The Handley Lady Tigers punched their ticket to the postseason by defeating Beulah in the first round of the area tournament last Thursday. Handley took down Beulah, 62-56, but fell in the championship game to Marbury, 66-46. Handley got off to an 11-6 lead over Beulah in the first quarter and extended the lead slightly…

If any of you were unaware, there’s some darn good basketball being played in Randolph County right now. I know a lot of people tend to put the round ball on the back burner. It’s kind of a little stepbrother to the big boys of football around here. A big reason for that has been…

WEDOWEE–Randolph County Commission tabled a discussion on Monday afternoon about how to repair County Road 140 leading to Wedowee Quarry until representatives of the quarry can come to their next workshop meeting on Feb. 23 at 3 p.m. County engineer Burrel Jones said representatives of APAC’s Wedowee Quarry will be there to discuss a proposal…

The deadline to apply for absentee ballots is three short weeks away, according to absentee manager, Circuit Clerk Chris May. The application deadline is 5 p.m. on Thursday, March 8. Election day is March 13. The completed ballot has to be hand delivered by Monday, March 12, by the voter only. No ballots delivered by…

By now you’ve all heard about Jordan Jefferson’s lament about the LSU game plan against Alabama in the BCS National Championship Game. The LSU quarterback said the game plan was bad, no adjustments were made at halftime and he would have changed many plays at the line of scrimmage if he could. All of which…

(ROANOKE) Funeral service for John Anthony “Bubba” Trammell, 48, of Roanoke will be at 1 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012, at New Harmony Baptist Church in the Clacksville community with pastor Jerome Trammel officiating and the Rev. W.H. Trammell, eulogist. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Mr. Trammel died Feb. 11 at his residence.…

(WOODLAND) Funeral services for Donald Eugene McCullough, 56, of Woodland will be Tuesday, Feb. 14, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Mt. Carmel United Methodist Church with pastor David Springer officiating. Burial will be in the church cemetery. Gene died Feb. 7 at his residence in Georgia. Mr. McCullough worked many years at the Concrete Company…

(HEFLIN) Funeral services for Pearleen P. Ogle, 80, of Heflin will be at 1 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. David Harris and David Carpenter officiating. Burial will follow in Pinetucky Baptist Church Cemetery. Mrs. Ogle died Sunday, Feb. 12, at home. Mrs. Ogle was born April 18, 1931,…

(MACON, Mo.) Eva “Alfreda” Howell, 89, of Macon, Mo., died Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Macon Health Care Center. Alfreda was born Feb. 1, 1923, in Macon, the daughter of Homer Burton and Hallie Ethel Baker Head. She was married to Everett Adams on Oct. 5, 1940, in Macon. After his passing on Feb. 13,…

(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Thomas Eugene “Gene” Bowen, 80, of LaGrange, Ga., died Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at Hospice LaGrange. Funeral services will be at 11a.m. Monday, Feb. 13, at the Hunter-Allen-Myhand Chapel with the Revs. Olin McClain and Nick Pilgrim officiating. Interment will be in Shadowlawn Cemetery. Mr. Bowen was born April 18, 1931, in LaGrange,…

(ROANOKE) Myrtle Landreau, 88, of Roanoke, formerly of Milltown, died Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at Wedowee Hospital. The funeral will be Sunday, Feb. 12, at 2 p.m. at Jeff Jones Funeral Home with the Revs. Clifford DeLee and Cody McGowan officiating. Burial will be in Daviston Cemetery. Mrs. Landreau was born Dec. 3, 1923, in…

(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Herman Wallace Burke, 78, of Roanoke will be at 2 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at Mt. Calvary Baptist Church with Bro. Wendell Rush and Bro. Ricky Emery officiating. Mr. Burke will lie in state one hour before the service at the church. Burial will follow in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mr.…

(WADLEY) Christine Houston Johnson of Wadley died Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 11, at 1 p.m. at Bethlehem Primitive Baptist Church, Wadley, with Elder Thomas Knight officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. Mrs. Johnson is survived by six children, Juanita Johnson,…

(CUSSETA) Joe Cecil Etchison, 76, of Cusseta died Monday, Feb. 6, 2012, at his residence. The funeral will be Saturday, Feb. 11, at 10 a.m. CST at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley. Graveside services will be at 11:30 p.m. CST at Rock Mills Cemetery with the Rev. Jimmy Allen officiating. Mr. Etchison was…

(DAVISTON) Services for Mrs. Burnell McCreight Cotney, 81, of Daviston will be Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at 2 p.m. at Daviston Baptist Church. She will lie in state one hour prior to the service. The Revs. Tommy Jacobs and Bennie Lee Yates will officiate. Burial will follow in the adjoining cemetery. Mrs. Cotney died Thursday,…

(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Franklin Benefield, 64, of Lineville will be Friday, Feb. 10, 2012, at noon at Concord Baptist Church with the Revs. Mark Kytan, Pat Hurst and Ray Camp officiating. Burial will follow in Green’s Chapel United Methodist Church Cemetery in Wedowee. Mr. Benefield died Wednesday, Feb. 8, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Mary Elizabeth Wiggins, 67, of Wedowee will be Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012, at 6 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home Chapel in Lineville. Graveside memorial services will be held at a later date. Mrs. Wiggins died Tuesday, Feb. 7, at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika. She was a native of Carrollton,…

(RANBURNE) William “Bill” Gay of Ranburne died Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012. He was 88. Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. at Indian Creek Baptist Church. The Revs. T.J. Morgan and Ralph Caldwell will officiate. Interment will follow in the church cemetery. Mr. Gay was born Jan. 28, 1924, in Addison to…