JORDAN’S CHAPEL–Approximately 60-plus acres in the Jordan’s Chapel community burned in a wildfire on Thursday of last week.According to Randolph County’s Alabama Forestry Commission biologist Ryan Prince and forester Matthew Lowe, the fire began with a resident who was burning household garbage, which is in itself, not legal.Prince said debris burning is the No. 1…
The Randolph County Economic Development Authority recently met to discuss Advantage Sites, Airport Appreciation Day, and Project E, a potential industry site. President Sid Hare said he and executive director Cotina Terry had met with Harmon Engineering prior to the meeting. The EDA voted to hire Harmon Engineering to do a Phase I environmental report…
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Stanley R. Ezzell and Ivey Ezzell, husband and wife, to U.S. Bank National Association ND, on the 25th day of May, 2011, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph…
NOTICE The Probate Judge as Chief Election Officer makes it known in each voting precinct that, as required, Randolph County, Alabama, is in compliance with the availability of registration and voting aids for all handicapped and elderly individuals, as stated in the Code of Alabama, Section 21-4-23(b). (14p)
MURPHYVILLE–Randolph County law enforcement officers assisted the U.S. Marshal Service Fugitive Task Force in apprehending a fugitive from Cleburne County on Monday. According to Lt. Donnie Grant Jr. of Randolph County Narcotics Unit (RCNU), Billy Joe Daniel, 50, of Ranburne had several outstanding warrants from Cleburne County Sheriff’s Department, along with parole violations from the…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Thomas I. Shafer, a single person, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 24th day of September, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF HENRY WALLACE PHILLIPS, DEC. NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to Joyce Phillips on the 31st day of March, 2014, by the Honorable George Diamond, Judge of the…
Ron Cameron, chairman of the Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas and Filter Plant Board, told the Roanoke City Council at its last meeting the board had quickly sold their old building where their office had been for many years. The office moved into another building across from the Bank of Wedowee Monday, Feb. 24, after that…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County engineer Burrel Jones told Randolph County Commission the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) came to look at County Road 52 (from Omaha to Georgia) and found significant deterioration since its approval for resurfacing. ALDOT now suggests full-depth reclamation with a cement base like on County Road 140. Asphalt alone would keep cracking with…
If you want to see how valuable Elijah McFarland was to the RCHS Tigers basketball season, you need only to look at the team’s first performance when they suddenly found themselves having to play without him. RCHS came within seconds of a major upset loss at the hands of Wadley in the county tournament this…
State Rep. Greg Wren, R-Montgomery, resigned from the Legislature yesterday after pleading guilty to taking a bribe. For using his office for personal gain, he got off with a Class A misdemeanor, the requirement that he pay $24,000 in restitution to the state’s general fund within 90 days, that he resign from office, and that…
Fat Tuesday has passed. So has Ash Wednesday. The Lenten Season is upon us.What are you giving up? I’m giving up Mardi Gras. Which is pretty easy to do. It’s over. I didn’t attend. Check that one off my list. Truth is, I have been giving up Mardi Gras every year since back in the…
Just when I thought I’d seen it all. I don’t have any clever lead-in for this (maybe because I’m still in shock), so I’m just going to type a sentence I know I never thought I’d type, and I’m pretty sure you never thought you’d see. Leah Strain is giving up basketball. To become a…
Hobby Lobby is a privately held retail chain of arts and crafts stores based in Oklahoma City. The company was founded on August 3, 1972, and as of 2012 had 550 stores in 45 states. The company has filed litigation that has reached the U S. Supreme Court which challenges whether or not the Affordable…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Willie Kate Prescott, 96, of Roanoke will be Thursday, April 3, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Gregory Walker officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Prescott died Monday, March 31, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Prescott was born April 12,…
(WOODLAND) Funeral services for John Luther Hill, 47, of Woodland, will be Wednesday, April 2, 2014, at 3 p.m. at Mt. Moriah Baptist Church with the Revs. David Holcombe and Randy Moore and Mike Spradlin officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Hill died Monday, March 31, at Wedowee Hospital. He was a…
(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Xavier Antonio Alvarez, 24, of Carrollton, Ga., died Saturday, March 22, 2014, at Northside Hospital in Atlanta. The funeral service was Saturday, March 29, at 1 p.m. at Peace and Goodwill Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the Rev. L.B. Houston officiating and burial in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Alvarez was born Dec. 21, 1989,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Jack Harold Irvin, 85, of Roanoke were Sunday, March 30, 2014, at 3 p.m. at Roanoke First United Methodist Church with the Rev. Ralph Barrow officiating. Burial followed at Cedarwood Cemetery. Mr. Irvin died Friday, March 28, at Bethany House Hospice in Auburn. A longtime Roanoke resident, Mr. Irvin was born…
(NAPOLEON) Funeral services for R.V. Hill Sr., 76, of the Napoleon community were Friday, March 28, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Revs. David Holcombe, Donald Spradlin and Joseph Newborn officiating. Burial will follow in Napoleon Church of Christ – West Cemetery. Mr. Hill died Wednesday, March 26, at…