(WADLEY) Funeral services for Carl Vaughn, 87, of Wadley will be Saturday, March 14, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Macedonia Baptist Church with the Rev. Zenus Windsor officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery.Mr. Vaughn died Wednesday, March 11, at West Georgia Health in LaGrange.A Randolph County native, Mr. Vaughn was born May 8,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Doris Culbertson Baldwin, 78, of Roanoke will be Saturday, March 14, 2015, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow at High Pine Baptist Cemetery. Mrs. Baldwin died Tuesday, March 10, at Stringfellow Memorial Hospital in Anniston. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Baldwin…
Students from 12 counties were invited to the Randolph County Cattle Show and Jackpot on Saturday at Randolph County Ag & Equine Center. Twenty-six participants brought 10 dairy heifers, two steers and 35 beef heifers. Wesley Pope of Pine Mountain, Ga., was the judge. The jackpot show is to get the students ready for state…
The Handley High School Robotics Team finished second overall in the Alabama State Vex Robotics Championship Saturday. Forty-one teams competed for the state championship at Jacksonville State University. The winner of the championship was Brewbaker Technology Magnet School from Montgomery. The Handley team finished first in the state in the programming division and broke…
Our memorable day began at 5:30 Saturday morning, March 7, when we departed Roanoke en route to Selma, Alabama to participate in the 50th anniversary commemoration of “Bloody Sunday.” The first indication of how big the crowds would be was the miles of traffic on Highway 80 from Montgomery to Selma. When we finally parked…
A conversation between a grandson and his grandfather about whether there are hungry people in Randolph County led to the eventual founding of Reaching Out International and a lot of work for Steven Waters and his wife, Nancy. Steven’s father is 94 this year. He and the grandson were riding around and the grandson said…
Two experts on rural and small town healthcare will make presentations and answer questions at a forum on Thursday, March 12, at 6 p.m. in the Roanoke City Auditorium (located on the Handley High School campus). All city and county officials, healthcare providers, relevant board members and anyone interested in learning more about options and…
ROCK STAND–The body of a Rock Stand man was sent to the state medical examiner’s office after he was found lying near a burn pile on his property. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the family of Ford C. Langley, 73, called the sheriff’s office on March 6 for a welfare check…
Dr. Russ Peterson presented his plan to improve healthcare in Roanoke with an urgent care center last Tuesday prior to the Roanoke City Council meeting. Some citizens came to see what he had to say. He provided a proposal containing “best estimates” of all costs and revenue numbers based on research. One page compared the…
Randolph County School System is excited about its partnership with Southern Union State Community College to provide dual enrollment opportunities in the area of health sciences for its students. Superintendent Rance Kirby recognized the partnerships between Southern Union and other school systems and felt that Randolph County Schools’ students would be interested in and benefit…
WADLEY–Firefighters from Abanda, Wadley, Union Hill, Mount Olive and Five Points responded to a house fire reported at 4:30 a.m. on Saturday. The call came from 18145 Hwy. 77, the residence of Mark Timothy Dubose, 49. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Dubose woke and noticed light in front of the fireplace…
A Roanoke child was injured in an accident on Tuesday afternoon of last week in front of Burger King. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, the driver of a 2004 Chevrolet Trailblazer, Tiffaney Anne Johnson, 27, of Roanoke, was turning right out of Burger King and did not see a 2001 Honda Civic,…
The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce’s 25th Annual Professional Women’s Luncheon will be Tuesday, March 24, from 11:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. This year’s keynote speaker is Dr. Carol Knight, retired educator and 16-year breast cancer survivor. Her topic will be “Woman and Cancer in Randolph County.” Come hear a dynamic speaker, enjoy a delicious…
How to come up with a good local healthcare system is getting deserved attention right now, for quality of life of those who live here and for luring new businesses to improve our economy. As we focus on solving this problem, we should not take for granted what we do have going for us that…
“They are nice to have. A dog.” F. Scott Fitzgerald The Great Gatsby Some columnists write about their dogs when there is nothing else to write about. Lewis Grizzard once interviewed his dog “Catfish.” Kyle Whitmire (Alabama Media Group) occasionally includes conversations with his dog, “Biscuit.” I am writing about my Labs because, having written…
The Common Core education topic is not only a hot political issue in Alabama, it has become a political football nationwide and it appears to be a hot potato in the looming 2016 GOP presidential contest. As soon as Jeb Bush announced that he would “actively explore” a 2016 presidential bid, Kentucky Senator Rand Paul,…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gwindle V. Rice, an unmarried man to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Lender, America’s Wholesale Lender, and Lender’s successor and assigns, dated February 18, 2004, and Recorded…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed on June 3, 2010 by Larry Gore, a married man, and Donna Gore, his wife, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Quicken Loans Inc., and recorded in Mort Book 555…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Robert W. Benefield, a single man, on December 05, 2008, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 538, Page…
Notice to Contractors Federal Aid Project No. BR-5613(250) RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Sealed bids will be received by the Director of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10:00 AM on March 27, 2015 and at that time publicly opened for constructing the Bridge Replacement and Approaches on CR-59 over…