(WOODLAND) Hayden Rufus Arrington, 66, of Woodland died at Emory Hospital in Atlanta on Sunday, Nov. 2, 2014.The funeral will be Tuesday, Nov. 4, at 2 p.m. EST at Stutts Funeral Home Chapel in Franklin, Ga. Interment will follow in High Point Church of God Cemetery in Franklin.Mr. Arrington was born in Gray Hill on…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Billy Davis Herren, 74, of Newell will be Saturday, Nov. 1, 2014, at noon at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Matt Browning officiating. Burial will follow at Harmony Congregational Methodist Church Cemetery. Mr. Herren died Thursday, Oct. 30, at his residence. A Randolph County native, Mr. Herren was born Aug.…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Ethel Grace Tittle Barron, 97, formerly of Lanett and a resident of Columbus, Ga., for 55 years died Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2014, at Green House 2, Gardens of Calvary, in Columbus. Graveside services will be Friday, Oct. 31, at 1 p.m. EDT at Oakwood Cemetery, in Lanett. The Rev. Ben Bailie will officiate.…
Randolph County Healthcare Authority chairman Bill Caypless provided a timeline for legislation that would allow voters to decide on a 1-percent sales tax to help support a hospital for Randolph County. During the healthcare authority meeting on Thursday evening of last week, Caypless said state Sen. Gerald Dial will present legislation on March 2. After…
(WADLEY) J.T. Hardnett, 62, of Wadley died Thursday, Oct. 23, 2014, at University Hospital in Birmingham. The funeral will be Thursday, Oct. 30, at 2 p.m. at Greater Pine Hill Baptist Church in the Penton community with the Rev. Rodney Thomas Sr., pastor, officiating. Burial will follow in Standing Rock Cemetery. Mr. Hardnett is survived…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Thomas “Little Rock” Rostofer, age 51, of Newell will be Thursday, Oct. 30, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jason Reeves officiating. Burial will follow at Union Baptist Cemetery. Mr. Rostofer died Tuesday, Oct. 28, at Wedowee Hospital. A Wedowee native, Mr. Rostofer was born July…
A fire on the evening of Oct. 22 destroyed a home owned by William Timothy Shaver at 55 County Rd. 627 in the Napoleon community. East Randolph Volunteer Fire Department, Southern Ambulance Transport and Randolph County Sheriff’s Office responded.
A large crowd gathered Sunday afternoon to honor state Rep. Richard J. Laird by naming portions of U.S. Highway 431 the Representative Richard J. Laird Highway. Laird, who served nine terms in the Alabama House of Representatives is retiring, and after next Tuesday’s election whoever wins his seat will immediately take office. Colleagues, friends, family,…
Elections will be held next Tuesday, Nov. 4. Voting hours are 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. You must show a photo I.D. in order to vote. If your name does not appear on the voting rolls but you are certain you are registered you can vote a provisional ballot. When the votes are canvassed the…
Roanoke Police Department has made an arrest in a burglary–possibly more than one–that happened at the storage building for Jon Boy’s Smokehouse. Michael Dean, 52, of Avenue A, Apt. 14, Roanoke, was arrested on Oct. 22 and charged with third-degree burglary and second-degree theft of property. Break-ins to Jon Boy’s storage building occurred June 29-30,…
WEDOWEE–It was noted during the Monday meeting of Randolph County Commission that accountant David Denton should be finished with the county’s financial statements that day. Now the state examiners of public accounts may come in for an audit. Commission Chairman Richard Fetner said he made a request that they be in a rush. Then the…
Mayor Pro Tem Mack Arthur Bell chaired Monday’s council meeting in the absence of the mayor and asked if the council wants to keep the distribution of the alcohol tax money as is or change it from a percentage basis to a flat amount. Assistant City Clerk Pat Truitt said in the past year $18,200…
RCHS got five touchdowns from five different players as the Tigers rung Horseshoe Bend 35-0 Friday to clinch third place in 2A, region 5. “I have an idea of what the team might be able to do at the beginning of each year,” said head coach Pat Prestridge. “At this point I figured we’d still…
For the Wadley Bulldogs the winning formula has become a simple one. Have the defense set up shop in the opponent’s backfield. Get as many people involved on offense as possible. Let Kamaury Avery do his thing on both sides of the football. Wadley followed that formula to perfection on Friday as the Bulldogs topped…
The Woodland Bobcats had a good news/bad news kind of night against the fifth-ranked Ranburne Bulldogs and their vaunted offensive attack. The good news? Woodland held Ranburne to 11 rushing yards and 222 total yards. The bad news? Ranburne had a handful of big plays and capitalized on four Woodland turnovers to remain unbeaten with…
Dadeville hosted Handley Friday night in Dadeville and came away with a 34-6 victory. Stats were not available for this game. Handley plays its season finale Friday at home against Central Clay County at 7 p.m.
The Faith Christian Academy Lions of Roanoke split their past two games, giving them a season’s record of 6-2 in high school seven-man football. On October 17 in Millbrook, home-standing Victory Baptist claimed a 50-28 win over Faith after leading just 24-22 going into the fourth quarter. Four second-half turnovers by the Lions prevented a…
The Auburn-Ole Miss game will get most of the attention in the Southeastern Conference this Saturday with the high national rankings of both one-loss teams-Auburn at No. 4 and Ole Miss at No. 7. Mississippi State will find for the second week in a row that having that No. 1 target on its back will…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jan Jordan, to Sensible Loans, Inc., on the 11th day of April 2013, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: CHARLES RICHARD JONES, JR., DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Charles Richard Jones, Jr., deceased, having been granted to Mary Jones on the 23rd day of Oct., 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice…