WADLEY–It rained and rained Saturday, but about parade time participants arrived and the rain held off until after most events occurred at Wadley’s Old Fashioned Christmas in the Park.Donnie Knight’s decision to hold off calling off the parade until line-up proved a correct decision. Sheriff David Cofield was the grand marshal. Some of the participants…
Friday the 13th turned out to be unlucky for two drivers at the intersection of Airport Road and LaFayette Highway, where a collision took the life of Barnelle Bailey Nix, 79, of Roanoke. She was traveling east on Airport Road and failed to yield right of way at the LaFayette Highway intersection, resulting in her…
Three years after work began, Roanoke’s wastewater treatment plant is almost ready to process waste, meeting an Alabama Department of Environmental Management consent decree deadline. In 2010 members of the city of Roanoke Water, Sewage, Gas, and Filter Plant board were shocked when attorney John Tinney told them they were under the decree to improve…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission heard complaints from two citizens about damage done to the county’s dirt roads by oversized trucks. During the Dec. 9 meeting, Alan Hurst of County Road 810 discussed log trucks that have torn up his road in the Midway community. He said timber has been cut three times, but Hurst has paid…
Charles May has been keeping on keeping on for 50 years at the telephone company but as of the last of December he will be herding cattle, riding horses and traveling with his wife, Lynda. He began working at the telephone company in January 1964 while still in high school. He worked for Joe and…
It is probably going to be a sad holiday for 1.3 million long-term unemployed nationwide who will lose their unemployment compensation Dec. 28. An additional 3.6 million will be cut off in the next few months. The budget plan passed by the U.S. House of Representatives did not renew the long-term unemployment payment. The Senate…
MONTGOMERY–Alabama State Troopers will make every effort this Christmas season to protect the lives and promote the safety of Alabama motorists through additional enforcement activities. “It is one of the busiest and most exciting times of year, and that seasonal hustle and bustle is evident on the state’s roadways as many of us will travel…
An editorial last week warned about the dangers of shopping online, particularly this time of year when more cyber-crooks are actively seeking to separate us from our hard-earned money. Now the Better Business Bureau has issued warnings about other things to look out for based on fraud and scams it has been made aware of.…
“But sir, it’s only once a year” Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol And that once a year is almost upon us. And as occasionally happens, I get an e-mail or two about previous Christmas columns. Now folks, when someone goes to the trouble to send me a message saying that something I wrote long ago…
RCHS played Wadley. Woodland played Handley. Handley played RCHS. In week in which all four county teams played at least three games, there was a smorgasbord of county-infused head-to-head matchups that will serve as the grand finale of 2013 sports in Randolph County and will set the stage for what is sure to be a…
I can’t stake claim to being the first to compare Gov. Bentley’s refusal to expand Medicaid under the new health care law to malpractice. It would cover upwards of 300,000 of Alabama’s mostly working poor without costing the state one thin dime. But this is not just ordinary malpractice; it is gubernatorial malpractice in the…
The top-ranked team in 2A got its first true test of the season Monday night. And they passed with flying colors. Woodland, which held the No. 1 spot in the ASWA’s initial top 10 for 2013-14, took on 6A Opelika, which entered the game with a 5-1 record. The Bobcats came away with a 70-68…
I’m not the kind of guy who reads the last page of the book before I’ve read the book. I don’t like to sleep through long car rides (okay that’s false), and I don’t find out what the big plot twist is before I go see the movie. To me, no matter where you’re going,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Barnelle Bailey Nix, 79, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Dec. 19, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Home with the Revs. Otis Hodnett and Jamie Taylor officiating. Burial will follow at Heritage Baptist Church Cemetery in Roanoke. Mrs. Nix died Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Columbus Regional Medical Center in Columbus,…
(ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.) Laura Hattie Mae Foster, 84, a native Randolph County residing in St. Petersburg, Fla., died Thursday, Dec. 12, 2013, at her home. Mrs. Foster will be in state for one hour prior to funeral services, which will be Saturday, Dec. 21, at 11 a.m. at Wehadkee Missionary Baptist Church, Roanoke, with the…
(ROANOKE) Robert Johnson, 46, a native and former resident of Wedowee, currently residing in Roanoke, died unexpectedly on Friday, Dec. 6, 2013, at Wedowee Hospital. The celebration of life was Friday, Dec. 13, at noon at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the pastor, Rev. Charles Wood, officiating. Elder John C. Greathouse served as…
(BOWDON, Ga.) Margaret Steed McCaghren of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, Dec. 13, 2013. She was 92. Mrs. McCaghren will lie-in-state from 1 p.m. until the funeral hour. Interment will follow at Bowdon City Cemetery. The funeral Mrs. McCaghren will be Tuesday, Dec. 17, at Bowdon Baptist Church at 2 p.m. EST with Bro. Keith Ramage…
(RANBURNE) Funeral services for Patricia Wiggins McCurry, 53, of Ranburne will be Monday, Dec. 16, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Gold Ridge Baptist Church, Graham, with the Rev. T.J. Morgan officiating. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. McCurry died Friday, Dec. 13, at Cleburne County Nursing Home. Mrs. McCurry was born May 10,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Sara Harris Hendley, 85, of Roanoke will be Sunday, Dec. 15, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Roger Woodard and Lendon Fields officiating. Burial will follow at Napoleon Church of Christ Cemetery, Woodland. Mrs. Hendley died Thursday, Dec. 12, at Wedowee Hospital. A Randolph County native,…
(DAYTON, Ohio) Mattie O. Johnson, 88, of Dayton, Ohio, died Sunday, Dec. 8, 2013, at Wood Glen Nursing Home. The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Resident Park Church of Christ, with the Rev. Richard Melson officiating. The family will receive friends one hour prior to service. She was a native…