Hutch and Ann Hammond of Victory Game Clocks in Roanoke were selected to be a part of the 2nd Annual Made in Alabama Showcase.Only 14 businesses were chosen to be highlighted this year from across the state. The Made in Alabama Showcase will be Friday, Oct. 14, at 10 a.m. at the Capitol in Montgomery.Victory…
Roanoke Police officers found a significant amount of narcotics when they served a search warrant on Nook Street on Friday of last week. The resident, Curry Damon “Poonie” Whitlow, 46, of 135 Nook St. was arrested on the scene and charged with trafficking methamphetamine, trafficking cocaine, trafficking marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. Other charges…
September 26th – October 3rd arrests Frank Ricky Heflin Sr., 61, of 368 Johnston St., Roanoke – disorderly conduct – Oct. 2 Brittney Chanelle Tucker, 30, of 1437 County Rd. 16, Roanoke – fourth-degree theft of property – Sept. 29 Traymon Jontavious Morgan, 29, of 750 Seymour Dr., Roanoke – two counts of failure to…
September 26th – October 3rd. Randolph County Barfield Volunteer Fire Department responded to a fire that destroyed a storage shed on Monday at around 11 a.m. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, a neighbor reported the shed being on fire on County Road 219 in the Fuller’s Crossroads area. Nearby woods were…
The Roanoke City Council passed its budget for the 2022-23 fiscal year at Monday’s council meeting. The city is projecting just over $8.7 million in revenue in the new fiscal year, with expenditures totaling just over $8.4 million. The largest chunk of expenditures in that budget is contained within the city’s largest workforce, the police…
by Mike McCormick Roanoke City Board of Education tackled several personnel items during its regular meeting on Tuesday evening of last week. In those actions, the board approved the following: The resignation of Russ Cummings from his position as system-wide assistant technology director and network administrator, effective Oct. 10. Kay Tesch as a Child Nutrition…
WEDOWEE – Randolph County Board of Education met in a called meeting on Thursday evening of last week to hire personnel for the county schools. In personnel actions the board approved: Crystal Hall as business education Teacher at Randolph-Roanoke Career Technical Center, effective Oct. 3. The 1st TEAMS science contract for Lauren Dukus, Woodland High…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage given by William E. Holt, single man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Principal Mortgage Group LLC, dated August 10, 2017, and recorded in Book 624 at Page…
NOTICE OF GENERAL ELECTION FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama do hereby give Notice of Election to be held in Randolph County and by virtue of the power vested in me, do hereby give notice that said elections are…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TRACY JOE GILHAM, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Michelle Perez on the 27th day of September, 2022, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES BARRY CHAFFIN, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of James Barry Chaffin, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 28th day of Sept., 2022, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
(WOODLAND) The funeral for Charlie Freeman, 83, of Woodland will be Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tim Whaley officiating. Burial will follow at Big Springs Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday before services…
(ROANOKE) Annia Hester Shelnutt, 87, of Roanoke passed away Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, at her residence. A Wadley native, Mrs. Shelnutt was born March 23, 1935, the daughter of Emily A. and Elizabeth Alice Melton Hester. She worked at Handley Mills and Traylor’s Retirement Center and was a sitter for the elderly and storekeeper at…
(HEFLIN) Geraldine Nimon, 69, of Heflin passed away Monday, Oct. 3, 2022, in Anniston. The family will receive friends at Benefield Funeral Home from 4:30 to 8 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 5. Mrs. Nimon was born Sept. 5, 1953, the daughter of Thomas H. and Anna Bell Turley Gill. Mrs. Nimon spent her time as…
(ROANOKE) Jimmy Ray Caldwell, 60, of Roanoke passed away Monday, Sept. 26, 2022, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. Visitation is Monday, Oct. 3, from 3 to 6 p.m. at Silmon-Seroyer Funeral Home Chapel in LaFayette. The funeral will be Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 1 p.m. at New Beginning Outreach Ministry in Roanoke with…
(FIVE POINTS) A graveside service for Loraine Meta Hyde, 81, of Five Points will be Thursday, Oct. 6, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery in the Stroud community with Bro. Asa Mosley officiating. Mrs. Hyde passed away Sunday, Oct. 2, at her residence. A longtime Five Points resident, Mrs. Hyde…
(ROANOKE) The funeral for Herbert Turner Burgess, 74, of Roanoke will be Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Mike Brewer officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday. Mr. Burgess passed away…
(NEWELL) Born March 15, 1932, the only daughter to Millard and Ina Lee Cofield in Randolph County, Dean Lovvorn passed away Sept. 30, 2022. The funeral was at 2 p.m. on Oct. 2 at Union Baptist Church with Bro. Ed Halsey officiating. Dean was a member of Union Baptist Church. She graduated Woodland High School…
(DELAVAN, Wis.) Shirley Joan Finley, 88, passed away Sept. 23, 2022, at Golden Years Assisted Living Center in Walworth, Wis. Joan was born in Roanoke, Ala., on Dec. 19, 1934, to Sanford Thomas and Grace Nolan Philpott. At 17 she met her future husband, Serviceman Robert Finley, on a blind date and they were soon…
If winning ugly were an art, the Volunteers of Clay Central would be the medium’s Picasso. Central overcame a chain of untimely penalties and missed red zone opportunities to somehow defeat Valley 12-6 Thursday at Valley. There are plenty of ways to illustrate just how ugly the victory was for the Vols. How about the…