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(LANETT) Funeral services for John Frank Mitchell, 77, of Lanett will be Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel, Wedowee, with the Rev. J.C. Holloway officiating. Burial will follow in Mount Grove Baptist Church Cemetery, Wedowee. Mr. Mitchell died Tuesday, Feb. 14, at his residence. Mr. Mitchell was born Oct. 31,…

As a member of Air Evac Lifeteam, we will work on your behalf with your benefits provider to secure payment for the flight. Whatever your benefits provider pays, will be considered payment in full. You will not incur any out-of-pocket expenses in connection with your flight if you are flown by Air Evac Lifeteam. Starting…

The Alabama Legislature has before it a proposal that would require defendants convicted of felonies to serve 85 percent of their sentences rather than being released much earlier due to good behavior and other considerations. Sounds good. We want to get tough on crime and have sentences actually mean something. It’s certainly popular politically. The…

Some friends, distressed as I am over what is happening to bourbon (see last week’s column), have asked me what can be done to stave off this assault on one of the few remaining strongholds of Dixie’s old white guys. My response. Nothing. If “froo froo” drinkers want “froo froo” drinks, bourbon distillers are gonna…

George Will is one of the most widely recognized and read conservative writers in the world. Writing for more than 450 newspapers, his biweekly Newsweek column and his appearances as a political commentator on ABC, Will is also one of the most influential writers in the United States. Last week he took up the matter…

Two events are occurring in Roanoke Saturday. The parade for Black History Month occurs at 11 a.m. after participants gather at 9 a.m. at the old Randolph County Training School on LaFayette Highway. Depending upon the weather a gospel group may sing downtown. I hope citizens will support this. The Handley High and LaFayette High…

INVITATION TO BID Project: Emergency Generator Sets Owner: Water, Sewer and Gas Board of the Town of Wedowee 11 West Broad Street Wedowee, Alabama 36278 Engineer: Greenhill Engineering Consultants, Inc. 2412 Beck Industrial Blvd Fort Payne, Alabama 35968 Your firm is invited to submit a Bid under seal to the Owner for providing and installing…

FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Tony Brian Sweatt and Jodie M. Sweatt, husband and wife to Mortgage Electronic Registration systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Lender, Synovus Mortgage Corporation, and Lender’s successors and assigns, dated April…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James S. Thrift, Single, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., solely as nominee for Ally Bank Corp. f/k/a GMAC Bank, on the 26th day of December, 2009, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…

FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by James Bell Jr., single and Tawanda Calloway, single to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. (MERS) acting solely as nominee for Lender, Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., and Lender’s successors and assigns, dated April 4,…

STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 9th day of October, 2007, by James A. Rampy, to Small Town Bank which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Randolph County, Alabama, in Mortgage Book 523, at…

NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Raymond D. Bass Jr. and Wendy Bass as joint tenants with right of survivorship to Excel Federal Credit Union, dated April 18, 2008, said mortgage being recorded in Book 531, Page 91, and…

NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS Federal Aid Project No. STPNU-5670(200) RANDOLPH COUNTY, Alabama Sealed bids will be received by the Director Of Transportation at the office of the Alabama Department Of Transportation, Montgomery, Alabama until 10 a.m., March 02, 2012, and at that time publicly opened for constructing the following: RESURFACING AND TRAFFIC STRIPE ON CR-65 FROM…

Roanoke’s first Black History Parade will be held Saturday, Feb. 18, beginning at 11 a.m. Parade participants will start gathering at 9 a.m. at the old Randolph County Training School on LaFayette Highway, travel to Three Points, then down Main Street to the old City Cafe at Chestnut Street where it will turn down West…

COVINGTON, Ga.–A Georgia man found murdered last week was previously the victim of a shooting here in Randolph County. According to reports, Donald Eugene McCullough, 56, and his aunt, Peggy Molden, 66, were found shot to death in their Newton County, Ga., home on Tuesday of last week. Molden was the caregiver for McCullough, who…