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 Roanoke slipped around back of the building and took off. He was serving…
(NEWELL) Funeral services for Mary Sue Barker, 76, of Newell will be Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Jordan Chapel Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. Brian Moore and Tony Barker officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Barker died Wednesday, Aug. 27, in Ranburne. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Barker…
Carolyn Rogers Dunson, 76, died Tuesday, Aug. 26, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Saturday, Aug. 30, at noon in the chapel at Frederick-Dean Funeral Home, Opelika, with Bro. Thomas Moore officiating. Interment will follow in Garden Hills Cemetery. Mrs. Dunson was born May 11, 1938, in Randolph County.…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mrs. Willie Cornelia Vowell, 97, formerly of LaGrange, Ga., died Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at Kennestone Hospital in Marietta, Ga. Graveside services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 28, in Restlawn Memory Gardens with the Rev. Steve Langley officiating. Mrs. Vowell was born May 1, 1917, in Chambers County, Ala., to the…
(MANCHESTER, Ga.) Ernest Junior Bowen, 87, of Manchester, Ga., died Monday, Aug. 25, 2014, at Warm Springs Nursing Home. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29, at St. James United Methodist Church with the Rev. Colin Dacus and Jeff Moncrief officiating. Interment will be at 2 p.m. CDT at Randolph Memorial Gardens…
(FAYETTEVILLE, Ga.) Funeral services for Douglas Norred, 84, of Fayetteville , Ga., will be Saturday, Aug. 30, 2014, at 12 p.m. at Lebanon Christian Church, 2100 Co. Rd. 79, Roanoke, with the Rev. Roger Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Norred died Monday, Aug. 25, at Fayette-Piedmont Hospital in Fayetteville. A…
Two men were injured on Wednesday afternoon when a 1991 Ford dump truck and trailer left the roadway and struck a fire hydrant on County Road 79 near Lebanon Christian Church, Roanoke. The driver was Charlie Scott, 70, and the passenger was Patrick Thrower, 35. The engine of the truck initially caught fire, but it…
Jerry Rice of East Alabama Antique Farm Equipment Club said the sixth annual Antique Tractor and Equipment Show and Farm Day held at Wedowee Kiwanis Park on Saturday was successful with approximately 500 visitors, many vendors and from 50-60 tractors, plus other types of farm equipment demonstrations. (For more photos from the event see the…
LEVEL ROAD–A homeowner’s brother was arrested on Thursday in a connection with a mobile home fire near Level Road. According to the report, the fire took place Thursday evening at a mobile home owned by Danny Waldrep at 337 County Rd. 821 near Friendship Baptist Church. While Danny was in jail, his mother and brother,…
This Ella Smith doll and the very rare 10-gallon double-handle jug will be exhibited at the Chimney Cove Clubhouse on Saturday starting at 10 a.m. This year’s Randolph/Chambers County Folk Pottery Show will have very rare pottery examples from the antebellum period (before the Civil War) that was made in the communities of Bacon Level…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission is most appreciative of $200,000 for much-needed repairs to dirt roads. It was announced at Monday’s meeting that the county will receive $150,000 from Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) to be used for rock and gravel for dirt roads, with a $50,000 match to be paid for by the county’s legislative delegation.…
In a split vote Monday night, Roanoke City Council voted to retain Walter Lewis and his Benchmark Securities firm as financial consultant for a paving project. Mayor Mike Fisher was not at Monday’s meeting, which was chaired by mayor pro-tem Mack Arthur Bell. Councilman Russ Cummings asked the council if members were ready to make…
Roanoke Police Department made two arrests this week in connection with a break-in at Jon Boy’s Smokehouse but other cases of break-ins at Jon Boy’s early this summer and spring remain open. On August 12, someone pushed in the air conditioner to make entry to the restaurant, where they rummaged through moneybags near the cash…
Investigators with Randolph County Sheriff’s Department recently brought in a suspect from Florida in connection with a case from last summer. According to Investigator Donnie Strain, Raven Nicole Padgett, 20, of Sopchoppy, Fla., is charged with third-degree theft, third-degree burglary, second-degree criminal mischief and unauthorized use of a vehicle. It is alleged that in July…
SHERIFF’S NOTICE TO LEVY STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT WEDOWEE, ALABAMA STATE OF ALABAMA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE MONTGOMERY, AL VS. HAROLD G. RICE PO BOX 190 BUFORD ADAMSON ROAD AND HWY. 431 WEDOWEE, AL 36278-0190 TO: HAROLD G RICE You will take notice that under and by virtue of writs of execution issued…
PUBLIC SALE Stack & Pack Self Storage, pursuant to the Alabama Self Storage Act (8-15-33), will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises, 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274. Phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on September 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. on the following unit. The company…
PUBLIC SALE Stack & Pack Self Storage, pursuant to the Alabama Self Storage Act (8-15-33), will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises, 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274. Phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on September 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. on the following unit. The company…
PUBLIC SALE Stack & Pack Self Storage, pursuant to the Alabama Self Storage Act (8-15-33), will conduct a public sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises, 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274. Phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on September 6, 2014, at 10:00 a.m. on the following unit. The company…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF MAMIE RUTH STEWART, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Marsha Stewart Moorehead on the 21 day of August, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Chelcie Dunlap and wife, Myrtis Dunlap, originally in favor of Commercial Credit of Alabama, Inc., on the 27th day of January, 1998, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…