STATE OF ALABAMARANDOLPH COUNTYNOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO SALE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGESTres Hermanos hereby notifies the public at large that they intend to apply for a Beer and Liquor License. The premises at which Tres Hermanos wishes to sale Alcoholic Beverages is located at 1500 Lafayette Hwy., Roanoke, AL. Anyone wishing to make comment…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Todd Gosa and Lisa Gosa, husband and wife, to Associates Home Equity Service, Inc., on the 8th day of January, 2001, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Robby K. Brown and wife, Michele R. Brown, on the 27th day of February, 2007 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA TO: REBECCA LYN ZENDER On the 9th day of September, 2013, a Petition was filed in this Court for the name change of a minor child, whose date of birth is February 16, 1999. A hearing upon this petition has been set for October 10, 2013, at…
The Roanoke City Council debated buying land adjoining Cedarwood Cemetery at Lebanon and Peachtree for a total of $7,500. Mayor Mike Fisher noted the cemetery is landlocked and this is good property. If the city owns it it can at least clean it up, he said. Councilwoman Tammi T. Holley said when it fills up…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education held interviews last week to replace the retiring school chief financial officer. During the school board meeting on Aug. 29, the board approved a contract with retiring chief financial officer Pat Benefield to work at her current daily rate of pay during September and October to help train a new…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission made several appointments during their brief meeting on Monday. Joyce Knight (District 4) and Ridley Herren (District 3) were reappointed to the Solid Waste Authority. An appointment from District 5 was tabled. Joe Lambert was appointed to Randolph County Industrial Development Council for District 3. Lambert replaces Don McLeod, who passed away…
Two men were arrested in Roanoke on Thursday of last week on charges of violating the sex offender notification act. Larry Dean Garrett Jr., 33, was supposed to be living at 881 County Rd. 4, Wedowee, but when Chief Deputy Billy Lane and investigators Gregg Dendinger and Donnie Strain went to pay him a visit,…
Alabama State University has a long history of offering those of African-American descent an institution of higher learning that provided, if not an excellent learning environment, at least one that was good enough to attract a somewhat diverse student body. But of late the wheels have begun to fall off the wagon with respect to…
After being held under 100 yards rushing and kept out of the end zone in a week one loss to Horseshoe Bend, Wadley sophomore running back Kamaury Avery broke loose. Avery rushed for 250 yards and five touchdowns to lead the Bulldogs to a 40-7 win in their region opener against Verbena Friday. And those…
Even though the condition of most of the privately-owned buildings in downtown Roanoke lags far behind the public spaces, there is no doubt that downtown is a much more attractive area than it was before the Streetscape project provided design, paving and landscaping renovations. And it has led to renewed interest by private property owners…
There wasn’t anything particularly flashy or eye-popping about the Handley Tigers’ performance on Friday against Holtville – until you looked at the scoreboard and saw them ahead 35-0 in the fourth quarter. The Tigers gave up a couple of garbage time touchdowns to go on to a 35-14 win that featured a steady balance of…
There has been a lot written recently about the alternative energy efforts being undertaken in the region. Well, as our late President Richard Nixon was fond of observing, I’ve got this to say about that. Putting eight big-old turbines with 120- to 160- foot blades up on a ridge north of here seems a super…
The behind-kicking shoe was on the other foot Friday night, as Woodland pummeled Victory Christian 41-0 a week after getting blown out 69-20 at Bowdon. “We played a very good team in Bowdon, and then you turn around and you play Victory Christian and it’s two total extremes,” said Woodland head coach Larry Strain. Much…
The Randolph County Tigers entered their region opener against Isabella without their starting tailback. After the Tigers’ first offensive series, they played the rest of the game without their starting quarterback. The loss of those two players – coupled with the absence of two backup tailbacks who did not dress out because they missed practice…
Like standing in a riverbed with a pick and a sifter, here’s a look at a few nuggets from around the world of Randolph County football. Wadley Wadley takes on the Fayetteville Wolves Friday in a game that has been a mark-it-in-ink victory for the Bulldogs at the beginning of each season since the teams…
(WOODLAND) Stell Clifford Blake “Sam” Herring, 73, of Woodland died Friday, Sept. 6, 2013, at Wedowee Hospital. A homegoing celebration will be Wednesday, Sept. 11, at 2 p.m. CDT at Mount Carmel Methodist Church in Woodland with the pastor, Rev. Anthony Sims officiating, and the Rev. Percy Nolan Sr., eulogist. Mr. Herring was born Dec.…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Ernest Earl “Buck” Kelley, 73, of Roanoke will be Wednesday, Sept. 11, 2013, at 2 p.m. at Freedom Harbor Baptist Church with the Rev. Gary Baswell officiating. Burial will follow at Potash Church of God Cemetery. Mr. Kelley died Monday, Sept. 9, at East Alabama Medical Center. Mr. Kelley was born…
(LaFAYETTE) Lucille Turner, 81, of LaFayette died Thursday, Sept. 5, 2013, at her residence. The funeral will be Monday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church in LaFayette, with the Revs. Michael Stiggers and Justin Freeman officiating. Burial will follow at Sardis Baptist Church Cemetery in Camp Hill. Mrs. Turner is survived…
(ANNAPOLIS, Md.) Helen Elizabeth Maulsby Stitzel, 98, a 16-year resident of Annapolis, Md., and formerly of Fairfax, Va., died Aug. 30, 2013, in Annapolis of natural causes. Born Feb. 20, 1915, in Birmingham, Helen was a 1936 graduate of Auburn University with a B.A. in commercial art. From 1942-1945 she worked as an engineering aide…