NEWELL–The local attraction known as the late Billy Herren’s Halloween Plantation Haunted House was destroyed by fire on Wednesday evening of last week.According to the report from RCSO, the fire was reported at about 6:24 p.m. on County Road 509. Herren’s son, Grover, called in to report the fire, which had fully engulfed the structure…
GRAHAM–Officers with ALEA’s Aviation and Narcotics Unit conducted flyovers of Randolph County recently with some success. On June 19 in the area known as “Moth Hole,” near Graham and the Georgia line, they identified 50 marijuana plants. No arrests have been made in connection to this crop. Summer is the beginning of the growing season…
The day started fine for Mayor Mike Fisher. “I was riding down the road talking on my cell phone and I had a pain in the upper part of my chest. For the last few weeks it seemed like everything I ate gave me indigestion.” He called friend and fellow councilman Smokey Cole and said…
The mission of The Lighthouse and Buddy Bag Program is to provide a nutritious meal weekly to those in need and provide food for the weekend for Pre-K through third-grade children in the county schools of Wadley Elementary, Rock Mills Elementary, and Knight Enloe Elementary. Plans for The Lighthouse Soup Kitchen began in January 2010,…
Those planning to vote in the Aug. 4 election need to keep in mind several deadlines. July 20 is the deadline to register to vote. The Board of Registrars office is next to the commission office in Wedowee. It is open from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, according to registrar Louree Richardson.…
WADLEY–Wadley Town Council had two visitors Monday night: former mayor Jim Dabbs to talk about sewage problems and Air EVAC Lifeteam, represented by Missy Welborn, with help from Lynn Coker of the Abanda Fire Department. Dabbs said he asked to speak to the council for two reasons. The first is Jennifer S. Maddox, president and…
Communities across Alabama will be planting trees and launch beautification projects as part of this year’s round of Good Roots grants from the Alabama Power Foundation. Among the communities and organizations receiving this year’s Good Roots grants is the town of Woodland. In partnership with the Alabama Forestry Commission and the Alabama Urban Forestry Association,…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Case Number DR 2015-900007 WILL ALBERT CUSHING, PLAINTIFF V. STACY LYNN CUSHING, DEFENDANT Stacy Lynn Cushing, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Will Albert Cushing’s Complaint for Divorce and other relief by August 28, 2015, or, thereafter, a judgment by default may be rendered against her in…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF WILFORD YATES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Wilford Yates, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 29th day of June, 2015, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
A Nashville, Ga., woman and her 5-year-old passenger were fortunate to have not been hurt in a wet-weather accident on Friday morning in Roanoke. According to Roanoke Police, Kayla Christine Webb, 25, traveling south on U.S. 431 in her 2010 Honda Accord, drove into standing water from a sudden downpour. The vehicle hydroplaned and ran…
An advertisement on page 4B of this issue by the Alabama Department of Public Health reminds us that vaccines are required for school, which is closer than it seems it should be. Not only are age-appropriate vaccinations required by law for attending public schools, they should be something every parent or guardian wants to do,…
Once again, I missed my chance. Back in the 1960s, when I was as full of myself as a young puppy, I had dinner at a Polynesian-themed restaurant in Fort Lauderdale. The food was not memorable–pineapple and coconut were the flavors of choice. I care for neither. However, the waitresses, wearing low-slung sarongs and spilling…
As the legislative session was winding down, it was obvious no solution was going to be found for the beleaguered General Fund budget. The governor’s $541-million tax increase proposal had been ignored. Although he still kept preaching that this was the prescription for the ailing General Fund, the good doctor’s prognosis and recommended course of…
(FIVE POINTS) Dawson Day, 90, of Five Points died Tuesday, July 7, 2015, at EAMC-Lanier Hospital in Valley The funeral will be at Five Points Baptist Church on Saturday, July 11, at 11 a.m. with burial in Five Points Belcher Cemetery with Dr. Wayne Swindall officiating. Mr. Day was born Dec. 22, 1924, in Chambers…
(VALLEY) Faye L. Tyson, 83, of Valley died Monday, July 6, 2015, at EAMC Lanier Nursing Home. The funeral will be Wednesday, July 8, at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley with interment in Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett. The Rev. Rusty Letson will officiate. The family will be receiving friends at the funeral home Tuesday…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Arie Inez Bolt, 88, will be Wednesday, July 8, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Ralph Nelson and Bro. Charlie Bolt officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Springs Church Cemetery. Mrs. Bolt died Monday, July 6, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Bolt was born…
(FIVE POINTS) Fuller Alsobrook Jr., 89, of Five Points died Saturday, July 4, 2015, at the Bill Nichols State Veterans Home in Alexander City. A memorial service will be at Jeff Jones Funeral Home at 2 p.m. on Monday, July 6. He was born in Five Points on Nov. 17, 1925, to the late Adrian…
(GRAHAM) Eric Dwight Merrill of Graham died Saturday, July 4, 2015. He was 44. The funeral will be Tuesday, July 7, at 2 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home in Bowdon, Ga. Bro. Lee Hollis and Bro. Jamie Forsyth will officiate. Interment will follow the funeral at Pine Hill Christian Church in…
(WOODLAND) Mary Nell Wilson Wheeler of Woodland died Friday, July 3, 2015. She was 88. The funeral was Sunday, July 5, at 4 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Rainwater Funeral Home. The Revs. Ridley Parmer and Steve McGinnis officiated. Interment was in Gray Hill Church of God in Woodland. Mrs. Wheeler was retired from…
(TEMPLE, Ga.) John Howard Bedingfield Sr., 69, of Temple, Ga., died Friday, July 3, 2015. The funeral was Monday, July 6, at 11 a.m. at Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel with the Revs. Craig Dallas and Travis Prichard officiating. Interment followed in Meadowbrook Memory Gardens, Villa Rica, Ga., with military honors. Mr. Bedingfield was born in Buford,…