Due to a large amount of rain in a short time Saturday afternoon the Tallapoosa River crested at 22 feet before beginning to retreat, Wadley Mayor Jim Dabbs said.The water poured out into the flats and fields below the Hwy. 22 bridge, though not like the flood of 2003 when it reached the top of…
Put on your dancing shoes as Lake Wedowee Summer Jam returns for its second year May 25 at Chimney Cove. “We are really excited about this year’s lineup,” Doug Williams, owner of WM Grocery and one of the event’s organizers, said. “It is an eclectic mix of original music that we hope the people of…
Bike Hike is rescheduled for Saturday, May 25. The route is still one mile, but is a new “Storm Route”–one mile from the rec center to Handley High School and back, all on West Point Street. Registration starts at 7 a.m. and the route starts at 8 a.m. All raffle tickets will be drawn on…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Irwin Mortgage Corporation on the 17th day of September, 2003, by Thomas McCrary, Jr. a married person, and recorded in Mort. Book 452, page 91; said…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF N. LOUISE LOVVORN, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of N. Louise Lovvorn, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 14th day of May, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
PUBLIC SALE Stack & Pack Self Storage, pursuant to the Alabama Provisions of the Self Storage Act (08-15-33), will conduct a Public Sale to the highest bidder for cash only on their premises, 410 Industrial Ave., Roanoke, AL 36274. Phone 334-863-7867. The auction will be on June 4, 2013, at 10:00 a.m. on the following…
Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association will sponsor the annual Kids Fishing Day on Thursday from 3 -7 p.m. at Rice Pavilion on Lake Wedowee. It has been rescheduled from Saturday because of the stormy weather. There will be $1,000 worth of prizes and free lunches for the kids. The Kids Fishing Day is for ages…
IN THE SMALL CLAIMS COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. SM-2013-900011 ACE HARDWARE, PLAINTIFF VS. BILL GOODWIN, DEFENDANT NOTICE TO: BILL GOODWIN Notice is hereby given to the above named individual that an action has been filed in the Small Claims Court of Randolph County, Alabama. You must file an Answer to the subject…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL IN RE: ESTATE OF JANET JOAN NELSON To: Michael Nelson, 87 Hilldale Rd., Fox Lake, IL 60020 Elizabeth Wett, PO Box 6010, Vernon Hills, IL 60061 You are hereby notified that on this day came Patricia Sunich and filed in this…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Samuel A Moore, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for AmericaHomeKey, Inc., on the 3rd day of December, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN HARLIN YATES, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of John Harlin Yates, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 16th day of May, 2013, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF RICHARD EDWARD SMITH, DECEASED Letters of Administration of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 10th day of May, 2013, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, notice is hereby given that all persons having claims…
Two northern Randolph County homes were destroyed by fire a day apart. The first fire was reported on Sunday at 6:29 p.m. at 18574 County Rd. 82 near Hawk, the home of Jimmy Dell Sims, 63. The house, which had been foreclosed on, was destroyed. Firefighters with Woodland, Newell and Morrison Crossroads, along with Randolph…
U.S. Rep. Mike Rogers (AL-03) will make stops in Wedowee and Roanoke next Tuesday. Beginning at 10:30 a.m. he will tour the new Tanner East Alabama medical facility south of Wedowee on U.S. 431, and at 1:30 he will return to Wedowee to tour the Jeld-Wen plant a little farther south on 431. Between these…
“They’re nice to have. A dog.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby Saturday morning and trying to craft a column. Not much luck. For a while I thought I might write about the latest Pat Robertson pronouncement, because Rev. Robertson is always good for a giggle. A few weeks ago on “The 700 Club” the…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education formally requested the $200,000 of at-risk money from the Education Trust Fund be used for the school system’s existing needs, rather than for the ag and equine center state Rep. Richard Laird said it is meant for. During the board’s meeting on Thursday evening of last week, Superintendent Rance Kirby…
A Roanoke family was arrested on Sunday after deputies uncovered an indoor pot-growing operation. According to the reports from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were called to a residence at 1122 Rhett Circle because of gunshots. When they arrived, they asked everyone to step out of the residence. Daniel Arthur McClendon III, 30, and Jennifer…
One of the Roanoke Rotary’s Club primary goals is work in downtown Roanoke and the old Martin Theatre in particular. The theatre will not be available to be used at the fifth annual Summer on Main Saturday, June 1, but it will be a focus of attention. Sketches of plans will be displayed on easels…
They’re gone. Here in Montgomery only the bars, hotels and eateries will miss the mass of legislators and the lobbyists with their satchels full of cash. The rest of us can breathe easier since the streets will be a bit safer. Although cash passes hands here on a regular basis, past legislatures have generally deemed…
Woodland, Wadley, Talladega County Central and Donoho played in a spring jamboree Monday at Jacksonville State University, with each team playing two 12-minute quarters against two of the other teams. And if you had to pick a winner of the jamboree, the Woodland Bobcats would easily claim that distinction. Woodland defeated Wadley 24-6, then turned…