On a beautiful, warm Saturday citizens turned out for the Veterans’ Day Parade in downtown Roanoke. They brought their chairs or sat on some of the new benches or sidewalk areas to wave at the veterans of all ages as they went by.A new part of the parade planned by American Legion Post 53 was…
WADLEY––Southern Union State Community College celebrated its 90th anniversary with a program and reception at the SU arena. The day was filled with memories from former students and staff as well as declarations of the college’s importance to the county. Commissioner Lathonia Wright presented Interim President Amelia Pearson with a resolution on behalf of the…
Fredonia’s 4th annual Heritage Day country arts and crafts show comes up Saturday in northern Chambers County. The festival offers shopping opportunities for unique hand-crafted items offered by some 60 to 70 vendors, along with live music all day, games for kids and grown-ups, and a variety of food choices. There is no admission or…
Randolph County had a good voter turnout for the presidential general election Nov. 6. “It was a great turnout. The highest we ever had,” said Circuit Clerk/Absentee Voting Manager Chris May. He said the county had about 70 percent of those registered voting, including the inactive voters who updated at the polls. This was a…
Roanoke officials are already hard at work on what they need to do to move forward with legal alcohol sales in the county. Voters approved legal alcohol sales in the Nov. 6 general election by a vote of 5,363 or about 54 percent to 4,574 or 46 percent. Now the cities and county will have…
Two homes in the northern part of Randolph County were destroyed by fire last week. A fire on Nov. 9 at 5:17 p.m. destroyed the home of Mark and Jessica Bowen and their two children at 160 County Rd. 1901 in the Jordan’s Chapel area. Mr. Bowen said he had a fire in the pot-bellied…
The bazaar at the National Guard Armory taken over by the Boy Scouts and the Boys and Girls Club went well with great vendors Saturday, said organizer Brenda Smith. They are continuing the traditional Roanoke Schools Association bazaar since the RSA is now defunct. They plan to do it again next year but she said…
Randolph County, in voting last week to legalize the sale of alcoholic beverages within the county, joined three cities that also voted to go “wet.” Boaz, Priceville and Rogersville, cities located within dry counties, approved allowing alcoholic beverage sales within their municipal limits. Elsewhere in the state, two other referendums on the subject were voted…
FORM OF ADVERTISEMENT FOR COMPLETION LEGAL NOTICE In accordance with Chapter 1, Title 39, Code of Alabama, 1975, notice is hereby given that Langford Construction Company, Contractor, has completed the Contract for Alterations to the Auditorium Building for Southern Union State Community College at Wadley, Alabama 36276 for the State of Alabama and Southern Union…
NOTICE TO REMOVE PERSONAL PROPERTY Bruce Wayne Albright of 1689 County Road 864, Wadley, has 10 days from this notice (Nov. 14, 2012) to remove his personal property from 836 Highland Ave., Wadley. Failure to do so will result in owners of property on 836 Highland Ave. disposing of your abandoned personal property as they…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Mark S. Farmer and Rebecca B. Farmer, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Prestige Mortgage Co., Inc., on the 25th day of September, 2003, said mortgage recorded in the Office of…
Getting to be that you can’t swing a cat without hitting a debate–or a debater (which might not be a bad idea, were it not for the pain it might cause the cat.) Who thought it would come to this? Not me. When it all started, back in September, 1960, I did not pay much…
I’ve just returned from my annual sojourn in Maggie Valley, N.C., where the autumn peaks of the Great Smokies present a Kodacolor image of glorious permanence and stability. In such a setting, it’s nice to sit on the veranda and contemplate the real world as opposed to the world one perceives on television, the Internet,…
The Randolph County Tigers came to play in Friday night’s first-round playoff rematch against the Woodland Bobcats in Woodland. But after falling behind 14-0 in the first half, Woodland put a halt to Randolph County’s high-flying offense in the second half, coming back to win 22-21. “I think Randolph County made some adjustments from the…
For the first time in six straight trips to the playoffs the Handley Tigers found themselves playing on the road in the first round. But Handley dug deep and overcame second-half adversity to defeat the Calera Eagles, 41-34, Friday night on the road. Handley was able to control the pace of the game through a…
Playoff football contains some of the most excitement in the sport. You don’t have to look farther than the two games played this past Friday night to realize that. The Handley Tigers proved their worth on the road against a very strong Calera team. This is the first year Handley has played on the road…
The Texas A&M players were still celebrating on the field after their upset of Alabama last weekend when Crimson Tide fans were already trying to figure out ways that Alabama could still reach the BCS National Championship Game. And now, days later, they still believe there is a way. Okay, it is possible. Alabama will…
(SAN DIEGO) Ruby Evelyn Hargett Prestridge, born on July 22, 1921, in Golden, Miss., to James Perry Hargett and Ethel Duncan Hargett, died on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the age of 91 in San Diego, where she had been living with her oldest daughter, Sonya Prestridge, and son-in-law Arvid Straube. Evelyn graduated from Fulton…
(REIDSVILLE, Ga.) Byron J. Smith, 79, died at his home in Reidsville, Ga., after a long illness under the care of Ogeechee Area Hospice on Friday, Nov. 9, 2012. The funeral was at 11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12, at Reidsville Baptist Church with the Rev. Paul Howard and H. Lamar Smith, cousins of Mr. Smith,…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Kelli Denise Ferrell, 43, of Roanoke will be Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bob St. John officiating. Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Ferrell died Thursday, Nov. 8, at Wedowee Hospital from injuries sustained in an automobile accident. A Hinesville,…