WADLEY–Wadley police arrested two men who allegedly fled from law enforcement with drugs and a gun on Saturday.According to Police Chief Tim Terry, officer Dustin Smith attempted to pull over a vehicle whose driver did not want to stop. When it finally did stop at the intersection of Highways 22 and 77, the driver jumped…
Three Randolph County men were arrested on meth charges after they were involved in a fight in the Walmart parking lot Monday evening. Michael Keith Kirby, 26, of 120 County Rd. 650, Rock Mills, and Shannon Gregory Hendricks, 34, of 79 County Rd. 691, Rock Stand, were charged with disorderly conduct by Roanoke PD. Joshua…
The Alabama Accountability Reports were released last week and the Roanoke City Schools system made Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP). So did Knight Enloe Elementary. However, Handley Middle School did not make AYP for the second year in a row, missing it in one subgroup. It takes two years to get into school improvement status and…
WEDOWEE–A Carrollton, Ga., man, being held in Gwinnett County (Ga.) Jail, is a suspect in the theft of two personal watercraft and a trailer from Wedowee. According to investigator Gregg Dendinger, two 2006 Honda personal watercraft and a double trailer reported missing on July 5 from Wedowee Marine. They are owned by Brian Davis of…
The Roanoke City Council at its last meeting accepted Councilman Joseph Roberson’s resignation and declared the spot vacant. Roberson and his wife work in Lee County and decided to move to Auburn. Mayor Mike Fisher said anyone interested in having his or her name brought up at the next meeting for the position should talk…
The 2011-2012 LRC Class is now taking applications and is looking for potential class members. Leadership Randolph County sessions will be conducted on the second Thursday of each month, typically from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. from September through May and will include presentation on leadership, history of Randolph County, education, economic and industrial development,…
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL Wadley Sports Complex Improvements Separate sealed bids for Loading Wadley Sports Complex Improvements located on Cooledge Street, Town of Wadley, Alabama, will be received at the Town Hall, Town of Wadley, 311 Main Street, PO Box 9, Wadley, Alabama 36276 until 2:30 p.m. (CST) August 31, 2011. No bids will be received…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: RICHARD ELMER VAUGHN NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate has been filed by James Paul Vaughn on the 3rd day of August, 2011, and that 30 days after…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA NOTICE Keyward Watts, whose whereabouts are unknown, a hearing on the Petition of Robert and Ruby Pesnell’s Petition for Adoption is set for September 14, 2011, at 10:00 a.m. at the Probate Court of Randolph County, Wedowee, Alabama, or thereafter the Petitioner’s Petition for Adoption will proceed…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN RE: LOTTIE YARBROUGH, DECEASED ADMINISTRATOR’S NOTICE TO FILE CLAIMS Letters of Administration on the Estate of Lottie Yarbrough, deceased, having been granted to Max Yarbrough on the 2nd day of Aug., 2011, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of said County, notice is hereby given that…
IN THE PROBATE COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF ANN ADELINE LASHLEY, DECEASED NOTICE OF APPOINTMENT TO BE PUBLISHED BY PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE Letters Testamentary of said deceased having been granted to the undersigned on the 4th day of Aug., 2011, by the Honorable Judge of Probate of Randolph County,…
August has been designated as Back to School Safety Month by Safe Kids USA. With schools resuming this week some traffic patterns are changing for both motor-ists and pedestrians. The next few weeks in particular are a time for increased vigilance for anyone moving from one location to another. Here are some simple reminders for…
Everyday language changes constantly, which is why Miss Peggy and I often have problems understanding television commercials. We often watch a pitch aimed at the younger generation, shake our heads and ask each other, “Do you know what that meant?” We wonder because it usually involves a different brand of humor and also a different…
I have been a loyal member of Delta SkyMiles for many years, even reached the Platinum Medallion Level once, but it was bumped down a notch by the new Diamond Level a few months back. Now I’m back at the lowly Gold Level, which is just a notch above the Silver Level and two notches…
Not that I ever knew anyone who actually lived in a post office as the narrator of Eudora Welty’s short story, “Why I Live at the P.O.” did after a family squabble sent her there to escape. The post office was her retreat because she was postmistress. She was postmistress because her “Papa-Daddy” had “influence…
Heroes, true heroes. That is what the men who died in Afghanistan Saturday were. True heroes. Not because of how they died but because of how they lived. Thirty American service members died. While it is regrettable when anyone dies, these highly trained, skilled and motivated men were the best of the best and a…
With fall practice underway for county high school football teams, the heat is being turned up. Not just in the metaphorical sense, but in a literal sense as well. Temperatures have easily reached the 90s since the start of fall football practice and with that kind of heat comes the risk of heat-related illness or…
Is it hitting anyone else that we’re just two weeks away from the start of football season? I may be a bit premature in saying this, but it seems like the summer has flown by. I can say that easily right now. But it never fails the week or two leading up to the first…
This has got to be an exciting time-perhaps the most exciting time in his coaching career-for Auburn coach Gene Chizik. The opening of a new football season is an exciting time for any college football coach. For Chizik as a head coach, it is the first time he will go into a new season “defending”…
(VALLEY) Dawn Stephens Barrington, 74, of Valley died Wednesday, Aug. 3, 2011, at Bethany House in Auburn. The funeral was Saturday, Aug. 6, a 2 p.m. at Johnson Brown-Service Funeral Home Chapel in Valley with Derek Hubbard and Billy Colquitt officiating. Burial followed at Beulah Cemetery. Mrs. Barrington is survived by her husband, Ferrell L.…