Approximately 50 area crafters took part in East Alabama Arts Society’s first-ever Crafts on the Median on Saturday in downtown Wedowee. Talented crafters displayed a wide variety of creative items, and the turnout of both crafters and visitors was wonderful for a first-time event.
Randolph County now has a taxi service thanks to Eddie Baker. He is zooming around town in his 2006 black Hummer 2. You can reach Baker’s Taxi Services by calling 334-338-1331 or 334-338-0815. Baker drove a truck for 25 years. Now retired, he is following a dream he always had of driving a taxi. “It…
Wadley held its first We Care About Cranio 5K run on Saturday. The event was created to raise money and awareness for Craniosynostosis and to honor Emmy Allen of Wadley, who was born January 22 with the condition. Mission accomplished, with good participation and more than $6,000 raised for the cause. Craniosynostosis is where an…
WOODLAND–A body found on Sunday is believed to be that of a man reported missing about three weeks ago. Nathanial Junior Keith, 38, of County Road 456, Woodland, left home on Sept. 19, and was reported missing by his family. A family member discovered the body in the woods. The clothing description matches that of…
On Thursday of last week a jury in Lee County recommended a life sentence without parole to Desmonte Leonard. Leonard, 25, of Montgomery was convicted on Tuesday of last week in the shooting deaths of former Auburn football players Ed Christian and Ladarious Phillips and DeMario Pitts of Opelika. The shootings happened in June 2012…
The third annual Downtown Fall Festival will be Thursday, Oct. 30. This Halloween alternative event will be held on the grassy lot at the corner of Main and Church streets from 3:30 until 7 p.m. The area will be lined with tents, tables and groupings of people distributing candy and goodies to children in the…
WADLEY–A performance of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband will be presented by the Southern Union Theater department on Oct. 21-23 and 25 at 7 p.m. in Brazeal Auditorium on the Wadley campus. Cast member Jim Tyson describes the play as a “scandalous ‘dramedy’ filled with blackmail, atonement and dishonesty,” and according to Alex Hubbard, who…
A Wedowee man was injured in a three-vehicle accident on Thursday evening of last week. According to reports, Robert Messer, 83, was the driver of a 2012 Chevrolet involved in an accident on U.S. 431, north of the Little Tallapoosa River bridge at about 5:10 p.m. The other vehicles were a 1995 Chevrolet truck, driven…
No one was injured in a three-vehicle accident in downtown Roanoke on Saturday morning–no one that is, except the First Baptist Church historical marker. Mary Johnson Houston, 71, of Roanoke was coming from Church Street onto Main Street, making a right turn in her 1996 Mercury Marquis. She pulled out in front of a 2004…
The Pilot Club of Roanoke is again kicking off its Christmas for Kids program for Randolph County residents who need help with Christmas for their children. This is the 30th year that the club has provided this service for the county. In 2008 the Pilots took over the administration of the program when the Department…
NOTICE TO CREDITORS STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FAYE YATES CRAWFORD, DECEASED TO: ALL UNKNOWN CREDITORS Letters Testamentary on the Estate of Faye Yates Crawford, deceased, having been granted to Larry Todd Crawford, Leigh Crawford Beauchamp and Amy Lynn Crawford, the Personal Representatives, on the 10th…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by George Randall Langley, an unmarried individual, on October 09, 2012, to First State Bank, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 577, Page…
Next Monday we’ll have the opportunity to observe candidates for several offices respond to a series of prepared questions. The event at the Roanoke City Auditorium will be a chance to actually see and hear the candidates and should help us decide if this is the person we want representing us in the office for…
In the decade or so that I have been a columnist, I have seldom repeated a story. Somehow, when faced with an empty file and no ideas, something always comes up. Even now, I know what I would have written this week if I did not write this. However, recent events have inspired me to…
Five of the teams in the Associated Press and USA Today College Football Poll Top Ten rankings this week are members of the Southeastern Conference. I could be wrong, but I do not think I have ever seen this happen before in my long years of following football. Mississippi State is now No. 1 in…
The Woodland Bobcats had benefited all season long from forcing their opponents to turn the ball over. On Friday against Reeltown they got a taste of their own medicine. Reeltown turned two first-half turnovers into touchdowns as they went on to defeat Woodland 26-8. The loss ended Woodland’s hopes of a region championship and combined…
RCHS jumped out to a 30-7 halftime lead and cruised to a 58-13 victory over Lafayette in what arguably was the team’s best overall performance of the season. The Tigers defense picked off five Lafayette passes, returning two for touchdowns, to complement an efficient and balanced offensive performance. Elijah McFarland had two interceptions defensively and…
Wadley held leads of 7-0 and 14-7 in the first half, but Donoho eventually wore the Bulldogs down as Wadley fell 27-14 in a crucial region contest. The loss knocks Wadley out of the top two spots in 1A, region 5, preventing the Bulldogs from reaching their stated goal of hosting a first round playoff…
Handley’s streak of seven consecutive playoff appearances came to an end Friday night, and it did so in a manner that was fittingly bitter for this season gone awry for the Tigers. Elmore County scored a touchdown on fourth-and-goal from the 1-yard line in overtime to trump Handley’s earlier field goal and send the Tigers…
Last week I was a colossal TCU choke job and a decent Arkansas kicker away from going 9-2. As it was, I actually went 7-5 and lost to all the non-football fans who are just in it for the $30. This week I vow to do better! (Unless I don’t.) Abbeville at Handley Not all…