(PEEWEEE VALLEY, Ky.) Orville Green, 101, died Dec. 13, 2011, at Friendship Manor Nursing Home in Peewee Valley, Ky.He was a native of Wedowee, the youngest of 13 children. Mr. Green later moved to Dayton, Ohio, and retired from GM/Inland Division after 30+ years of service. He served in the U.S. Army during World War…
Last week part of the resurgence of downtown Roanoke began with the cleaning out of the burned debris of the old Martin Theatre. As Bobby Durham worked on his Bobcat, people came over or stopped in traffic to see what was going on. Many of those who stopped had memories and stories. One told about…
WEDOWEE–Roanoke Police Department investigator Derek Farr was appointed to fill the vacancy as Randolph County commissioner for District 4 and was sworn in Tuesday afternoon. A resident of Roanoke, Farr is also associate pastor of Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Roanoke. He and wife Becky have three children. His first meeting as commissioner should be…
Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center (RMC), which plans to build an urgent care and imaging facility in Roanoke, announced last week a partnership with University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) that will expand access to leading-edge cancer care in East Alabama. At a symbolic ribbon cutting on Wednesday of last week, Dr. Edward Partridge, director…
WEDOWEE–At the close of the Dec. 15 Randolph County Board of Education meeting, Superintendent Paul Gay said the next meeting would be held at the board’s new offices, which are in the newly renovated former elementary wing on the campus of Randolph County High School. Gay said the board would start moving in Tuesday (Dec.…
An employee of Strain Construction was arrested on Dec. 13, charged with first-degree theft of copper tubing stolen from the business in 2009. Jody Michael Crenshaw, 41, of 400 County Rd. 7, Wedowee, is accused of the thefts. Reports from that time show that Strain Utilities of Woodland reported the theft of a portable welder,…
A chase by Roanoke Police from the Walmart parking lot to the Rock Stand community resulted in a drug arrest Tuesday morning. Elvin James Cook, 31, (homeless) is charged with possession of amphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, violation of the prohibition law, attempting to elude a police officer and possession of dangerous drugs. Cook and…
Environmental Protection Agency and Alabama Department of Environmental Management vehicles were darting around Wadley Thursday morning, but Gene Crouch said they were all gone later in the day. Crouch, general manager of Wadley Holdings, the old Plantation Patterns, downplayed what he said was an overnight paint spill. There was no fish kill; the paint traveled…
The primary work of the Roanoke Board of Education Monday night was passing two resolutions related to the Handley High School football team’s championship season. After the regular business meeting the board moved to the library where resolutions honoring Coach Mike Battles on becoming the winningest coach in HHS history and a resolution celebrating the…
“The Randolph County Animal Shelter had a terrifice response in our first week of our Free Pet Program. It was rewarding to see so many animals find homes during this holiday season,” according to volunteer Evelyn Smith. The volunteers and workers at the Randolph County Animal Shelter stand ready through Christmas Eve to help dogs,…
If you are looking for a Christmas gift for someone will-ing to commit the time and attention a pet deserves, there has never been a better time to adopt an animal than dur-ing the Randolph County Animal Shelter’s Free Pet Program. All pets from the shelter have been spayed or neutered, but through December 24…
Chambers County Sheriff’s Office reports the arrest of Adrian Billingsley, 38, of LaFayette for escape. On Friday at approximately 9 p.m., Billingsley escaped from Chambers County Detention Facility and was last seen in LaFayette. Through a joint investigation with Chambers County Sheriff’s Office, Opelika Police Department, Lee County Sheriff’s Office, LaFayette Police Department, Lanett Police…
I was going to publish this column earlier, because it looked like I would need your help. I was on a mission. I was trying to find raisins on the stem. I tried Winn Dixie, tried Save-a-Lot, tried Food Outlet, tried Walmart. Everyone was helpful. But no one had raisins on the stem. They had…
Lake Wedowee Property Owners Association will collect Christmas trees for recycling. Trees will be installed in Lake Wedowee as fish habitat to attract fish and improve fishing. Trees may be donated by placement in the designated container in front of Randolph County Concrete at 18985 Hwy. 431 N. in Wedowee. Please remove all decoration from…
The last U.S. military convoy leaving Iraq rolled through the desert just before dawn this past Sunday, carrying the last of our troops into Kuwait and ending what became a costly and controversial military occupation. After the soldiers entered Kuwait the media covering the event reported hearing shouts of “Going home!” and “It’s over!” mingled…
It’s almost Christmas and finally I am beginning to get the Christmas spirit. I got my tree decorated a few days ago and have been enjoying that. It is not Christmas until you get a tree up. And, it will stay up until New Year’s Eve. Tuesday, amidst the horrible weather, my brother put some…
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Charles L. Griffith, husband and wife, Arline A. Griffith to Bank of America, N. A., dated June 2, 2009, and Recorded in Book 545, Page 421 of the records in the Office of…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH Defaults having been made in the payment of the indebtedness of Jackson B. Steele and Tara K. Steele that is presently secured by a certain Real Estate Mortgage (herein the “Mortgage”) executed or signed on or about January 30, 2009 by and between Jackson B. Steele…
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE ALABAMA, RANDOLPH COUNTY Default having been made in the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Brenda Knight Heard and John Michael Heard, wife and husband to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. acting solely as nominee for Accredited Home Lenders, Inc. its successors and assigns, dated March 17, 2006,…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Larry Waldon and Lori A. Waldon, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Ark-La-Tex Financial Services, LLC, a Texas LLC, on the 11th day of March, 2008, said…