(AUBURN) Walter E. “Red” Dodgen, 80, of Auburn, formerly of the Valley area, died Sunday, Jan. 18, 2015, at Bethany House in Auburn.The funeral will be Wednesday, Jan. 21, at 1 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Wayne Hester officiating. Burial will follow at State Line Christian Church…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Margaret Ann Watts, 64, of Roanoke will be Monday, Jan. 19, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Ricky Etchison and Patricia Sims officiating. Burial will follow at Rock Mills Cemetery. Ms. Watts died Saturday, Jan. 17, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. A lifelong Randolph…
Angel June Hambrick Robinson (ROANOKE) Angel June Hambrick Robinson, a longtime resident of Elkin Street, Roanoke, died Saturday morning, Jan. 10, 2015, at her residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Jan. 17, at 1 p.m. at Mount Olive United Methodist Church, Wadley, with the pastor, Rev. William Crawford, Rev. Ricky Cofield and Bishop Lathonia Wright…
(WADLEY) Funeral services for Calvin Judson Brown, 76, of Wadley will be Friday, Jan. 16, 2015, at 2 p.m. at Big Springs Baptist Church with the Rev. Scott Whaley officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Brown died Wednesday, Jan. 14, at his residence. A long-time Randolph County resident, Mr. Brown was born…
(VALLEY) Edith Louise McDowell “Mama Lou” Shaw, 95, of Valley died Monday, Jan. 12, 2015, at EAMC-Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. The funeral will be Thursday, Jan. 15, at 2 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Rusty Letson officiating. Burial will follow at Five Points Cemetery. Born June…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) U.S. Air Force Tech Sgt. Cecil Wilbur Herrin, 78, of Carrollton, Ga., died Jan. 12, 2015. Graveside service will be Thursday, Jan. 15, at 11 a.m. EST at Shady Grove Baptist Church with U.S. Air Force Chaplain and Rev. Mike Harris officiating. The U.S. Air Force will render military honors at the graveside.…
HAWK–A single-vehicle crash at 9:59 a.m. Thursday has claimed the life of a Randolph County man. Johnny Will Ingram Jr., 64, of Newell was critically injured when the 2006 Ford Ranger he was driving left the roadway and overturned into a cornfield. Ingram, who was not using a seat belt, was ejected from the vehicle.…
Not knowing how to read can affect every aspect of your life, from getting a job to reading labels on products in the grocery store. Annie L. Awbrey Library is restarting the Randolph County Literacy Coalition in hopes of helping non-readers, according to Library Director Margaret Calhoun. “We’re going through growing pains getting it started.…
Randolph County’s Baby New Year 2015 is Khloe Aymere Torianna Mangram, who was born Jan. 6, at 8:40 a.m. Khloe’s parents are Terry and LaTisha Mangram of Roanoke. She arrived at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika weighing 7 pounds, 1 ounce and measuring 21 inches. Khloe was welcomed home by siblings Jasmine Mangram, RaShad…
Mayor Mike Fisher and the Roanoke City Council held a Law Enforcement Appreciation Day Friday with a reception and appreciative words for law enforcement personnel, who seemed to enjoy the attention. Friday marked the first National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. The mayor said they should have held such an appreciation event a long time ago.…
The Roanoke Police Department through a grant and loan has 11 new vehicles, replacing all the police cars, according to Police Chief Adam Melton. The total includes one truck for code enforcement, two administrative cars and eight patrol cars. They have a different look to them, which he said was a necessary decision to keep…
FRANKLIN, Ga. – Franklin Police are asking the public for assistance in locating a suspects involved in the recent case of a local man who was shot while in his home on Monday, Dec. 29. The suspect has been identified as Tevin Cordarryl Henderson. Franklin Police announced Friday afternoon that one of the suspects wanted…
The Randolph County Chapter of the Alabama Democratic Conference will host the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day activities on Monday, Jan. 19. The prayer breakfast will begin ay 8:30 a.m. at The 431 Banquet Hall, Welch. The speaker will be the Rev. Karanja Story, pastor of Rehoboth Baptist Church, Valley. The afternoon program will…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission denied requests from the residents of Twin Lakes subdivision and other concerned people to take over the road maintenance there. The residents of the subdivision just west of Roanoke have recently had their roads graveled with personal assistance from Commissioner Richard Fetner. During last Thursday’s commission workshop, several people addressed the commission…
The Roanoke City Council went into executive session for almost an hour Monday night and came out to announce Police Chief Adam C. Melton had changed his mind about retiring. He had written a letter to Mayor Mike Fisher saying he thought he wanted to retire but changed his mind. He said he is not…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Department prepared a rundown of its total workload for 2014. This includes: 417 individuals arrested; a total of 1,173 charges against those persons; 1,393 incident reports; 22,925 total calls (with 10,049 of those calls on the RCSO line); and these included 13,500 calls to which officers were dispatched. The jail inmate work…
Sharpen your skill set and get the training you need to find a rewarding job in the new year by enrolling in the Ready to Work Program offered by Randolph County Economic Development Authority and Southern Union State Community College. The five-week course begins Jan. 26 and meets Monday, Tuesday and Thursday from 8-11:30 a.m.…
District Judge Clay Tinney held a preliminary hearing Jan. 8 for two defendants charged with robbery and bound the case over to the grand jury, which will be impaneled Jan. 26, according to Assistant District Attorney Amy Newsome. Hanna Brooke Heard of 940 Kirk Street, the victim, and Investigator Lorenzo Foster testified during the hearing,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Kerry Mark Murphy and Susan C. Murphy, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for MortgageAmerica, Inc., Corporation, dated April 9, 2010, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
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…