WEDOWEE – At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, there was a little good news, but more bad news concerning new regulations for log trucks.The good news – House Bill 368 sponsored by Randolph County Rep. Bob Fincher was tabled before a vote could be taken. The bad news – Sen. Will Barfoot has sponsored…
MONTGOMERY – On Feb. 25, longtime Clay Times-Journal employee, as well as Ashland Progress/Lineville Tribune, staff member Ray Stansell received the Alabama Press Association’s Lifetime Achievement Award for his 47+ years with the paper. Stansell was presented with this award at the awards luncheon at the 151st Alabama Press Association Media Summit event held at…
Incidents reported March 7th – March 14th A Roanoke man was charged with forgery on Tuesday after the staff at a local industry realized fake checks were being created. While reviewing checks sent from the bank, the finance manager of Relintless realized there were fraudulent checks being cashed. Between Feb. 15 and March 3, multiple…
Incidents reported March 7th – March 14th Arrests Anthony Michael Smith, 40, of 1834 County Rd. 804, Wedowee – failure to appear in court (manufacture of a controlled substance), possession of drug paraphernalia, second-degree possession of a forged instrument and driving with license revoked – March 12 Amanda Falon Morgan, 35, of 947 Banks Rd.,…
MONTGOMERY – Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA) will join forces with fellow law enforcement officers in neighboring states to conduct quarterly, concentrated highway traffic enforcement and educational periods throughout the state as a part of a national safety initiative known as SafeDRIVE. SafeDRIVE, which stands for Distracted Reckless Impaired Visibility Enforcement, aims to eliminate commercial…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: THE ESTATE OF TEMPIE PATRICIA CANTRELL MITCHELL, DECEASED NOTICE OF HEARING TO: Kayla Folsom, address unknown You are hereby notified that on this day came Tammy M. Hall and filed in this Court a Petition of Final Settlement of the estate of Tempie Patricia Cantrell…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Rebecca Thomason, unmarried and Deborah Griffin, unmarried, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for Homestar Financial Corp., on July 20, 2018, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the…
STATE OF ALABAMA RANDOLPH COUNTY NOTICE OF INTENT TO OBTAIN LICENSE TO SALE ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES Jack Musaed hereby notifies the public at large that he/she intends to apply for a Beer & Wine License. The premises at which Jack Musaed wishes to sale alcoholic beverages is located at 3898 Hwy. 431, Roanoke, AL. Anyone wishing…
A Randolph County school bus carrying students from the Randolph-Roanoke Career Tech Center to Wadley High School crashed and overturned Tuesday afternoon on County Road 33 near the intersection with state Highway 22. A total of 13 passengers – 12 students and the driver – were transported from the scene by ambulance, all to Tanner…
(ATLANTA) Donna Marie Kelley, 46, of Atlanta passed away Thursday, March 10, 2022, at Emory University Hospital Midtown in Atlanta. Viewing will be Friday, March 18, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service, Roanoke. The funeral will be Saturday, March 19, at noon at Charles M. Clack Community Center in Roanoke. Burial…
(ROANOKE) Marecia Shealey, 74, of Highway 431, Roanoke, passed away Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at West Georgia Hospice in LaGrange. Viewing will be Tuesday, March 15, from 1 to 6 p.m. at Clark Memorial Funeral Service. A graveside service will be Wednesday, March 16, at noon at Skyview Memorial Gardens in the Welch community. Ms.…
(WOODLAND) The Rev. William Terry Worthan, 83, of Woodland, formerly of Winston, Ga., passed away Friday, March 11, 2022. The family will receive friends at the funeral home on Wednesday, March 16, from 4 to 7 p.m. EDT and on Thursday from 11:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. A graveside services will be Thursday, March 17,…
(WADLEY) A graveside service for Dennis Ricky Noles, 74, of Wadley will be Saturday, March 12, 2022, at 3 p.m. at Hope Memorial Christian Church Cemetery with Bro. Robert Benefield officiating. Mr. Noles passed away Friday, March 11, at UAB Hospital in Birmingham. A lifelong Randolph County resident, Mr. Noles was born Jan. 8, 1948,…
(OXFORD) Ada Jane “Patsy” Murphy Braden, devoted wife and mother, passed away March 9, 2022, in Hoover. She was 89 years old and a resident of Oxford. A graveside service was at Jordan Chapel Cemetery in Newell on Sunday, March 13, at 3 p.m. with Dr. Myles Dowdy officiating. The youngest of nine children, she…
(NEWNAN, Ga.) Truman Bassett, born Aug. 18, 1935, in Randolph County, Ala., passed away March 11, 2022, in Newnan, Ga. The family will receive friends Sunday, March 13, from 2 to 4 p.m. EDT at McKoon Funeral Home, 38 Jackson St., Newnan. The graveside service will be Sunday, March 13, at 4 p.m. CT in…
Randolph County Sheriff: The National Weather Service has issued a Freeze Warning for Randolph County that will be in effect from midnight tonight through 10:00 am Sunday morning. There will be a Wind Advisory in effect from midnight tonight until 6:00 pm tomorrow evening. Randolph County is in the marginal risk area of having possible…
“Sadly missed along life’s way, but lovingly remembered every day!…” (ROANOKE) The funeral for Deacon Calvin Jerome Hatcher, 63, of Roanoke will be Monday, March 14, 2022, at 1 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Calvin J. Trammell officiating. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 5 to 6 p.m.…
(PIEDMONT) The funeral for Ragan Clark, 79, of Piedmont was Wednesday, March 9, 2022, at Anniston’s First Baptist Church at McClellan. Dr. Donnie Sills officiated. Burial was in Anniston Memorial Gardens. Ragan passed away Sunday, March 6. Mr. Clark was born in Anniston on May 23, 1942, to the late Bill Jones Clark and Agnes…
(MONTGOMERY) A graveside service for Patrick William Finch, 57, of Montgomery was Saturday, March 5, 2022, at 11 a.m. at Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church Cemetery, Roanoke. Mr. Finch passed away Sunday, Feb. 27, at Baptist Medical Center South, Montgomery. Patrick and his twin sister Pamela were born Aug. 30, 1964, to Billie Joe and Sallie…
St. Patrick’s Day is this month, so I’m going to put some Irish inspired recipes in here over the next couple of weeks. The first one is an easy Shepherd’s Pie. I made this on Monday night and it was a quick weeknight dish and very good. The family commented that I hadn’t made Shepherd’s…