(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Tony Ray Messer, 77, of Wedowee will be Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Ava United Methodist Church with the Revs. Gary Henderson, Howard Johnson and John Tal Murphree officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery with Masonic graveside services.Mr. Messer died Tuesday, Sept. 9, at Kindred Health…
Randolph County Animal Shelter hosted its first bike rally “Ride a Hawg and Save a Dog” Saturday, Aug. 30. The event began at Lakeside Market and Grill. Wes Kinsey, owner of iRock and Boogie radio, provided entertainment with an on-site broadcast. Daniel Hall, owner of Tickled Pink Petting Zoo, brought many of his exotic…
Students Will Lumpkin, Kaley Kirby, Ashley Yarbrough and blacksmith Dr. Jim Witte of Alabama Forge Council (AFC) gathered around the flames at Handley High School last Friday. AFC promotes the knowledge of blacksmithing skills and works to promote the continued rediscovery of the art of blacksmithing. Dr. Witte, an Auburn professor, taught the Community Studies…
Randolph County Sheriff’s Office has received 16 new bulletproof vests from funds raised from the annual rodeo. The cost of the vests is around $800 each, for a total of $12,800.
New load limit signs for travel over the Louina Street railroad bridge in Roanoke have been posted. Allowable vehicle weights have long been restricted to three tons or less. Vehicles up to 34 tons can go over the bridge now that CSX has re-worked it.
Roanoke City Schools took a leap of faith in creating an Outdoor Educational Center (OEC), hoping that the money would come. It did. Dr. Philip C. Cleveland and Dr. Mary Simon of the State Department of Education visited the site Friday and officially acknowledged the awarding of a $333,200 grant, most of which will go…
Residents are asked to be on the lookout for this man, Tay James. He is wanted for a murder in Macon County. James, 30, was last seen leaving Chambers County headed to Randolph County in a green Mercury with big wheels with Terry Bailey/Brooks. James is about 5’8″, 225 pounds with brown eyes and black…
Roanoke City Council quickly handled a number of items Monday night but tabled a suggestion by councilman Mack Arthur Bell to increase sales tax by half a cent to nine cents in order to fund the proposed paving project. Bell said they had to think about how they would fund the project. Mayor Mike Fisher…
Funeral services will be Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Christian Memorial Sword of the Spirit Ministries for Thomas Lamar McCray, who died early Saturday in a one-vehicle accident in Standing Rock. According to Alabama State Troopers, the accident happened on Chambers County Road 278, 4 miles from Standing Rock at approximately 12:15…
Brittany Nicole “Red” Cheatham, 17, from Newnan, Ga., passed away in an Alabama hospital Thursday of last week after a tragic swimming accident at Lake Wedowee. “Whatever happened was heartbreaking,” said Cheatham’s mother, Dianna, “but I know it happened for a reason. Now she is changing lives for the better.” In honor of Brittany, Dianna…
One man is jailed after a teenager was injured in an incident on Sunday in the Broughton community. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, the complainant, William Dwight Bassett, and his son were passing by a house on County Road 65 in their vehicle and saw a man outside with his pants…
Four arrests were made following the execution of a search warrant at a residence in Roanoke’s mill village on Thursday of last week. According to Randolph County Narcotics Unit, officers served the search warrant at 508 Randolph St., the residence of Walter Ballard, 35. He is charged with second-degree possession of marijuana and possession of…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: JOHN WAYNE JOHNSON, DECEASED ADMINISTRATRIX’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of John Wayne Johnson, deceased, having been granted to Kim Johnson on the 2nd day of Sept., 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 20th day of July, 2012 by Jonathan Cody Reaves and wife, Randi Marie Reaves, which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 575…
Four west Georgia men were arrested on drug charges following a traffic stop in Roanoke on Sunday morning. A white F-150 was pulled over, driven by Justin Alex Robinson, 27, of Manchester, Ga., because of failure to maintain lane. Those arrested included: Robinson, who is charged with three counts of possession of a controlled substance…
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…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by Mary R. Hall, a single woman, to North American Mortgage Company, dated the 5th day of January, 2000, which Mortgage was recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN WILBURN DANIEL, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Vanessa Sims on the 5th day of Sept., 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF INEZ MITCHELL, DECEASED Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of Sept, 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama,…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DONALD WRIGHT, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Donald Wright, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 5th day of Sept., 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…