FORECLOSURE NOTICEDefault 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 MORT…
The Lighthouse ministry in Wedowee will take on new life in an old building–one built in 1899. Volunteers are busy at work renovating the old home next door to First United Methodist Church. Linda Hurst, who is director of the Roanoke and Wedowee soup kitchens formally known as The Lighthouses, said the church bought the…
ASHLAND–At approximately 5 p.m. Saturday law enforcement officers and Clay County Rescue Squad personnel were dispatched to 402 Patty Lane, Ashland. It was then first responders learned Ashland Police Chief Benny Davis had been shot. Ashland Police, Clay County Sheriff’s Deputies, Clay County Drug and Violent Crime Task Force, and Lineville Police were on the…
WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education agreed on Thursday evening of last week to contract with the town of Wadley for up to $500 per week for 16 weeks to place a full-time school resource officer in Wadley High School until the end of the school year. During a workshop meeting earlier, Superintendent Rance Kirby explained…
MONTGOMERY–On the eve of the 2013 regular legislative session, state Rep. Richard Laird of Roanoke announced Monday that he is leaving the Alabama Democratic Party effective immediately and will serve the remainder of his House term as an Independent. He cited his conservative political philosophy as the reason for his decision. Though he will caucus…
A property owner’s hidden cameras cleared up a burglary case the very day it happened. On Wednesday of last week at 4:25 p.m., Walter Rush reported a burglary at an outbuilding on County Road 416 in Newell. The items missing included a pole saw, chain saw, grinder and drill. Rush had photos of the person…
A Roanoke police officer witnessed the hit-and-run accident in the wee hours of Sunday morning and pulled over the fleeing driver. According to the report from Roanoke Police Department, Lorne Keith Cunningham, 43, of Ohatchee had four passengers in his 2008 Dodge Megacab. The driver of the Dodge struck a 1996 Ford Bronco, driven by…
We have been fortunate to have been spared by some of the severe weather incidents that have struck other parts of the country with increasing frequency and force in recent years. Our luck may not hold out forever, though, and we should be forewarned to prepare for such events as much as we can. This…
It’s not uncommon for someone to passionately declare that schools should be run “like a business.” Chances are good that this someone may have a strong business background. Someone very much like Jamie Vollmer was more than two decades ago when he was president of the Great Midwestern Ice Cream Company in Iowa. (It should…
Jimmy Lee Dykes, a deranged 65-year-old from Midland City, Ala., has made himself into a national poster boy for congressional action to require background checks for those who purchase handguns. Last week Dykes boarded a stopped school bus wielding a pistol and demanded two boys between the age of six and eight years old. When…
The Randolph County Tigers finished their season strong with a pair of wins over Horseshoe Bend and Donoho last week. Randolph County, which will begin area tournament play Friday night against LaFayette, finished the season with a 2-4 area record and a 16-7 overall record after the wins over Horseshoe Bend and Donoho. The Tigers…
The Handley Tigers won three straight last week to finish the regular season on a positive note before heading into the area tournament this Friday. Handley defeated Beauregard last Tuesday, and with Central Clay County’s win over Dadeville the same night, took home court advantage in the area tournament. Handley head coach Clifton Drummond said…
The Woodland Lady Bobcats put the finishing touches on the regular season by defeating Ohatchee and Handley last week. Woodland finished the regular season with a 27-2 overall record and a perfect record in area play. The perfect area record was completed with a 77-18 thrashing of Ohatchee last Tuesday on the road. Woodland got…
The Handley Lady Tigers took an important area win over Beauregard to finish out area play during the regular season before falling to Woodland and Piedmont Friday and Saturday. Handley, with a 4-4 area mark this season, defeated Beauregard 54-44 to take the second seed in the area tournament. The Lady Tigers started strong against…
The Woodland Bobcats have been a hard-luck team all season, with their last three games examples of that. Woodland lost its last area game of the regular season to Ohatchee, 52-45, in a game that could have easily gone the other way. Ohatchee took a 13-6 lead in the first quarter, with the Bobcats struggling…
Like a moth to the light, I drift toward the madness of the approaching signing day about this time every year. I begin following it, like most rabid college football fans, the closer it gets to that big Wednesday every February. No matter how many years I fall into this ridiculous trap, no matter how…
When you look past signing day and realize that the 2013 college football season is just seven months away you are struck with either one or two distinct thoughts: One, college football is just seven months away or, two, college football is still seven months away. Fans have gotten their off-season football fix this week…
(VALLEY) Emory “Black Boy” Magby Sr., 94, of Valley died Saturday, Feb. 2, 2013, at his home. The funeral will be Friday, Feb. 8, at 2 p.m. EST at Ebenezer Baptist Church, Lanett, with interment at New Mt. Sellers Missionary Baptist Church, LaFayette. The Rev. Melvin Owens will officiate with the Rev. Eugene Cooks giving…
(LANETT) Rzora L. Daniel, 56, of Lanett died Sunday, Feb. 3, 2013, at her residence. The funeral will be Wednesday, Feb. 6, at 2 p.m. EST at Happy Valley Baptist Church with the Revs. John Samanie and Rusty Letson officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memory Gardens. The daughter of the late Eulice Lamar and…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for David G. Mullally, 48, of Lineville, will be Monday, Feb. 4, 2013, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with the Rev. Claude Bennett officiating. Burial will follow in Bethel Baptist Church (North) Cemetery. Mr. Mullally died Thursday, Jan. 31, at Clay County Hospital. A native of Polk County,…