By order of Supreme Court Chief Justice Roy Moore, all circuit clerk offices will be closed on Wednesdays beginning Wednesday, March 20, according to Randolph County Circuit Clerk Chris May.Moore oversees the administration of courts, which has seen cutbacks in funding the past few years.Being closed to the public on Wednesdays will allow the offices…

The children who attend Head Start at the building on Roanoke’s Main Street were always housed in the modular units behind the house but no more. April Lylias, education manager from the Talladega central office of Cheaha Regional Head Start, said they upgraded the maintenance and now the older students 4-5 years old are housed…

During Monday night’s Roanoke Council meeting members spent time discussing a request from wrecker services on the city’s rotation for an increase in pay since they have not had one since 2007. Those requesting the increase had attended two other council meetings but were not present Monday. They had previously said insurance and gas have…

The 23rd Professional Women’s Luncheon Tuesday, March 19, will feature one of its own who has been successful in California as author, producer and Realtor. Susan Huey Wales, a Roanoke native, now lives in Pacific Palisades, Calif. She and her husband, Ken, also a producer, are planning to film a movie in North Carolina. All…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT   Relating to Randolph County; to amend Sections 3…

FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by MARY POPE, an unmarried woman, as Mortgagor(s) to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Countrywide Bank, FSB, as Mortgagee, dated the 20th day of January, 2009, and recorded in…

NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO SALE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES Circle K Store #6689 hereby notifies the public at large that they intend to apply for a retail beer and wine off premise License. The premises at which Circle K Store #6689 wishes to sell Alcoholic Beverages is located at 3393 Highway 431, Roanoke, AL.…

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 Paul Atoigue Reyes, an unmarried man and Donna Lynn Baker, an unmarried woman, on the 10th day of September, 2009 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is…

NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated December 30, 2004, executed by Ronald Stacy Presnal and Deborah Ann Presnal, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for First Bank Mortgage A Division of First Bank Of Georgia, which mortgage was recorded…

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…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO.: DR-2013-9000005 Jerry Mark Jordan, Plaintiff Vs. Ezekal Ann Jordan, Defendant NOTICE Ezekal Ann Jordan, whose whereabouts are unknown, must answer Jerry Mark Jordan, Complaint and other relief by May 10, 2013, or, thereafter a judgment by default may be rendered against her in Case Numbers…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV13-900018 STATE OF ALABAMA, ex rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney, Fifth Judicial Circuit, Plaintiff Vs. Jason Jairl Caldwell, alias, Ken and/or Brenda Ray, alias And one (1) 1996 Dodge Ram 1500 VIN# 1B7HC16Y0TJ166983 Defendants NOTICE Notice is hereby given that any and all parties…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Steve Morris, an unmarried man, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., dated December 2, 2004, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in Book 473, Page 704. Said…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO SALE ALCOHOL BEVERAGES Main Street Food Mart hereby notifies the public at large that he/she intends to apply for a retail beer and wine license. The premises for which the Main Street Food Mart wishes to sell Alcohol Beverages is located at: 444…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Notice is hereby given that a bill substantially as follows will be introduced in the 2013 Regular Session of the Legislature of Alabama and application for its passage and enactment will be made: A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT To alter, rearrange, and extend the boundary lines and…

Last week the most urgent legislatively-generated crisis was the deceptive and destructive Alabama Accountability Act of 2013, which would, if enacted, allow our tax dollars to fund private schools and corporations at the expense of public schools. Accountability is a mainstay of public schools; it’s lacking in many private schools that would be recipients of…

Next week (March 16-17), the city of Jacksonville will host events commemorating the life of one of Calhoun County’s own, John Pelham, who was born in Alexandria in 1838 and died in Virginia on March 17, 1863. Paying homage to anyone or anything associated with what happened in America between 1860 and 1865 is tricky,…

The idea sounds good. If the state spends $50 million to 100 million to provide a tax credit of $3,500-a-year per child to parents who have children in Alabama public schools classified as failing so their children can attend private schools. we will eventually pull from the morass of uneducated bliss to the ranks of…

(RABUN GAP, Ga.) Funeral services for Lillie Mae Wallace Browning, 99, of Rabun Gap, Ga., formerly of Wedowee, will be Friday, March 15, 2013, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Stephanie Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Union Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Browning died Monday, March 11, at Mountainview Nursing Home in Clayton, Ga.…

William Leon Cooley, 68, died Friday, March 8, 2013. The funeral will be Monday, March 11, at 2 p.m. EDT at Harmony Congressional Methodist Church in Newell, Ala. He was born on Feb. 28, 1945, in Carroll County, Ga., to the late Hazel and Abe Cooley. He is survived by three daughters and sons-in-law, Tammy…