A Roanoke man whose body was found near a lake last January died from complications related to a seizure and the weather conditions.Roanoke Police Department investigator James Bailey said that autopsy results showed that Frankie Lee Cameron, 54, apparently wandered off during the seizure, wearing socks but no shoes on a cold night in early…
WEDOWEE–The Randolph County Commission commended Roanoke City Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum on his presentation during Thursday’s workshop of how his system has used the one-percent sales tax for education. While the sales tax was approved the previous year for a three-year period, the commission still hears reports from the superintendents. “I do not have a…
Jerry Revis reported the Alabama Department of Environmental Management inspector Tom Garrett inspected the water towers and Crystal and Jones lakes and said it was probably the best inspection he had ever done at Roanoke’s filter plant. Revis is going on his fifth year this month as general manager of the city of Roanoke Water,…
Danny Foster, 41, was brought back from prison to plead guilty Monday to the escape charge dating back to December, 1996 but he is now facing a murder indictment in Macon County. This is criminal trial week, and Fifth Judicial Circuit Judge Tom F. Young took Foster’s plea and sentenced him to five years to…
The message of the week in the Directory of Churches on page 17A points out that people helping others and doing good in the world are so commonplace that it is the heinous crimes that make the news, simply because they are so shocking and out of the norm. It asks us to imagine a…
The Wadley Lady Bulldogs were the class of the county as they advanced to within one game of a state tournament spot at the AHSAA South Central Regional in Troy Friday and Saturday. Like Handley, Wadley split its two Friday games. The Lady Bulldogs trounced Talladega County Central 23-0 in the opener, then lost to…
I first got wind of it when a Facebook friend posted praise for Pensacola for keeping “Party Down South” out of their fair city. Party Down South is CMT’s attempt to prove that it can be just as tasteless and trashy as MTV and “Jersey Shore.” Both shows are based on the premise that viewers…
The Southern Union Lady Bison will begin their quest for a national title today in St. George, Utah at the NJCAA Division I National Softball Championship. The Bison received a seventh seed in the 16-team field and will play 10-seeded Angelina out of Texas at 8:30 p.m. Central time. The game will be broadcast live…
Speaker of the Alabama House of Representatives Mike Hubbard has paid the law firm representing him in his current legal problems more than $100,000 out of his campaign account. His campaign reports reveal that the speaker has paid the Birmingham firm of White, Arnold & Dowd at least $101,474 since December and has nearly $300,000…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Shirley Allen, 72, of Roanoke will be Tuesday, May 13, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Bro. Tim Steffey officiating. Burial will follow at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mrs. Allen died Sunday, May 11, at Traylor Nursing Center. Mrs. Allen was born May 4, 1942, the daughter of James Buster…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Cynthia Sherell Nolan Shears, 45, of Franklin, Ga., died Wednesday, April 30, 2014, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. The funeral was Thursday, May 8, at 2 p.m. at Christian Memorial Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Revs. Keith Nolan and Travis Leonard and Bishop Tom Staples officiating. Burial followed in Skyview Memorial Gardens…
(ROANOKE) Patsy Miller Sheppard, 66, of Roanoke, formerly of Grantville, Ga., died Friday, May 9, 2014, at West Georgia Health in LaGrange. The funeral service will be at 2 p.m. EDT, Monday, May 12, in the chapel of Claude A. McKibben and Sons Funeral Home in Hogansville, Ga. The Revs. Dexter Etchison and Harvey Bane…
(ROCK MILLS) Funeral services for James Alvin Anglin, 75, of Rock Mills will be Monday, May 12, 2014, at 10 a.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Scott Whaley and Paul Sheppard officiating. Burial will follow in Knight Cemetery. Mr. Anglin died Friday, May 9, at East Alabama Medical Center. Mr. Anglin was a…
(ROOPVILLE, Ga.) Mrs. Gleamer Daniel Buchanan, 87, of Roopville, Ga., died Thursday, May 8, 2014. Funeral services were Sunday, May 11, at 3 p.m. at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church in Heard County, Ga., with the Revs. Tommy Rice and Jamie Meeks officiating. Music was provided by the Rev. Tommy and Linda Rice and Davis Vaughn.…
(FIVE POINTS) Funeral Services for Faye Sharpe Culbertson, 72, of Five Points will be at 2 p.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2014, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with Dr. Todd Henderson and the Rev. Nick Pilgrim officiating. Burial will follow in Old New Hope Cemetery. Mrs. Culbertson died Thursday, May 8, at East Alabama Medical Center…
(LaGRANGE, GA.) Marianne Hackett Lott, 82, of LaGrange, died May 7, 2014, at Vernon Woods. Funeral services will be Friday, May 9, at 3 p.m. EDT at the Higgins LaGrange Chapel with Stan & Dee Clark officiating. Interment will follow services at Meadoway Gardens. Mrs. Lott was born May 29, 1931, in Covington, Ga., to…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Roy Reeves, 87, of Roanoke will be Friday, May 9, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Revs. Tex Ergle and Ralph Barrow officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr. Reeves passed away Wednesday, May 7, at Wedowee Hospital. An Evergreen native and former…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Mr. Luvern Blair, 81, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, May 6, 2014, at Grady Hospital, Atlanta. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 8, in the chapel of Striffler-Hamby Mortuary with the Revs. Max McCord and Charles Redmond and Larry Haney officiating. Burial will follow in Restlawn Memory Gardens. Mr. Blair…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Noehlon Robert Thompson, infant son of Matthew Robert Thompson and Meaghon Elizabeth Morton, were Wednesday, May 7, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Keith Benefield officiating. Burial was at Beulah Baptist Church Cemetery. The baby was born Jan. 26, 2014, in Anniston and died Friday, May…
The American Cancer Society Relay for Life Friday night raised about $44,000 for cancer programs and research, said co-chair Carol Bugg Knight. She and co-chair Caribeth Brown are still having money come in so it will eventually be a higher figure. It is down from about $55,000 last year but she said the amount raised…