At last week’s meeting Jerry Revis, general manager of Roanoke Utilities, proudly announced they had received the American Public Gas Association Safety Award.It recognizes successful efforts to ensure the safety of employees and customers and the integrity of the gas system in 2014. Brent Wilson, field operations supervisor, who has made gas safety one of…
Several members of the Air Evac Lifeteam again attended the Roanoke City Council meeting. Jason Monday, regional director for membership sales, said he wanted to clarify incorrect information given to them. The cost for a municipal plan covering all the residents in the city limits is $22,071.73, and his organization has six helicopters within 100…
WEDOWEE–One might have heard the saying “Back door guests are best.” It looks as though soon all of Randolph County Courthouse’s patrons will be back-door guests. EMA director Donnie Knight brought before the commission recommendations from Meadowbrook Insurance. Knight said a federal judge told them there should be only one entrance to the courthouse for…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education approved several personnel matters at its board meeting on Thursday evening of last week. In personnel matters, the board approved: • Hannah Snyder as English teacher at Woodland High School. • Calan Daniel as technology coordinator for the system. • band directors Adrian Peters and Dilmos Hamilton as 202-day employees.…
No one was injured on Wednesday afternoon of last week when a pickup truck rear-ended a Roanoke City Schools bus. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the bus, driven by Dian Tigner, 50, of Roanoke was in the yield lane off of Highway 22, stopped for traffic to merge onto Highway 431 South.…
In earlier years, occasionally, a local government body would stretch or exceed the limits of Alabama’s Open Meetings Act (OMA), unsually through their excessive use of “executive sessions” (closed meetings). This happened despite the law’s very clear restrictions on why an open meeting could be closed on rare occasions. The OMA has been revised since…
The Handley Outdoor Educational Center (OEC) will be selling hybrid catfish Saturday at the center from 8 to 11 a.m. for $2.25 a pound. Students raised them. Agriculture teacher Justin McCollum said they have 300 to 350 catfish, each weighing two to three pounds. Auburn University Extension will be assisting. Students will be seining up…
Some years ago folks started leaving California for Oregon. Oregonians were not happy with this trend. So a group of natives decided to do a bit of reverse marketing. They made a commercial featuring a man standing in the rain telling outsiders that if they came to Oregon they could expect to be wet, cold,…
MONTGOMERY–Fifty-four towns and cities across Alabama have reported to the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) that they either have or intend to terminate their contracts with a for-profit company that collects traffic fines and other minor court debt for municipalities by charging illegal fees and threatening impoverished Alabamians with jail, the SPLC announced. In June,…
Many would argue, and indeed numerous surveys indicate, that Alabama is one of, if not the most, conservative states in America. I would argue that if that is true then our Alabama legislature is reflective of their constituents. A good many of the online and remaining large city daily newspapers castigate our super majority Republican…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Steven Brent Lipham, a married man and Kristina M. Lipham, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for United Wholesale Mortgage, on the 5th day of December, 2008, said…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF W.D. EDGE, DECEASED NOTICE TO CREDITORS Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 20th day of August, 2015, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all…
ORDINANCE 2015-07-01 BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROANOKE, ALABAMA AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. That the salary of the Mayor of the City of Roanoke, Alabama shall be and the same is hereby fixed at the sum of $1500.00 per month. Section 2. That each council member shall be compensated…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ROY MITCHELL, DECEASED NOTICE OF PETITION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT TO: Lamerle Ayres Samuel B. Young Diane Young Frazier William Young Peggy Adamson Edgmon You are hereby notified that on the 20th day of August, 2015, Cathy Adamson, Executrix, filed in this court a petition for…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF RITA KAY ROBINSON, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Rita Kay Robinson, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 21st day of August, 2015, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2015 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A Bill to be Entitled an Act Relating to Randolph County; to provide the proceeds from…
Wadley got a balanced offensive effort and managed to break the ice in a no-pressure situation for its first-time starting quarterback. The fact that the Bulldogs beat Central Coosa 20-8 in their preseason scrimmage in Wadley Friday was secondary. “Nine people carried the ball. That’s how I want it to be done,” said Wadley head…
Sometimes what happens in front of your eyes can be deceiving. Just ask Woodland head coach Randy Boyd, who initially had a grim diagnosis of his team’s performance in its 21-7 preseason loss to Cleburne County on Friday. “Watching it live I thought we just totally got the crap beat out of us,” Boyd said…
Southern Union rode a rousing come-from-behind win over rival Lawson State to a third place finish in the team’s season opening tournament in Wadley Saturday. Faulkner State went unbeaten in three matches to take the tournament crown, including a 2-0 win over SU to advance to the tournament championship. But SU head coach Ametrice Jackson…
It hasn’t happened since 2005, but I’m going on record right now. It will happen this year. All four county teams will make the high school football playoffs. Not a bold prediction, you say? Before you jump to that conclusion, consider the following facts: • Only three times in the history of the universe have…