(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Vivian Deloris Carter, 77, of Roanoke will be Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church with the Rev. L.B. Houston officiating. Burial will follow in Fort Mitchell National Cemetery.Mrs. Carter died Tuesday, Sept. 16, at Bethany House Hospice in Auburn.A Montgomery native, Mrs. Carter was…
(DECATUR) Funeral services for Charles “Randy” Nipper, 52, of Decatur will be Wednesday, Sept. 17, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Peck Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Jerry Freeman officiating. Burial will be in Bell Springs Cemetery. Mr. Nipper died Monday, Sept. 15, at his residence. He was born Nov. 17, 1961, in Birmingham to…
The Lighthouse Buddy Bag program provides nutritious food for elementary school children in need to take home over the weekend. At the end of the 2013-2014 school year, 99 children from Knight Enloe, Wadley and Rock Mills schools were participating in the program. At the beginning of his school year 98 children were participating. Beginning…
It takes a total team effort. That’s a mantra that high school football coaches have been chanting since the dawn of time. But it was never more true than on Friday night when an RCHS role player made the play of the night as the Tigers ended a seven-game losing streak to Woodland with a…
Students in the Community Studies class at Handley High School are learning the history of local folk art with a hands-on approach, trying their hand at caning chairs and creating pottery. The pioneers came here looking for gold but found clay to be a more realistic enterprise. In the mid to late 1800s, this area…
Jennifer Kirby’s botany class, some of Carey Adams STEM (Science Technology Engineering Math) students and second graders and their teachers from Knight Enloe School are busily planting lettuce and potatoes, making scarecrows to protect the fields, and enjoying eating watermelon at the Outdoor Educational Center Wednesday, Sept. 10. The second graders did not know they…
There are only a few days left before 10 community leaders put on their “boogie shoes” for the 2014 edition of Dancing for Dollars, an event benefiting the Southern Union Foundation Scholarship Fund. This year’s event will be this Saturday, Sept. 20, at 6:30 p.m. in Brazeal Auditorium on SU’s Wadley campus. The foundation…
WEDOWEE–A two-vehicle crash Sunday, Sept. 14, claimed the life of a Wedowee man. Danny Stewart, 63, was killed when the motorcycle he was operating collided with a pickup. The crash occurred at 12:45 p.m. on Old Highway 431, four miles north of Wedowee, as the victim was leaving the Caver’s Grove Church parking lot. The…
The deadlines for applying for absentee ballots and to register to vote for the Nov. 4 general election are coming up. The election is about 48 days away. Circuit clerk and absentee vote manager Chris May asked those planning to cast absentee ballots to go ahead and take care of it. If you know you…
Members of the Roanoke Water, Sewer, Gas and Filter Plant Board have faced and overcome two major issues over the past few years–building a wastewater treatment facility and installing new water lines–but may soon be faced with another major project due to a large crack in the clearwell where the town’s water is held at…
A resident of Roanoke’s mill village was arrested on Wednesday of last week, charged with possessing stolen property. According to the report, her neighbor reported items missing from her home, some of which were visible on and around her neighbor’s porch. The victim’s window had been broken to gain entry. Items missing included: a flat-screen…
In a called Roanoke Board of Education meeting last week the board approved the recommendation for allocating the Science Technology Engineering and Math (STEM) grant funds for the Outdoor Educational Center (OEC). Supt. Chuck Marcum said, “We’re very excited. A lot of planning and work has gone into it–including from volunteers.” He said he believes…
WEDOWEE–During its meeting on Monday evening, Randolph County Board of Education approved a five-year capital plan to be submitted to the state. The items are prioritized, but can be rearranged. The tops in priority are: Lease IT equipment according to the technology plan over a three-year period; new classrooms for Wadley elementary students to replace…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission took care of the following business at its Sept. 8 meeting: Approved tearing down the block building that recently held the board of registrars’ office. That office has now been moved to one of the annex buildings to the side of the courthouse. The building, which long ago housed the sheriff and…
Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice was in Randolph County on Wednesday morning of last week, where me met with the board and then in a separate location met with a group made up of employees, former employees, their family members and parents. They discussed treatment of employees by central office personnel and other…
The Wadley Bulldogs weren’t expecting a blowout when they took their first ever trip to Appalachian High School Friday, and for the first half they didn’t get one. “We look at everybody as if it will be a tough game,” said Wadley head coach Ken Fordham. “And whether it is or whether it’s not will…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Guy M. Horton and Vickie M. Horton, married, originally in favor of Wachovia Bank, National Association, on the 13th day of September, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of…
NOTICE The Probate Judge as Chief Election Officer makes it known in each voting precinct that, as required, Randolph County, Alabama, is in compliance with the availability of registration and voting aids for all handicapped and elderly individuals, as stated in the Code of Alabama, Section 21-4-23(b). (38)
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Bobby Coley, a married person, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Irwin Mortgage Corporation, on the 15th day of November, 2005, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated June 4, 2007, executed by Jacquline Kimbar, a single woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Colonial Bank, N. A., which mortgage was recorded on June 7, 2007, in Mortgage Book 516,…