WEDOWEE–Randolph County Healthcare Authority chairman vice chairman Bill Caypless became interim chairman after the chairman resigned and presided over the Aug. 28 meeting.Well into the meeting the authority voted to vote on reallocation of funds to Wedowee Hospital. Since the closure of Randolph Medical Center its 48-percent of the countywide hospital tax has gone into…

SWAGG–A Georgia teenager remains at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham following a near-drowning on Lake Wedowee Sunday afternoon. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Department, the 17-year-old from Palmetto, Ga., was visiting the lake with her boyfriend and his family at a residence on Swagg Cove Drive. She was swimming in the lake with…

A Roanoke man was stabbed and another charged following altercations in Roanoke on Wednesday of last week. According to investigator Lorenzo Foster, the victim, Maurice Allen, 28, of Stone Avenue had been in a fight with the accused, Marcus Andrew Wycoff, earlier that day. Marcus, whose jaw was broken in the earlier fight, left and…

WOODLAND–Woodland High School was evacuated just after 11 on Wednesday when a bomb threat was called in to the lunchroom phone. According to Sheriff David Cofield, a person with a foreign accent asked if they had called a business. They were told no, but continued to ask to speak to the “floor manager.” The caller…

A Randolph County Jail inmate ran away from the roadside litter crew on Wednesday afternoon and into more trouble. According to Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield, the litter crew stopped to have lunch at Roanoke’s Fire Station #2 when Cody Johnson, 24, of Cody Road in in Roanoke slipped around back of the building and…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE TO DESTROY WEEDS The City Council of the City of Roanoke is considering a resolution regarding the weeds located on the following properties, more particularly described in the Resolution No. 1056: Strozier St. properties owned by New Beginnings Outreach Ministry, c/o Tom Staples. A hearing shall take place at…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF FANNIE DELL TRAYLOR, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Junior (J.R.) Traylor on the 28th day of Aug., 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LENA NEW, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Lena New, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 27th day of Aug., 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF LOUISE H. MCDOW, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Louise H. McDow, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 26th day of Aug., 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…

We’ve always heard that the first minutes are critical for victims of cardiac arrest or trauma. The American Heart Association in fact has established a standard response time of four minutes for basic life support and eight minutes for advanced life support to begin for victims of cardiac arrest. Survival in any lifethreatening medical emergency…

In my father’s papers I found two cancelled checks. Both were made out to W.A. Edwards and signed by Mrs. H.H. Jackson. Mrs. Jackson was Edwards’ sister.  She was also my daddy’s mama and my Grandma Minnie. From those two checks and my memory, a story emerged.    The “A” in W.A. stood for Artemus,…

Sometimes you read a sentence and you think to yourself: only here, only us. Here’s one such sentence I read recently in the New York Times this past week: “A 9-year-old girl from New Jersey accidentally shot and killed her instructor with an Uzi submachine gun while he stood to her left side, trying to…

(ASHLAND) Funeral services for Margaret C. “Kat” East, 74, of Ashland will be Thursday, Sept. 4, 2014, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland. Burial will follow in the Christiana Baptist Church Cemetery. Ms. East died Monday, Sept. 1, at her home in Ashland. A native and lifelong resident of Clay County, “Kat”…

(LANETT) Donna Farmer Craig, 55, of Lanett died Sunday, Aug. 31, 2014, at Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. Visitation will be Thursday from 6-8 p.m. EDT at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home in Valley. No services are planned. A Roanoke native, Donna was a free spirited lady, who loved to ride her Harley Davidson. She…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Loree “Cadillac” Holloway, 92, of Wedowee will be Wednesday, Sept. 3, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church with the Revs. Corky Addison and Donald Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Holloway died Monday, Sept. 1, in Wedowee. A Wedowee native, Mr. Holloway was born…

(MADISON) Graveside services for Joseph Howard Kerr, a Randolph County native, were held Saturday, Aug. 16, 2014, at 3 p.m. at Wedowee City Cemetery with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating and Benefield Funeral Home of Wedowee in charge of arrangements. Mr. Kerr, 81, died Thursday, Aug. 14, at Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville. Mr. Kerr was…

ROANOKE) Funeral services for Rufus Patrick Avant Jr., 77, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, Sept. 2, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Greg Norred and Pastor Steve Fetkenhour officiating. Burial will follow at Northview Cemetery in Cedartown, Ga. Mr. Avant died Saturday, Aug. 30, at his residence. A North Carolina…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Flonnie Mae Robinson, 88, of Roanoke will be Monday, Sept. 1, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home Chapel with the Revs. Billy Puckett and Steve Dean officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Robinson died Saturday, Aug. 30, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County resident, Mrs. Robinson…

(VALLEY) James M. Holmes Sr., 85, of Valley died Thursday, Aug. 28, 2014, at EAMC Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 30, at 1 p.m. EDT at West End Baptist Church with the Rev. Don Downs officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Cemetery, Lanett. A native of Randolph County, Mr.…