The Woodland Bobcats took their second win over Handley this season, 6-3, in Roanoke Friday afternoon. The victory improves Woodland’s overall record this season to 6-4. Woodland was able to place hits with runners in scoring position while Handley struggled to get much going offensively. “Obviously, when we hit it, we hit in good spots,”…

After a slow start to the season that saw five straight losses, the Wadley Bulldogs have their legs after a pair of big wins over the Loachapoka Indians last week. Wadley swept the doubleheader with Loachapoka by scores of 14-0 and 7-5 Friday on the road. In the first game against the Indians, the Bulldogs…

WEDOWEE–Randolph County Board of Education accepted the resignation because of retirement of a long-time employee at its meeting on Thursday evening. Rock Mills Junior High School secretary/bookkeeper Beth Kramer will retire on June 1. In other business, the board heard from James Russell of County Road 649 between Big Springs and Wehadkee. He said the…

Sometimes it’s just no fun to be a Miami Dolphins fan. In fact, it hasn’t really been fun for quite some time, and I’ll tell you why. The Dolphins franchise is a storied one with some of the biggest names in professional football history attached to it. If you’re a football fan, you know Don…

A Wedowee volunteer firefighter is recovering at a Birmingham hospital from serious injuries he received in a motorcycle accident on Tuesday night of last week. Thomas Langley, 47, was headed to work as an x-ray technician at Stringfellow Hospital when his Harley Davidson motorcycle struck a dog on U.S. 431 near Campbell’s Corner convenience store…

AJ McCarron heard the talk all last season, that is if he listened to any talk radio or any sports reports or if he read the newspapers. All of which he probably did not do because he is a good student and that doesn’t come without effort and time. And there was always a game…

(CARROLLTON, Ga.) Talmadge Knight, 69, of Carrollton, Ga., died Sunday, March 18, 2012, at his residence. A celebration of life will be Saturday, March 24, at 2 p.m. at Martin & Hightower Heritage Chapel, Carrollton, Ga. He was born Aug. 27, 1942, in Heard County, Ga. Left behind to honor his life are his daughters,…

(BIRMINGHAM) John Robert Wingard of Birmingham, born May 2, 1920, in the town of River Falls in Covington County, the first of five children of Harlan and Lula Mae Wingard, died on March 17, 2012. John was a humble man, who loved life and whose ambition in life was to follow the teachings of his…

(CRAWLEY, W.Va.) Bonnie B. O’Dell Woods, 69, of Crawley, W.Va., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, following a sudden illness. Born August 22, 1942, in Ovapa, W.Va., she was the daughter of the late Hubert and Susan J. Hanshaw O’Dell. Bonnie was short in size but had the heart of a giant. She took in four…

(BOWDON, Ga.) Theodore “Doe” Daniel of Bowdon, Ga., died Saturday, March 17, 2012. He was 89. Funeral services will be at Sardis Baptist Church on Monday, March 19, at 3 p.m. EDT. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Daniel was born in Randolph County, Ala., on April 11, 1922, to the late Thomas…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Mary Lowe Smith, 73, of Woodland will be Monday, March 19, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Rev. David Daniel officiating. Burial will follow in Providence Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Smith died Saturday, March 17, at her residence. Mrs. Smith was born Nov. 17, 1939, the daughter…

(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Louvinia “Granny” Morrison Nelson, 82, of Lineville were Sunday, March 18, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Dr. Kenneth Forsyth officiating. Burial followed in Valley Grove Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Nelson died Friday, March 16. A Clay County native, she was a former resident of…

(ROCK MILLS) Funeral services for Doris Ranelle Laws Burks, 74, of Rock Mills will be Sunday, March 18, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Billy Allen officiating.  Burial will follow at Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Burks died Thursday, March 15, at Wedowee Hospital. Mrs. Burks was born May 25, 1937,…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Dorsey Burns “Lefty” McManus, 83, of LaGrange, Ga., died Thursday, March 15, 2012, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. EDT Saturday, March 17, at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange Chapel with Pastor Terrin Phillips officiating. Burial will follow in Restlawn Memory Gardens. Mr. McManus was born April 23,…

(GADSDEN) Funeral service will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, March 17, 2012, at Shiloh Baptist Church, 1037 Tuscaloosa Ave., for Phyllis Michele Alford, Gadsden, who died Saturday, March 10. Pastor Elijah Fowler will officiate. Burial will be in Oaklawn Cemetery. Ms. Alford was born on Feb. 2, 1961, in Roanoke. She was the third child…

(THOMPSON STATION, Tenn.) Billy Joe Blake, 79, retired from Genesco, in Nashville, Tenn., died Wednesday, March 14, 2012, at Bordeaux Long Term Care in Nashville. Born in Wedowee, Blake made his home in Nashville for 40 years and most recently lived in Thompson Station since 2001. He was a veteran of the U.S. Navy, involved…

(VALLEY) Essie Irene Parker Veal, 84, of Valley died Sunday, March 11, 2012, at LaGrange Nursing and Rehab. A celebration of life memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 17, at Grayhill Baptist Church with the Rev. Ken Parker officiating. The family will receive friends at the church immediately following the memorial…

(MOBERLY, Mo.) Donna Sue Rickabaugh Gravitt, 64, of Moberly Mo., died Sunday, March 11, 2012, at her home with family by her side. She had been in failing health. Donna was born June 2, 1947, in Mexico, Mo., the daughter of Harold Newton and Betty Jean Marshall Rickabaugh. Donna married Donald E. Gravitt on July…

WEDOWEE–At the last meeting, Wedowee Town Council members worked on redistricting with help from Dawn Landholm with East Alabama Regional Planning & Development Commission. Although the population of the town changed little, the residents moved around, changing the populations and the demographics of the districts. With a total of 823 people, the goal is to…