A tangled web of whose appointment to the Randolph County Industrial Development Council is valid may end up in court.Jeffery Nolen says there is no question that he was appointed by state Sen. Gerald Dial on May 21. Further strengthening his stand is a June 21 letter appointing him to RCIDC effective immediately, signed by…
A Potash-area man was arrested on Tuesday afternoon of last week after he allegedly shot at a bail bondsman. According to reports from Randolph County Narcotics Unit and Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Kenneth Hugh Moon, 32, fired two shots at a bond enforcement agent and then fled the scene when the bondsman visited a Newell…
Roanoke City Schools Supt. Chuck Marcum gave the oath of office to new board member Steve Burns and new officers were elected at the most recent meeting of the Roanoke Board of Education. Joe Ammons gave the mentoring report. Lunch prices were increased and personnel recommendations approved. Most important was the good news Handley High…
A young team and a region schedule filled with names like Reeltown, Lineville, Lanett, Randolph County and LaFayette doesn’t usually end with a good run in the playoffs. In 2011, the Woodland Bobcats beat those odds and went four rounds deep in the class 2A state playoffs. The season was much more successful than a…
A Wedowee couple lost their home to fire on Saturday evening. According to reports, Wedowee Volunteer Fire Department responded to the fire off of County Road 1, the home of Mark and Piper Herren. The fire reportedly originated as a grease fire in the kitchen. Four other departments–Ava, Auslin’s Chapel, Morrison’s Crossroads and Rock Stand–assisted…
A father and daughter from Newell were injured in an automobile accident on Sunday afternoon in the Pine Hill area. The vehicle in which Jason Sheats, 34, and Abigail, 9, were riding rolled over off of County Road 92 when Mr. Sheats reportedly swerved to miss another vehicle that pulled out in front of him.
We’re getting ready to enter a new era in college football where the landscape doesn’t look so familiar. The Big 12, SEC, ACC, Big East and several mid-major conferences will all be sporting a different look. And while most of us turn our nose up at change, I prefer to look at it as a…
After 20 years of service as mayor of Five Points, Mayor Geneva Bledsoe has decided not to seek another term. When she was elected in 1992, Mayor Bledsoe made history as the first African-American elected to this position. During her tenure she placed tremendous emphasis on the growth of families and youth in an effort…
With temperatures hitting triple digits all across the South, it’s hard to think about football or anything other than trying to find some place to cool off. But with the July 4th holiday upon us, one of the things that means is we are getting closer to football season and the unofficial start of the…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Eula Mae Craven of Oxford, formerly of Saks, will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at K.L. Brown Memory Chapel in Golden Springs with Dr. Charles Owens and Dr. Roland Brown officiating. Interment will follow at Forestlawn Gardens. Mrs. Craven died Sunday, July 1, at Cleburne County Nursing Home.…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Icie L. Kemp Coley, 94, of Lineville will be Tuesday, July 3, 2012, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with Brother Dan Keith, Brother Chad Morgan and Brother Hubert Ford officiating. Burial will follow in Clay County Memory Gardens. Mrs. Coley died Saturday, June 30, at Lineville Health…
(ASHLAND) Funeral services for Karmitt “Pete” Brown, 82, of Ashland were Sunday, July 1, 2012, at 4 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Ashland with the Rev. Don Cross officiating. Burial with military honors followed in Brown Family Cemetery. Mr. Brown died Friday, June 29, at Clay County Hospital. He was a native and lifelong…
(GADSDEN) Christine Wilson Burttram, 89, of Gadsden died Wednesday, June 27, 2012. Funeral services honoring her life will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, June 30, at Collier Butler Funeral Home Chapel. The Rev. Sherri Reynolds and Dr. Terry Greer will conduct the service with burial to follow at Pleasant Hill Methodist Cemetery in Springville. Christine…
(TALLAHASSEE, Fla.) John T. Hamner, 89, died in Tallahassee, Fla., on June 26, 2012. Services will be held at St. Andrew’s Anglican Catholic Church in Tallahassee on July 1 at 2 p.m. Once named as one of the most influential persons in Manatee-Sarasota Counties, John was the editor of the Bradenton Herald for many years…
(HEFLIN) Curtis McCord, 87, of Heflin died Friday, June 22, 2012, at Regional Medical Center, Anniston. Funeral services were Monday, June 25, at Smyrna Baptist Church with the Revs. Barry Nolen and Jerome Whaley, officiating. Burial followed in Smyrna cemetery. Mr. McCord was a native of Randolph County and a resident of Cleburne County most…
(HOBSON CITY) Funeral service for Mrs. Jessie L. Lindsey, 98, will be at noon Friday, June 29, 2012, at Ervin Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Dennis McKinney officiating. Burial will be in Eden Hill Cemetery. Mrs. Lindsey died June 23. Mrs. Lindsey was born June 27, 1913, to Amanda and Roy Lackey. She gave her…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Doris Noles, 86, of Roanoke, will be at 3:30 p.m., Friday, June 29, 2012, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Dean officiating. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Noles died Wednesday, June 27, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. Mrs. Noles was born Nov. 8, 1925, the…
A rough and tumble fight over controversial tobacco tax bills in Clay, Chambers and Randolph counties ended last week, but not before lawsuits seeking to have the bills ruled unconstitutional were filed in Clay and Randolph counties and considered in Chambers. Rep. Richard Laird, D-Roanoke, confirmed the three bills were dead for the present. Laird…
Architect Doug Carithers presented a proposed floor plan of the old Martin Theatre property downtown to Roanoke Rotary Club, which hopes to turn the gutted building into a downtown gathering place. At the lower left of the diagram, the old ticket booth at the Main Street entrance will be reconstructed, and across from it will…
The Roanoke Rotary Club was given little chance of success when Col. Harry M. Ayers and a man identified only as Mr. Coleman, both of Anniston, visited Roanoke with the intention of starting a Rotary club in March 1937. It was not known why they were in town but Ayers, publisher of The Anniston Star,…