WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission has asked the county engineer to schedule a time to tear down the former board of registrars building behind the courthouse.The block building has a lean-to on the back of it used by the sheriff’s office when washing county vehicles. During Monday’s meeting, they discussed preparing another area for this purpose.Highway dept.The…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education approved several items, most dealing with personnel at a meeting on Jan. 21. During the meeting, the board: • Approved leveraging $135,000 in public school funds through the K-12 School Bond Program. Superintendent Rance Kirby explained that this is a capital improvement bond issue furnished by the Alabama Public School…
Handley High School has a new head football coach after a called school board meeting Monday morning. Larry Strain is returning to Roanoke City Schools effective upon his release from his current contract with Calhoun County Schools. Originally, the meeting was called to replace Christy Fordham, who has been transferred to the directorship of Randolph-Roanoke…
Roanoke Police made the second arrest last week in connection to a burglary at First Stop Pawn back in November. Rodney Wayne Heflin, 24, of 608 Bell St., Roanoke, was arrested on Feb. 5 and charged with receiving stolen property, namely one of the guns taken in the burglary. Heflin was picked up in Georgia…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sherry Y. Bowen, single, originally in favor of MBNA America (Delaware), N.A., on the 10th day of October, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage and security agreement executed by AMY CARROLL CRENSHAW AKA CARRIE AMY SPEARS, unmarried, on the 1st day of May 2013, to VANDERBILT MORTGAGE AND FINANCE, INC., as recorded in…
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF: KELLY F. MAULDIN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 8th day of Jan., 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF SAM M. WYLIE JR., DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Sam M. Wylie Jr., deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 3rd day of Feb., 2015, by the Judge of Probate of said County,…
INVITATION TO BID The City of Roanoke will be accepting sealed bids for the grounds maintenance (mowing and trimming) of Cedarwood and Booker Hill cemeteries in Roanoke. The Mowing season for 2015 will run from March 15, 2015 through October 15, 2015. All bids must be received at City Hall by the close of business…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by two certain mortgages executed by Jarod T. Ziegler and Starla Shae Almond on the 21st day of April, 2009 and on the 28th day of October, 2009, to First South Farm Credit, ACA, which…
NOTICE OF COMPLETION The Randolph County Water, Sewer and Fire Protection Authority (Owner) hereby gives notice that all work has been completed on the following project using the owner’s forces: PROJECT NO. 111-34 Water Main Materials Only Bid (Includes Delivery) Randolph County 2013 CDBG Funded Water Facilities Program Water Main Extension on County Roads 313,…
Larry Strain spent the early part of his coaching career at Handley High School. And if things go just right, his career could very well end there too. Strain’s career came full circle on Monday when Handley hired him to take over as head football coach to replace Mike Battles. “It’s changed a little bit,”…
RCHS won its first area title since 2012 with a 61-49 win over Ranburne Saturday in Wedowee. The Tigers broke open a close game when head coach Matt Smith put the ball in Elijah McFarland’s hands and told him to go to work. “Ranburne cut the lead to two points in the fourth, so we…
French-Hammond Park in Wedowee has been turned over to the Town of Wedowee. The town accepted the donation of the park at last week’s council meeting. It was the final step in moving the park out from under the direct control of the French family and the Chris Hammond Youth Foundation. The move clears the…
When the U.S. Supreme Court refused to grant a stay of U.S. District Judge Callie Granade’s ruling that Alabama’s gay marriage ban is unconstitutional, it made Alabama the 37th state where same sex marriage is legal. Many court observers also feel it is a strong indication of how the Supreme Court will rule when it…
As many of you know, after over 40 years of teaching in various colleges and universities across the South, last year I retired. You might also know that the family relocated to the Florida Panhandle. However, while living down here, I remain a citizen of Alabama. This gives me the privilege of writing about…
Alabama judges, particularly probate judges are in somewhat of a quandary. You see, a lot of them, in fact most probate judges, officiate marriages, at least the straight kind, for a fee. So what will happen now when a girl couple or boy couple walk in the door and want to get “hitched?” If the…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Sara Sullivan Dobson, 83, of Wedowee will be Friday, Feb. 13, 2015, at 11:30 a.m. at First Baptist Church of Wedowee with the Rev. Cade Farris officiating. Burial will follow at Wedowee City Cemetery. Mrs. Dobson passed away Sunday, Feb. 8, at her residence. A long-time Tuscaloosa resident, Mrs. Dobson was…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Myrtis Eason Dunlap, 73, of Oxford will be Tuesday, Feb. 10, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jason Reaves and Father Chris Hartley officiating. A Randolph County resident for more than 70 years, Mrs. Dunlap was born Nov. 12, 1941, the daughter of Marion Washington and…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Sherry Louise Reynolds Garrett Buitendyk Mullally, 60, of Woodland will be Thursday, Feb. 12, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Horace Harper officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Ms. Mullally died Sunday, Feb. 8. A resident of Randolph County for the past 30 years,…