Assistant District Attorney Amy Newsome explained in opening arguments Monday what jurors would expect to hear during the trial of Pamela Demetria Allen, 35 at the time of her arrest in 2007. What Newsome did not know was the defendant would demand to go back to the jail instead of being present during her trial.…

The dates for the Charter channel lineup changes and additional products being introduced have changed from the previous schedule of May 16 to May 23 for Roanoke, Wadley and Rock Mills. This is according to a news release from Kristina B. Hill, Senior Communications Manager, South Region. This is due to additional system requirements that…

Tanner Health System is awaiting approvals from the Alabama Department of Transportation to ensure that the Tanner/East Alabama project meets DOT specifications. Tanner has prepared all the right-of-way easements and designs necessary to continue, and the designs have been submitted to the state for review and approval. Tanner also is working with the contractor, J&R…

Handley High School has been named one of the bronze medal schools by U.S. News & World Report’s Nation’s Best High Schools report. Among the 2012 U.S. News Best High Schools in Alabama, three were awarded gold medals, 17 received silver medals, and 73 were considered bronze medal schools. “We reviewed 21,776 U.S. public high…

For the last three years the Randolph County Chamber of Commerce has hosted Summer on Main, the first Saturday in June. This year, however, things are a little different. “Due to the Streetscape project currently underway in Downtown Roanoke, we knew that Summer on Main had to change this year,” Chamber Executive Director Dorothy Tidwell…

“Turn out the lights, the party is over” might refer to Randolph Medical Center. Closed March of 2011, the Roanoke Healthcare Authority voted last week to turn off the utilities and lights, according to chairman Fred Hill. The authority gathered to hold an executive session meeting with its Birmingham attorney Lee Benton by telephone but…

MIDWAY – A property owner who had been the victim of recent thefts held suspects at gunpoint on Friday night when he caught them on his property. According to the report from Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Lawrence Taylor called deputies to 697 County Rd. 610 in the Midway community at approximately 11 p.m., where he…

A LaFayette man was arrested on Wednesday of last week after allegedly attempting to steal a computer from Walmart in Roanoke and then leading police officers on a chase. Rodriguez Laydell Williams, 21, is charged with attempting to elude a police officer, reckless endangerment and two counts of theft by deception. According to the report,…

WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission discussed several matters relating to county roadways during its regular meeting on Monday. In discussing items relating to the road department, the commission: * Approved purchase orders for County Road 435 at Graham: APAC Quarry – $74,930 for base and stone for surface for paving construction; $39,574 – asphalt for paving construction;…

ORDINANCE NUMBER 168 AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND ORDINANCE NUMBER 156 OF THE TOWN OF WEDOWEE TO ADJUST THE BOUNDARIES OF THE COUNCIL DISTRICTS FOR THE TOWN OF WEDOWEE PURSUANT TO SECTION 11-46-23, CODE OF ALABAMA,1975. WHEREAS, Section 11-46-23 of the Code of Alabama,1975, as amended, authorizes the Town Council to alter Council District boundaries following…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Randall Todd Freeman aka Todd Freeman and Wanda Freeman, as joint tenants, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for First Horizon Home Loan Corporation, on the 2nd day of June, 2006, said…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by BILLY ADAMSON; DAWN ADAMSON; McGOVERN HOLDINGS, LLC, Jointly as Married Individuals and as a Corporation Organized and Existing Under the Laws of the State of Alabama, to SMALL TOWN BANK on October 31, 2009, said…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Robert S. Bateman, a single man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, on the 14th day of February, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain Mortgage executed by WEDOWEE REALTY, INC., Organized and Existing under the Laws of the State of Alabama, to SMALL TOWN BANK on January 8, 2009, said Mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph…

ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS The City of Roanoke Police and Fire Departments will accept sealed bids per the attached specifications for a dispatch communication radio console. Installation to be made at the Roanoke Police and Fire Dispatch Center located at 30 West Point St., Roanoke, AL 36274. Bids will be opened at 10:00 a.m. CDT on…

REQUEST FOR SERVICE BY PUBLICATION CASE NUMBER JU-2011-030.02 PETITIONER: RANDOLPH COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES IN THE MATTER OF: David Lee Norred, A MINOR CHILD TO: Any and all unknown biological father(s), of the above-named child, whose whereabouts are unknown A Petition has been fled in the Court requesting that the unknown biological father’s parental…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE ESTATE OF WILLIAM HERBERT WALLER, DECEASED NOTICE OF SETTLEMENT TO: ALL HEIRS OF WILLIAM HERBERT WALLER, DECEASED You are hereby notified that on the 9th day of May, 2012, came Vanessa Burnside, Administratrix of the William Herbert Waller Estate, and filed in this Court a…

IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES LAMAR BROWN, DECEASED TO: ALL HEIRS OF JAMES LAMAR BROWN, DECEASED You are hereby notified that on the 9th day of May, 2012, came Laura H. Brown, Personal Representative of the James Lamar Brown Estate, and filed in this…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH PROBATE COURT IN RE: Estate of Jennie Lynn Steed, deceased NOTICE OF PUBLICATION FOR FINAL SETTLEMENT TO: Nathan Wright You are hereby notified that on the 3rd day of May, 2012, Phillip Steed, Administrator, filed in this Court a Petition for Final Settlement of the Estate of Jennie Lynn…