless said…
The Roanoke Board of Education had a full agenda at its Aug. 25 meeting, from its public hearing on the budget to its audit presentation. Supt. Chuck Marcum said Oct. 1 is the start of the fiscal year on the 2016 budget. Expenses will exceed revenues by $353,000 but he cautioned he does not think…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joe V. Minniefield and Shirley Minniefield, husband and wife, originally in favor of Beneficial Alabama Inc., on the 26th day of October, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF MAURINE OLDS, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL TO: Vernon Olds 677 Highway 169 Seale, Alabama 36875 You are hereby notified that on this day came Syble O. Bailey and filed in this Court a certain paper in writing, purporting to be…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by KATHY SHAVER and WILLIAM SHAVER, wife and husband, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Bank of America, N.A., as Mortgagee, dated the 16th day of October,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF GEORGE CLEVELAND HANCOCK, JR., DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Cathy Nelson on the 26th day of August, 2015, by the Hon. George Diamond, Judge of the…
PUBLIC NOTICE During the July 27, 2015 meeting the Randolph County Commission enacted a Resolution to close (vacate) a section of roadway in the Folsom Community described as follows: Commencing at the intersection of County Road 187 and County Road 88, being further described as 264 County Road 88, for a point of beginning, thence…
Republicans came to power in Alabama after decades of Democratic rule, promising to put the politics of the past behind them, to pass strong ethics laws, and to govern the state effectively. It sounded good. As for the politics of the past, we have never seen politics played so ruthlessly and effectively as has been…
With all the discussion about illegal immigration, we often lose sight of the fact that every year the population of the United States is increased by immigrants who go through the legal process and become citizens. Monique Pham is one. I met Monique some weeks ago when she made my feet look better than they…
There was a very poignant and telling caricature of George Wallace during his heyday that very accurately depicts Alabama’s longstanding relationship with the federal government. In the picture Wallace has his hand out receiving federal money. In the other hand he has a dagger ready to vehemently attack Washington. This same scenario of taking federal…
The Handley offense made multiple mistakes inside Anniston territory, but the defense made sure that those mistakes didn’t cost the team the game as Handley gave head coach Larry Strain his first win at the school with a 14-6 decision over Anniston. The lack of points hid the fact that Handley’s offense was effective at…
RCHS passed its first test of the season as it survived a physical Mt. Zion football team in Carrollton, Ga., Friday and came away with a 25-14 win. “They would hit you,” said RCHS head coach Pat Prestridge. “They had nine guys coming back, so you should be pretty good on defense, and they were…
The most telling fact to know about Wadley’s 33-7 season opening win over Horseshoe Bend Thursday was this: the Bulldogs led 27-0 at halftime, and none of those 27 points were scored by Kamaury Avery. Tyrese Sheppard caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score, and quarterback Coby Nunn hit on 3-of-5 first half…
The Leader’s football picks contest (page 3B) kicks off this week, and I wouldn’t be doing my job if I didn’t get you all started on the right foot and help you out with my high school and college football “expertise.” And just so you know, my picks are sincere. These are my predictions on…
Randolph County has a new football broadcast. iSchool Sports is now streaming on-line through internet radio station iRockandBoogie.com. iSchool Sports, the brainchild of Kevin Moon and Al Haynes, approached Wes Kinsey, owner of irockandboogie.com, about the possibility of airing broacasts of high school football on his station in July. The idea is to not compete…
On July 13 the Alabama Southern Starz won the AAU 11th grade Division 1 National Championship held at the Wide World of Sports in Orlando, Florida. Former Woodland Bobcat Adreona Bowen was a member of that team. Bowen scored 15 points and had 16 rebounds in Woodland’s 2013 state championship win. Bowen, who is a…