(WOODLAND) Sandra Gladys Akins, 34, of Woodland died Tuesday, July 31, 2012, at Wedowee Hospital.The funeral was Friday, Aug. 3, at noon at Community Baptist Church in LaFayette with the Revs. Clifford DeLee and Terry Smith officiating. Burial followed at the church cemetery.Born Sept. 9, 1977, in Randolph County, Ms. Akins was a graduate of…
(COLUMBUS, Ga.) Dewey Byron Cash, 81, of Columbus, Ga., died peacefully on Thursday, Aug. 2, 2012, at Vista Care Hospice surrounded by his loving family and friends. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Monday, Aug. 6, 2012, at McMullen Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Tim Jones officiating. Interment will be held in Parkhill…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Jeanne Hill Key, 81, of Wedowee were Sunday, Aug. 5, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. James Abernathy officiating. Burial followed at Forest Lawn Gardens, Anniston, with graveside services conducted by the Rev. William P. Nelson beginning at 3:30 p.m. Mrs. Key died Friday, Aug. 3,…
(WEDOWEE) The funeral for Mrs. Nobie Lee Morris Lane, 90, will be Tuesday, Aug. 7, 2012, at noon at Antioch Baptist Church with elder Wayne A. Lane officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Mrs. Lane died Wednesday, Aug. 1, in Huntsville. She leaves to cherish a long lifetime of memories her eight children…
(WADLEY) Graveside service for infant Michael Cody Hines Jr. of Wadley were Friday, Aug. 3, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery in Wadley. The Rev. Josh Sammons officiated. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at www.radneyfuneralhome.com. Radney Funeral Home, Alexander City.
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Lewis Henry Moore, 76, of Roanoke, will be at 11 a.m., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 at Randolph Memory Gardens, with the Rev. Billy Allen officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday at Quattlebaum Funeral Home. Pallbearers will be Lew Moore, Clayton Moore, Joe Craft, Charles…
(OPELIKA) Services for Susan Elaine Boykin Harmon, 51, of Opelika, will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Aug. 4, 2012 at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel in Roanoke, with the Rev. C. L. Wilkes officiating. The family will receive friends from 5 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday at the funeral home. Mrs. Harmon died Thursday, Aug. 2, at…
Beginning Monday, Aug. 6, the Chambers County Highway Department will begin multiple culvert replacements along County Road 278 (LaGrange to Welch Road). These culvert replacements will result in CR 278 being closed for an extended amount of time. The Highway Department has identified five separate culverts that need replacing, four of which are estimated at…
(FRANKLIN, Ga.) Services for Deborah Jean Weathers, 49, of Franklin, Ga., will be at 3 p.m. CDT, Friday, Aug. 3, 2012 at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Jim Chestnut officiating. Burial will follow in Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 to 7 p.m. CDT on Thursday at the funeral…
Roanoke police are still searching for the man who robbed the Roanoke branch of Wells Fargo Bank Wednesday afternoon of last week, and the bank is offering a reward. Capt. Donnie Truitt said the lead investigator is from the FBI office in Auburn. Roanoke Police Department investigators Lorenzo Foster and James Bailey are working the…
The Jacksonville Post of the Alabama Department of Public Safety Highway Patrol Division reported Sandra Akins, 34, of Woodland was fatally injured in a Tuesday night one-vehicle accident. She was driving a 1996 Ford Explorer 10 miles east of Wedowee on County Road 56 when the accident occurred at 7:36 p.m. William Lancaster, who said…
WADLEY––Wadley Police Chief J.C. Ogletree, on the job about six months, has taken aggressive police action to “Reclaim Our Turf” and has obviously created a safer situation in many of the areas they have been called to. Wadley has not had the money in the past to fund a full police force, but he has…
Alabama will hold its seventh sales tax-free weekend in participating cities for back-to-school items this weekend from 12:01 a.m. Friday to midnight Sunday, Aug. 3-5. Back-to-school shopping is second only to Christmas, according to retail organizations. Wedowee and Roanoke are participating but not Wadley or Woodland. Shoppers can save all 8.5 percent of the tax…
Good news at the last meeting of the Randolph County Industrial Development Council was member Richard Bohm’s information that Dollar General is looking for land to place its business in Woodland. They are looking for assistance in locating a minimum of two acres, help with paperwork and obtaining rights of way in the small town,…
The Roanoke Career Center celebrated its grand opening/ribbon cutting Friday in its new office at the opposite end of the Davco Enterprises Shopping Center in Roanoke. News of its demise is premature, as its staff stands ready to offer the services it always has in job hunting and other services. Supervisor Kathy Sellers said some…
The Roanoke city election is August 28. Those who meet the requirements to vote absentee can pick up their applications now at city hall, said city clerk Penny Holloway. August 23 is the deadline to apply for an absentee ballot. Voters can go ahead and fill out the ballot to cast their vote. Absentee ballots…
Roanoke Schools Superintendent Chuck Marcum gave dates for the start of school at last week’s board meeting. He also gave an update on the 1-to-1 initiative putting laptops in the hands of students to help their education. Student orientation for the upcoming school year will be at Handley High School on Monday, Aug. 13; Knight-Enloe…
The Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Randolph County Extension System and Southern Union State Community College are sponsors for the 20th year of Leadership Randolph County, a program to help identify and educate potential leaders for our communities and county. Sessions will be conducted on the second Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m.…
The first East Central Alabama Yard Sale connecting to the World’s Longest Yard Sale will take place this Thursday through Sunday, Aug. 2-5. This phase of the yard sale begins in Alexander City, heads east on Hwy. 22 to New Site, then north on Hwy. 49 to Lineville, west on Hwy. 9 to Ashland, and…
Today, Alabama becomes the 38th state where it is illegal to text (Tweet, email, etc.) while driving. Roanoke has had an ordinance banning the practice for several years, and it’s about time the ban went statewide. It has long been known that distracted driving is one of the leading causes of traffic accidents, and that…