LAKE WEDOWEE–Lots of fish in Lake Wedowee are rockin’ around the Christmas trees this week after 280 trees were installed as habitat for them.On Monday volunteers with Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association (LWPOA) and the Wedowee Boy Scouts assisted representatives from Alabama Power Company in installing the trees in the lake to be used as…
Two Georgia men were arrested this week in connection with burglaries in northeast Randolph County. Joshua Dwayne “Big Country” Taylor, 29, of Villa Rica, Ga., and Russell Dwight “Rusty” White, 29, of Dallas, Ga., were arrested on Friday of last week and charged with first-degree theft and third-degree burglary. Prior to that, an alleged accomplice,…
Randolph County’s public schools will receive $100,000 from the county’s Juvenile Court fund. Harold Bonner, chairman of the Randolph County Children’s Policy Council, announced that the policy council met to discuss the use of the Juvenile Court Services Fund. The council voted unanimously to award the money to the Randolph County and Roanoke school systems,…
Wadley: Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield presented the keys to a used sheriff’s patrol car to Southern Union State Community College Police Chief Jimmy Holmes. Randolph County Commission recently approved Cofield’s donating one old car to SUSCC and two to the county reserves when RCSO got new cars. Holmes thanked Cofield and said he would…
Two Randolph County residents were injured in automobile accidents this past week. On Wednesday afternoon of last week, Jacob Gleason, 27, of Wedowee, was injured when his 1997 Ford Explorer collided with a 2003 Ford driven by Elias Espinoza of Roanoke. Espinoza was not hurt, according to State Troopers. The accident happened on U.S. 431…
Roanoke’s first Black History Parade will take place on Saturday, Feb. 18 starting at 11 a.m. All churches and civic groups are encouraged to participate. The parade is being organized by the Randolph County chapter of the Alabama Democratic Conference. If you are interested in participating in the parade contact Mack Bell at 334-338-2797 or…
Nell Wright has been working on Tuesday’s Harlem Ambassadors basketball game about a year and is excited about what the game will provide in entertainment to this area. She saw them in Oklahoma several years ago and was uncertain if she could get them to come to Roanoke but when she contacted them last April…
The Alabama Legislature that began a new session yesterday has plenty on its plate, primarily how to continue providing essential services with 25 percent less available in the General Fund budget than last year. That’s the budget that includes prisons, public safety, courts, Medicaid, mental health services, child welfare and numerous other critical programs. That…
“Bourbon is the greatest medium known for the purpose of permitting man to forget, at least for a little while, the shortness of life and the ludicrously helpless and infinitesimal part he plays in the functions of the universe.” Attributed to Rev. Elijah Craig The Baptist minister who is credited with inventing bourbon Today, despite…
The Department of Justice has spent an estimated $50 million on its bingo prosecution in Montgomery, and all the department has done so far is to drive a decent man to an early death. I didn’t know Ray Crosby but I knew who he was and what he did. He drafted bills, constitutional amendments, resolutions…
Nobody wants taxes raised anytime. But, after several years of watching Wadley Council struggling with its bills, my sympathies are with the council. I feel certain no one on that council wanted to implement the 1-percent occupational tax. It is sort of like paying to work. At least that was the way I looked at…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the terms of that Mortgage executed on the 26th day of September, 2006, by James Eugene Johnson to R.A. Eaves Real Estate, Inc. and Cosper Land and Investment, Inc. which said mortgage is recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Mark A. Pike, married person and wife, Stacy Pike, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 30th day of October, 2008, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
NOTICE OF PRIMARY ELECTION FOR RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA Pursuant to Section 17-9-5 Code of Alabama 1975, I, George Diamond, Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, do hereby given Notice of Election to be held in Randolph County, Alabama, and by virtue of the power vested in me as Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF DAISY MAE EASON, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of Daisy Mae Eason, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 1st day of Feb., 2012, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CIVIL ACTION NO. CV2012-0004 CELIA CAROLINA, AZURDIA MCCARTER, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES LUTHER MCCARTER, DECEASED a/k/a JIM L. MCARTER, PLAINTIFFS VS. A certain parcel of land located Randolph County, Alabama, and more particularly described as follows: Beginning at the intersection of the south right…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY PROBATE COURT NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF JAMES BUFORD ABNER, DECEASED Letters Testamentary on the estate of James Buford Abner, deceased, having been granted to the undersigned on the 31st day of Jan., 2012, by the Judge of Probate of said County, notice is…
LEGAL NOTICE East Alabama Paving Company, Inc., hereby gives Notice of Completion of Contract with the State of Alabama for construction of Project No. HSIP-0077(511) & 99-304-069-077-101 in Chambers & Randolph Counties. This notice will appear for four consecutive weeks beginning on 2/8/12 and ending on 2/29/12. All claims should be filed at 11 Old…
The Handley Tigers are riding high on a three-game winning streak going into the area tournament later this week. Handley’s streak began with a 62-42 throttling of the Lineville Aggies last week on the road. The Tigers got off to an impressive start in the first quarter, outscoring Lineville 21-5. At halftime, Handley held a…
The Randolph County Tigers won three of their last four games down the stretch to end with an 18-4 regular season record before going into the area tournament. Randolph County took a win over Horseshoe Bend, 54-43, at home last Tuesday with a strong defensive effort. Randolph County took an 8-2 lead in the first…