LAKE WEDOWEE–The Marine Patrol Division of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) is investigating a watercraft collision involving two jet skis on Lake Wedowee.The crash occurred Tuesday of last week at approximately 1:59 p.m. in the Pineywood Creek area of the Little Tallapoosa River two miles north of Wedowee.Christopher M. Jackson, 54, of Marietta, Ga.,…
Roanoke police searched for and found a missing person on Monday. Chief Adam Melton said David Mays Jr., a 26-year-old black male, had been missing from his residence on Gilham Road since Sunday morning. Mays, who has a mental disability, left in the direction of Handley Middle School. RPD called in K-9 handlers to help…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission discussed ways to improve its solid waste department during this week’s meeting and workshop. Solid waste department employee Nick Adams told the commission that his truck’s tonnage for June was at least 19.6 tons. However, the truck doesn’t have a dump body, so he has to handle all the bags–twice. Some of…
WEDOWEE–“Support is worthless if you don’t vote so get out and vote!” encouraged Randolph County Healthcare Authority Chairman Bill Caypless at last Thursday’s meeting. Board member Frances Williamson passed out booklets titled, “Rural Hospitals at a Crossroads,” which were put out by the Alabama Hospital Association. She noted that now Wedowee Hospital is the county’s…
Wadley High Wadley High School will hold an open house on Thursday, Aug. 6, from 5-7 p.m. Parents are encouraged to come and meet their child’s teacher. School starts Aug. 10. Permit and schedule pick-ups will also be held on Aug. 6. Parking permits and locker rentals are $10 each. Cell phone permits are $15.…
THE ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE LANDS DIVISION AND THE ALABAMA AUCTIONEERS ASSOCIATION ANNOUNCE AN AUCTION OF HUNTING LEASES FOR CERTAIN STATE TRUST LANDS IN ALABAMA Notice is hereby given to all interested parties that a public auction of hunting leases on certain State-owned lands will be conducted at the State of…
DOCUMENT 00105 INVITATION TO BID Project: County Road 59 Waterline Relocation Owner: Water, Sewer and Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee PO Box 935 11 West Broad Street Wedowee, Alabama 36278 Engineer: Greenhill Engineering Consultants, Inc. 2412 Beck Industrial Blvd Fort Payne, Alabama 35968 Your firm is invited to submit a Bid under seal…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Leonard Lee Coats, Jr. and wife, Nobia A. Coats, on the 19th day of August, 2008 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Leonard L. Coats, Jr. and Nobia A. Coats, on the 27th day of June, 2008 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office…
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF CHARLES T. MATHEWS, DEC. Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 22nd day of July, 2015, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: SHELLY MCCLAIN SMITH, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Shelly McClain Smith, deceased, having been granted to James Larry Smith on the 23rd day of July, 2015, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
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 CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS, DECEASED TO: Cindy Pettis, Henry Matthew Phillips, and any other unknown or interested persons NOTICE OF PUBLICATION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT Notice is hereby given that as the Administrator of the Estate of Henry Wallace Phillips, deceased,…
Tyler Hall, who is taking over for Todd Cole as the head baseball coach at Handley, won’t be the only new baseball coach in the county. Lane Gay, who coached the Woodland baseball team in the early 2000’s, is back in charge of the Bobcats after Eric Dye took a job as a teacher and…
RCHS showed off a deep and talented group of skill players as the Tigers polished off their summer schedule with a strong showing at Piedmont High School’s seven-on-seven passing camp Saturday. Handley was also in attendance at the 14-team event. RCHS is without last year’s starting quarterback after losing Elijah McFarland to graduation, but the…
(CRAGFORD) Funeral services for Judith Laverne Campbell, 67, of Cragford will be Wednesday, July 29, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Tim Teague officiating. Burial will follow in New Harmony Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Campbell died Monday, July 27, at her home. She was a native of Delta…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Daphine Kirby Brown, 79, of LaGrange, Ga., died July 27, 2015, at Hospice LaGrange. The funeral will be Wednesday, July 29, at 3 p.m. at Higgins LaGrange Chapel with the Rev. S.T. Janney officiating with interment to follow at Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mrs. Brown was born Nov. 22, 1935, in Randolph County, Ala., to…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jimmie Edward Lee, 76, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Aug. 1, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel. Mr. Lee died Sunday, July 26, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital in Anniston. A longtime Roanoke resident, Mr. Lee was born Nov. 9, 1938, the son of Jessie and Corene Howard Lee. He was…
(FIVE POINTS) Edwin Thomas Hyde, 83, of Five Points died July 21, 2015. A memorial service will be at Five Points Baptist Church on Saturday, Aug. 1, at 3 p.m. with the Rev. Barbra Mosley and Dr. Wayne Swindall officiating. Mr. Hyde was a longtime resident of Five Points; moving there from Russell County. He…
(CHATTANOOGA, Tenn.) Funeral services for Junior Lee Price, 81, of Chattanooga, Tenn., formerly of Randolph and Tallapoosa counties, were Sunday, July 26, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jimmy Allen officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery, Roanoke. Mr. Price died Friday, July 24. A Randolph County native, Mr. Price…