WADLEY–The Wadley Town Council at its Monday meeting discussed hiring someone to help Town Clerk Lori Hopkins but tabled the matter and will hold a meeting Wednesday, Feb. 12, at 6 p.m. at city hall to discuss that and other matters.  Mayor Michael James said they may not realize how much there is to do…

WEDOWEE–Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield shared some statistics covering the sheriff’s department’s work during 2013. A total of 1,437 incident reports were filed. Approximately 77,520 pounds of trash were picked up by the inmate work detail from April through December. Eighty-two people were arrested by the drug task force on 121 charges. Six hundred ninety-five…

Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield recently shared with us a log of activities from 2013 for the Randolph County Sheriff’s Reserve Unit. The Randolph County Sheriff’s Reserve operates as a volunteer organization with approximately 20 active reserve members with 10 Ford Crown Victoria patrol cars. The unit purchased their own uniforms, equipment, weapons, ammunition, vehicles…

Our warnings about new and creative scams designed to cheat you out of your hard-earned money normally come around the Christmas holidays, since that is when they proliferate. It seems that Valentine’s Day is becoming a preferred time for scammers to step up their efforts as well, according to Jason Alderman, who directs Visa’s financial…

Many folks, middle-aged men mostly, do not look forward to Valentine’s Day. Not just because they are expected to send the woman they love flowers and candy and such stuff–they can handle that–but because they fear that the object of their affection might consider the gift insufficiently romantic and judge them thusly. Being judged thusly…

Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley has said he will propose changes to the Alabama Open Meetings law that will strengthen the law, according to recent news from the governor’s office. Bentley held a news conference recently at the State Capitol with legislators who will be sponsoring the bill. They are Rep. Mike Hill, R-Columbiana and Sen.…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Rhonda Lea Puckett, 53, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Keith Benefield and F.W. Sheppard officiating. Ms. Puckett died Sunday, Feb. 9, at her residence. A Randolph County native, Ms. Puckett was born Dec. 7, 1960, the daughter of…

(GRIFFIN, Ga.) Billie Jo Fields Edge, 78, of Griffin, Ga., died Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Brightmor Nursing Center. The funeral for Mrs. Edge will be Tuesday, Feb. 11, at 11 a.m. EST in the chapel of Haisten McCullough Funeral Home. Burial will follow in Westwood Gardens. Mrs. Edge was born Nov. 26, 1935, in…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Tim R. Cook, 58, of Wedowee were Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Woodland First Congregational Methodist Church with the Revs. David McPhearson and Derrick Farr officiating. Burial will follow at Midway United Methodist Cemetery. Mr. Cook died Friday, Feb. 7, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A…

(ROANOKE) Rita M. Richey, 61, of Roanoke died Friday, Feb. 7, 2014, at her residence. The funeral will be at 3 p.m. Monday at Calvary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with Rev. Chris Mitchell officiating. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Richey was born in Atlanta on May 22, 1952, daughter of Freddie Tanner and…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Pam Mangram, 62, of Roanoke will be Monday, Feb. 10, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Springfield Baptist Church with the Rev. Roger Woodard officiating. Burial will follow at the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Mangram died Friday, Feb. 7, at her home. A lifelong Roanoke resident, Mrs. Mangram was born Feb. 7, 1952,…

(JASPER, Ga.) John Thomas “Daddy Rabbit” Barclay died Feb. 6, 2014, in Jasper, Ga. A private memorial service will be held in Ft. Payne. He moved to Georgia in May 2013, but his heart remained in Wedowee, where he lived for more than 20 years. He is survived by his sons, Perry Allen and Thomas…

(HEFLIN) Betty Joyce Coffey, 74, died Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, at University Hospital. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Dryden Funeral Home Chapel with the Dr. Steve Dempsey officiating. Burial followed in Corinth Cemetery, Heflin (Randolph County). Mrs. Coffey was born in Anniston and had lived in Cleburne County for…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Flossie Maudine Dewberry, 75, of Woodland will be Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at Liberty Grove Congregational Methodist Church at 2 p.m. with the Revs. Jeremy Holloway, Scott Whaley and Bobby Jones officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Dewberry died Thursday, Feb. 6, at her residence. A Randolph County…

(ROANOKE) Penny Stevenson McClendon, 50, of Roanoke died Tuesday, Feb. 4, at her residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 8, at Pure Holiness Church of God with pastor John C. Greathouse officiating. Burial will follow at East Roanoke Cemetery. Mrs. McClendon was born July 24, 1963, to the late Alvin and Macie Bell Stevenson.…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Eleanor M. Skidmore, 89, of Woodland will be Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at 11 a.m. at Emanuel Episcopal Church in Great River, N.Y. Burial will follow at Emanuel Cemetery. Mrs. Skidmore passed away Tuesday, Feb. 4, at Tanner Medical Center in Carrollton, Ga. A Long Island, N.Y., native, Mrs. Skidmore was…

(FIVE POINTS) Funeral services for Rev. Cecil Harold Flanary, 82, of Five Points, will be Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. A. W. Kent officiating. Burial will follow at Pleasant Grove Congregational Christian Church Cemetery in Union Hill, Chambers County. Rev. Flanary died Wednesday, Feb. 5, at…

(ROANOKE) William D. Harrison Sr., 74, of Roanoke died Monday, Feb. 3, 2014, at West Georgia Health Medical Center in LaGrange, Ga.__ The funeral will be Friday, Feb. 7, at 1 p.m. at Sweet Home Baptist Church in Five Points with the Rev. Ollie Simpson, Pastor, and Rev. Tony L. Harrison, eulogist. Burial will follow…