ROCK MILLS–A Randolph County youth was seriously injured on Saturday evening in an accident around a fire pit.According to the report, Patrick Andrew Thrower, 12, put kitchen trash in the fire pit and then put firewood on top of that. After a couple of minutes, the fire exploded, catching Thrower’s pants on fire.Rock Mills Volunteer…
Purchasing agent and zoning administrator Tim Jacobs told the Roanoke City Council Monday that Ordinance 2014-02-01 authorizing the issuance of $146,000 in a loan and grant was in the final stages. It had been in the works for almost two years. The pickup trucks bought with money are supposed to be on their way, and…
Donnie Cash, supervisor of the city streets department, said he has dealt with CSX Railroad on the Louina Street bridge for six to eight years but now it is looking promising something will happen. The deteriorated bridge has been closed since last July due to safety concerns. It is the second time it has been…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission enjoyed a presentation at Thursday’s workshop meeting about the poultry industry in Randolph County. Ray Hilburn of the Alabama Poultry and Egg Association presented some facts and figures. The typical four-house broiler farm would cost about $1.8 million to build. Gross income from each project would be $400,000 per year. About $200,000…
A bill introduced by state Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, would repeal the Common Core standards recently put in place in Alabama’s public schools. A coalition of business leaders, parents, teachers and civic organizations is asking the legislature to not even take up this bill, however. They have come together as GRIT, which stands for Graduate…
I have always enjoyed reading the newspaper society pages. For anyone wanting to know, there is no better place to go to discover and follow what is trending among the socially connected in a community. As I read accounts of weddings and receptions, of parties and plays, of who attended what and what was done,…
Malfeasance. In the dictionary on my desk, that word is defined as “the doing of evil, mischief or harm. That pretty much covers what’s been going on at Julia Tutwiler State Prison for women just north of Montgomery. Women throughout Tutwiler face the prospect of sexual abuse, including rape by prison staff, according to a…
(ROANOKE) David Dudley Bailey Jr., 65, of Roanoke died Thursday, Feb. 13, 2014. The funeral was Friday, Feb. 21, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Zion Baptist Church, LaFayette, with the Rev. Melvin Owens, pastor, officiating. Mr. Bailey was born Sept. 25, 1948, in Flint, Mich., the son of David and Tommie Mae Bailey. He attended…
(ROANOKE) Walter James McGuire, 77, of Roanoke died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at Columbus Regional Health Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. Funeral services will be at Canaan Baptist Church in the Welch community on Saturday, March 1, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. Ollie Simpson officiating. Interment will be in the Sweet Home Baptist…
(FIVE POINTS) Rosie P. Allen, 90, of Five Points died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at Arbor Springs Health & Rehab Center, Opelika. Funeral services will be held at Sardis Baptist Church, Camp Hill, on Friday, Feb. 28, at 1 p.m. with the Rev. C.W. Fielder officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. The remains…
(LaFAYETTE) Anne Parker, 82, of LaFayette died Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Services will be Thursday, Feb. 27, at 2 p.m. at First Baptist Church with burial in LaFayette City Cemetery with the Revs. Bill Hand and Tom Leverett officiating. She was born in Roanoke on Sept. 27, 1931. Mrs.…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) John R. Hodges, 85, of Columbus, Ga., died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at Columbus Hospice House. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. EST Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Morningside Baptist Church with Pastor T. Thad Smith officiating. Interment will follow at 3 p.m. EST in Randolph Memory Gardens, Roanoke. Mr. Hodges was born…
(ROANOKE) Funeral arrangements are pending for Walter James McGuire, 77, of Roanoke, who died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, at Columbus Regional Health Midtown Medical Center in Columbus, Ga. Vines Funeral Home, LaFayette.
(VALLEY) Steven Wayne Shivers, 71, died Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, at EAMC Lanier Nursing Home in Valley. The funeral will be Wednesday, Feb. 26, at 3 p.m. EST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Rev. Mark McGee officiating. Burial will be at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Lanett. A native of Chambers County,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Fay Bassett Adcock , 79, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Pleasant Grove Baptist Church with the Rev. Rick Thorne officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Adcock died Saturday, Feb. 22, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. A lifelong Randolph County resident,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ruth Evelyn Owens Woodlee, 79, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 24, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Rock Mills Church of the Nazarene with Revs. Frank Foster Jr. and S.T. Janney officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Woodlee died Friday, Feb. 21, at Wedowee Hospital. A longtime Randolph…
(ROANOKE) Annette Reed Gipson, 76, of Roanoke died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, at her residence. The funeral will be Monday, Feb. 24, at New Harmony Baptist Church with the Rev. Jerome Trammell and Calvin Trammell officiating. Interment will be in Skyview Memorial Gardens, Welch. Mrs. Gipson is survived by a daughter, Diane Gipson Goss of…
(CLARKSVILLE, Tenn.) Barbara Hanna, 71, of Clarksville, Tenn., died Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, at NHC Healthcare in Springfield, Tenn. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, at Foston Memorial Chapel with burial at Resthaven Memorial Gardens. She was born Jan. 28, 1943, in Wedowee to the late Lucille Lancaster Hill and Robert…
(BUCHANAN, Ga.) Sandra Nan Etheridge Cole, 71, of Buchanan, Ga., died Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014. Memorial services will be Saturday, Feb. 22, at 2 p.m. EST at Hutcheson’s Memorial Chapel with the Rev. Grant Pitts officiating. Mrs. Cole was born in Austell, Ga., on Aug. 16, 1942. She was the daughter of the late Rural…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) The memorial service for Benjamin Truman Fincher of LaGrange, Ga., will be Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, at 11 a.m. in the chapel of the Lakes-Dunson-Robertson Funeral Home. The Rev. Vincent J. Dominique will officiate. Mr. Fincher, a native of LaGrange, was born Aug. 14, 1950, and was the son of the late Robert…