SPRINGFIELD COMMUNITY––Jim Manley hurried to see the damage at his and his wife Harriett’s beloved Pittman Farms. An oak had fallen during some of the bad weather last week and was on the house.He believes it was likely an oak planted in 1892 or 1895 as Jefferson Davis Pittman constructed the homestead that exists to…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Phillip D. Dye and Tara P. Dye, to Beneficial Alabama, Inc., on the 18th day of July, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ALMA DANIEL, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of Alma Daniel, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of August, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that all persons having…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOE B. GILHAM, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Joe B. Gilham, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 9th day of August, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ROBERT EMERSON, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING ON MOTION FOR PARTIAL DISBURSEMENT AND FOR REIMBURSEMENT OF EXPENSES TO: Carol Emerson (Shackleford) Anyone else claiming to be an heir of Robert Emerson, deceased Chad Lee, Administrator of the Estate of Robert Emerson, deceased, filed in this Court…
Tommy Burke had been trying to buy a building downtown but just missed out several times. Friday he finally got his building, signing the papers on the old Joe Brittain’s store, the adjoining two buildings, Carey Gauntt’s old repair shop next to it and the adjacent old laundromat. Friday he was celebrating with his fiancee,…
The Randolph/Cleburne County Folk Pottery Show will be Saturday, Aug. 31, 10 a.m. at the Chimney Cove clubhouse in Wedowee. This year’s show will have two very unusual figural jugs made by J.L. Mathews in Rock Mills sometime between 1890 and 1910. The show will also feature Cleburne County folk pottery from the community of…
Randolph County Schools Woodland High Car rider pick-up and drop-off at Woodland is below the elementary building. Students may enter their designated area at 7:20. Breakfast begins at 7:30. Homeroom begins at 7:37. Bus riders and elementary car riders are released at 2:47. It is hoped the new cafeteria will be ready for use around…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education accepted the resignation of Wadley High School principal Todd Wilson effective Aug. 5, during a board meeting on Thursday evening of last week. Wilson has accepted a position as assistant principal in Smiths Station. Retired Handley Middle School principal Joe Ammons was put in place as interim principal. This position…
In a called meeting Monday night the city council unanimously voted to terminate Jeremy C. Ogletree from his job as chief of police. Councilman Jim Hall had requested to be put on the agenda but deferred to councilman Michael Brown, who made the motion to terminate Ogletree, who has been on the job since spring…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commissioner Larry Roberts recommended the commission ask for local legislation to set distance limits between places that sell alcohol and churches, schools, hospitals and clinics. He said all of the commissioners have had phone calls about this. Although the commission really doesn’t have the power to do this itself, they can request that…
ROCK STAND–Two Randolph County law enforcement officers are in Columbus Medical Center following a motorcycle accident early Sunday. According to reports, Donnie Grant Jr. of the Randolph County Narcotics Unit and Jason Dutton, a deputy with Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, were both airlifted following the accident that happened on County Road 65 in the Rock…
A Roanoke man was arrested Saturday night following a high-speed chase and accident, during which his 2-year-old daughter was in the vehicle. According to reports from the Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, James L. Kemp had a domestic altercation at 58133 Hwy. 22 W. and left the scene around 9 p.m. in the victim’s car, bringing…
The Roanoke Police Department will begin conducting increased traffic safety checkpoints and increased traffic patrols August 16 through September 2 as part of the nationwide Labor Day Holiday Blitz Mobilization. The theme of this year’s traffic safety blitz is “Drive Sober or Get Pulled Over.” This increased police presence is sponsored by the East Alabama…
WEDOWEE–A Roanoke woman and her 13-year-old niece were injured in a one-vehicle accident in Wedowee on Monday afternoon. Ashlee Spruill, 33, was the driver of an Isuzu Rodeo that hydroplaned while southbound on U.S. 431, crossed the median, went down an embankment and struck some trees across from Randolph-Roanoke Career Technology Center. They were taken…
School buses are one of the safest forms of transportation on the road today. In fact, according to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, riding a bus to school is 13 times safer than riding in a passenger vehicle and 10 times safer than walking to school. The reality of school bus safety is that…
“If you remember the ‘60s, you weren’t there.” Robin Williams Forty-four years ago, on August 15, “An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music,” opened on a farm in upstate New York. Before it ended some…
The school year has ended. The summer has come and nearly gone. But the passage of the last five and a half months since the Woodland girls basketball team claimed the school’s first state title has done nothing to remove the luster of the accomplishment in the eyes of the team’s best player. “It’s still…
Speculation in some Montgomery circles is that both Attorney General Luther Strange and Speaker of the House Mike Hubbard will be resigning in the very near future. I am told that Sonny Reagan, one of Strange’s deputy attorney generals, has already left or has told friends he is planning to leave. Reagan’s departure comes amid…
The right coach came to the right school. That’s all it took for Woodland point guard Leah Strain to make a decision and select Jacksonville State as the destination for her college career. The rising first team all-state senior chose the Gamecocks over nearly a dozen other offers. The deal was clinched when Jacksonville hired…