Events of the past week demonstrate the importance of a good local news web site to a community.As The Randolph Leader was going to press on Tuesday of last week, an SUV ran off of County Road 56 at 7:36 p.m. The driver, Sandra Akins of Woodland, did not survive the crash. It happened too…
The day before we had gone out from Destin to fish in blue water. Just for the afternoon. Bright sky, almost cloudless, calm Gulf. The Huntress, with new engines, got us to where the red snapper were, and in the time allotted us we had reached the limit that the bureaucrats with computer models…
Alabama Congresswoman Terri Sewell of Birmingham predicted this past weekend that “thousands of elderly, disabled and minority voters in Alabama either will either stay home in the 2014 elections or will have to make extraordinary efforts to get a driver’s license, passport or other form of identification” if they want to vote. Alabama’s new Voter…
The time is now. The company is here. Its vehicles are parked at the staging area at the old water plant. Water pipes have been dropped around town. In the works for a long time, it has started. Those of us who have lived through water that ruined our clothes are excited. We are excited…
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 Isac Rothel Bowden and wife, Roberta Williams Bowden, on the 2nd day of May, 2011 to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office…
NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS The Randolph County Commission is accepting sealed bids for constructing the following: (Full Depth Reclamation, Pave, and Traffic Stripe) County Road 140 from US 431 to Old US 431 (approximately 0.663 miles). Plans and specifications are on file at the Randolph County Highway Department, 817 Woodland Avenue West, Wedowee, Alabama 36278. Copies…
NOTICE The Probate Judge as Chief Election Officer makes it known in each voting precinct that, as required, Randolph County, Alabama, is in compliance with the availability of registration and voting aids for all handicapped and elderly individuals, as stated in the Code of Alabama, Section 21-4-23(b). (32)
NOTICE This is to inform the former tenants at 235 Highland Ave., Roanoke, that you have until Aug. 31, 2012, to claim your abandoned property or it will be sold. Darren Prescott 334-885-6471 (home) 334-646-0817 (cell) (32-35p)
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by William C. Jones and Juanita Jones, Husband and Wife, to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., on the 26th day of May, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
NOTICE OF SALE The following vehicles have been abandoned at 730 Highway 431, Roanoke, AL and will be sold on Sept. 9, at 5:00 p.m. at the same address. 1994 Buick Regal VIN# 2G4WB55M7R1461965. Quality Quick Lube & Auto Care LLC (32-35)
STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: ESTATE OF JOHN L. MURPHY JR., DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO PROBATE WILL To: Frank Emens, 2004 Max Luther Drive NW, Apt. 505, Huntsville, AL 35810 Sandra Murphy Langley, 421 Rosewood St., Birmingham, AL 35210 You are hereby notified that on this day came Roy…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: ESTATE OF JAMES O. CLARK, DECEASED NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters Testamentary on the estate of James O. Clark, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 3rd day of Aug., 2012, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given…
Last season, the Handley Lady Tigers were a team known for their defensive prowess in Class 3A softball. Two big reasons for that defensive success last season were third baseman Blair Bonner and left fielder Brittany Pinkard. And like their Handley teammates Ashley Cook and Morgan Parmer, Bonner and Pinkard were highly sought after recruits…
I read an interesting little piece on ESPN.com Tuesday that got me thinking. And that’s never a good thing. Too many strange ideas are born when I start thinking. The article was about a series of messages sent over Twitter between Olympic gold medalist and world’s fastest sprinter Usain Bolt and Manchester United soccer star…
It might easy to underestimate Tennessee going into this football season. After all, the Vols haven’t been relevant the past two years, going just 11-14 and putting two-year coach Derek Dooley presumably on the hot seat. If that is going to change it might be because of a group of wide receivers as talented as…
ROCK STAND–Barry Walker of Randolph County Health Department announced that test results have confirmed a cat living in the Rock Stand community had rabies. Walker said when the family’s outdoor pet began growling at its owners and acting strangely, it was put down. Local rabies officer Dr. Paul McMurray prepared its body to be sent…
(WADLEY) Minnie Clara Brady Higgins, 78, a former resident of County Road 969, Wadley, died at Hospice LaGrange on Sunday morning, Aug. 5, 2012. Mrs. Higgins will lie in state at one hour prior to the funeral services on Saturday at 1 p.m. at Friendship Baptist Church, 5979 County Rd. 26, Wadley. Pastor Calvin Trammell…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Grover Parmer, 81, of LaGrange, Ga., died Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2012, at Hospice LaGrange. Funeral services were at 2 p.m. Friday, Aug. 3, at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange Chapel, with the Revs. Nick Pilgrim and Bobby Gough officiating. Burial followed in Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mr. Parmer was born Dec. 10, 1930, in Randolph County, Ala.,…
(OPELIKA) Maggie Griggs Baker, 59, of Opelika died Monday, July 30, 2012, at Bethany House in Auburn. The funeral was Saturday, Aug. 4, at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church in Five Points with the Rev. William Trammell, pastor, officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery. Ms. Baker is survived by three daughters, Vanessa Baker,…
(BEULAH) Frances Kathryn Brown, 90, of Beulah died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at her residence. The funeral was Friday, Aug. 3, at 4 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with the Revs. Jimmy Dukes and Buddy Harris officiating. Burial followed at Shady Grove Cemetery. Born May 9, 1922, in Randolph County, Mrs.…