WOODLAND–A man missing for more than 24 hours in the Woodland area on Monday and Tuesday was found and hospitalized.According to the report, the Niceville, Fla., man was visiting his grandmother on County Road 531 near Woodland and had been unable to sleep over the weekend. He kept going outside–throughout the night and even in…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF TERRY DEAN NELSON, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Brenda Nelson on the 2nd day of April, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the Probate…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF BRIGAM CARL WEYERMAN, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to Sandra Gail Weyerman on the 31st day of March, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF EVELYN IRENE WYATT, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Evelyn Irene Wyatt, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 2nd day of April, 2014, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by William James Bassett, Sr., a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Nations Home Mortgage Corporation, on the 10th day of December, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF JIM CHAPPELL, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 4th day of April, 2014, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims against…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. DR 2014-900034 LATINA LOUISE VERNON, PLAINTIFF VS. DERRICK DEWAYNE GREEN, DEFENDANT NOTICE Notice is hereby given to Derrick Dewayne Green that a Bill of Complaint for Divorce has been filed against you in the Circuit Court of Randolph County. You are hereby notified that a…

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: 208 Piedmont Street 525 West Avenue A hearing shall take place at the regularly scheduled meeting of the…

WADLEY–Two new employees were hired in Wadley, but the two biggest discussions at Monday’s Wadley Town Council meeting were not items on the agenda. A couple of council visitors raised their concerns about the Wadley quarry seeking to operate a landfill there. Wadley resident Helen Bailey said if a landfill came it would affect the…

A Roanoke woman was arrested on April 1 and charged with stealing her co-worker’s debit card and using it around town. Samantha Jewel Hudson, 34, of 94 County Rd. 79, Roanoke, is charged with fraudulent use of a debit card and second-degree theft of property. The woman’s husband noticed the transactions online and that the…

A two-vehicle crash occurred on Thursday of last week at approximately 7:25 a.m. at the intersection of U.S. 431 and Hwy. 48 in Wedowee. Kyle Anthony Cline Akers, 21, of Wedowee was driving a 1993 Honda Prelude and was transported to Wedowee ER by Southern Ambulance Transport with minor injuries. His vehicle’s airbag deployed. The…

Randolph County Animal Shelter volunteers are getting ready for the semi-annual spring book sales and raffle. The book sales are scheduled for consecutive Saturdays, April 12 and 19, at the old cotton warehouse on Main Street in Roanoke. Hundreds of new books are available for avid readers at inexpensive prices–adult, young adult and children’s books.…

Tickets for the Southern Union Music Department’s annual Spring Show April 16-18 are now on sale. For years, the Southern Union Sound, under the direction of Ann Caldwell, has entertained audiences with their dynamic performances and talented students.  Accompanied by the Southern Union Dancers, this year’s performance will once again feature high-energy choreography and crowd-pleasing…

If you haven’t already, chances are good that you’ll have a run-in with a scammer. It might be a phishing email asking you to click on a link, a phone call telling you your computer has been compromised, or a contractor who shows up at your door ready to trim your trees. Here’s what many…

It is Confederate History and Heritage month. Every year when it rolls around the historian in me feels obligated to have something to say about it, even though to do so runs the risk of a nasty letter to me (or to the editor) from the NAACP or Sons of Confederate Veterans or some other…

Did the folks at Greenetrack Casino in Eutaw get advance notice of last month’s raid by Atty. Gen. Luther Strange? Montgomery attorney Charlanna Spencer, who represents Greenetrack, has told me that the casino’s electronic bingo machines were taken offline before the search warrants signed by Greene County District Judge Lillie Jones-Osborne were served the morning…

The green revolution has finally come to the graveyard, and the old Western jargon in which the loser of a gunfight was “planted” on Boot Hill can now apply literally. An outfit called “Eterni Trees” now offers a funeral urn with a tree planted in the ashes. Embed the urn in your back yard and…