The Wadley Town Council looked at updating a playground with new equipment behind the old Clack House, ensuring houses are uniformly numbered for 911 responders and passed a proclamation designating June as “Immigrant Heritage Month.” Wadley joins Welcome.us, a new non-profit organization, dedicated to celebrating a United States that is fueled by immigrants from around…

ROANOKE CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION 2015 TYPE “C” SCHOOL BUS BID The Roanoke City Board of Education will be receiving bids for the following: Scope: One (1) or more Type “C” 78 passenger school bus meeting below specifications. Waiver from SDE will be provided prior to issuance of purchase order. Vehicle to be new, 2015…

SEALED BIDS Roanoke City Schools will be accepting sealed bids for a 1995 tan (white), 2-door, Chevy 3/4 ton light duty pickup truck (VIN: 1GCFC24K0SZ231861; MILEAGE: 170,529 – as of June 4, 2014). The truck will be sold as is. This vehicle can be viewed from June 16th up to June 20th at the Board…

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Angela Norred, a single woman, to CitiFinancial Corporation, LLC, on August 28, 2007, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, at Book 521, Page 1;…

NOTICE Notice of Primary Election Run-off for Randolph County to be held July 15, 2014, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, do hereby give notice of election to be held in Randolph County, Alabama, and by virtue of the power…

Tim Mitchell of Woodland reported that on June 5 his dog woke him up barking. He looked out the window and realized that another house he owns and was remodeling across the road at 750 County Rd. 476 near Gray Hill was on fire. Mitchell did not have cell service and went to his aunt’s…

Summer is a great time to take that long-overdue vacation or make much-needed home repairs, but as the weather heats up, so do scams. Better Business Bureau is warning consumers about these popular summer scams. Don’t let a scam ruin your vacation. Fake travel agents and websites are known for touting too-good-to-be-true deals in the…

Now let me say at the outset, I am woefully unqualified to write about southern weddings. True, I have been to a few, been in a few, seen ’em done fancy and done plain, seen ’em outdoors, seen ’em in church, seen ’em at home. I have been a groom, a best man, an usher,…

Reaction to Montgomery County Circuit Judge Gene Reese’s ruling that the Alabama Accountability Act (AAA) is unconstitutional was just as expected.   Politicians squalled, educators cheered. Rep Chad Fincher of Mobile County, one of the sponsors of AAA, said the Reese ruling was a “political stunt” while Decatur school superintendent Ed Nichols called AAA a…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ronald Thomas Simons, 60, of Roanoke will be Thursday, June 12, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial will follow in Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Simons died Monday, June 9, at his home. Mr. Simons was born May 27, 1954, the son of John…

(UNION CITY, Ga.) Steve Eidson of Union City, Ga., died June 6, 2014. The funeral will be Tuesday, June 10, at 2 p.m. EDT in the chapel of Parrott Funeral Home with Chaplain Asa Mangham officiating. Interment will follow at Holly Hill Memorial Park. He is survived by his wife, LuAnne Eidson of Union City;…

(CRAGFORD) Funeral services for Sandra Gail Young, 56 of Cragford will be Friday, June 6, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Revs. Zenus Windsor and Harold McCain officiating. Burial will follow in McDaniel’s Chapel Cemetery. Mrs. Young died Wednesday, June 4, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center in Anniston.…

FIVE POINTS) James Donald “Don” Hudson, 74, of Five Points died Wednesday, June 4, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Saturday, June 7, at 11 a.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Dalton Hammock officiating. Burial will follow at Hillcrest Cemetery in Lanett. Born…

(HUGULEY) Lewis Roy Wood, 71, of Huguley died Tuesday, June 3, 2014, in Huguley. The funeral was Friday, June 6, at 11 a.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Revs. Samuel Wood, Jackie Taylor and Mark Dickinson officiating. Burial followed at Shawmut Cemetery. Born May 3, 1943, in Alabama, Mr. Wood…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Wendell Corbin Stone, 59, of Carrollton, Ga., died Monday, June 2, 2014. A memorial service to honor the life of Mr. Stone will be Friday, June 6, at 1 p.m. EDT in the Tom M. Wages Lawrenceville Chapel. A Randolph County native, Wendell graduated from Vanderbilt University with a B.A. in English, proceeded…

(PORTERDALE, Ga.) Talitha Breed Ozley, wife of Rev. John Ozley, died June 2, 2014, at while in hospice care at home. A memorial service will be Thursday, June 5, 3:30 p.m. at Julia A. Porter Memorial United Methodist Church of Porterdale, Ga. She was a devoted wife of 65 years and served with “Preacher John”…

(ROANOKE) Graveside services for David Phillip “Phil” Kirby, 63, of Roanoke will be Friday, June 6, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Rock Mills Cemetery. Mr. Kirby died Tuesday, June 3, at Regional Medical Center in Anniston. A lifelong resident of Randolph and Chambers counties, Mr. Kirby was born Oct. 6, 1950, the son of David…