“Be young, be foolish, be happy” seems to be the song of the Republican majority in the House of Representatives as the clock ticks down to the economic armageddon awaiting this country if the debt ceiling is not raised before the Aug. 2 deadline.The debt ceiling is not about new spending–it is about paying the…
Before last season, the Handley Tigers had the unenviable task of replacing an entire backfield of athletes on offense. One of the players that stepped up was quarterback Trae Kyles. Kyles took over for Darius Finley under center after Finley’s version of the Tigers went 10-0 in the regular season and made it to the…
French Hammond Park, in Wedowee, began as a vision. The Hammond family saw the need to help rural areas of Alabama build better athletic facilities for kids. The French family believed in that vision and contributed land in Wedowee to build a community park for baseball, softball and other family activities. The park’s vision is…
There’s this really intense scene at the end of the movie Scarface that reminded me of something yesterday. The scene which I’m talking about is when Tony Montana’s mansion is under attack by a rival drug cartel or something (sorry it’s been awhile since I’ve seen it). Fed up with the onslaught of gunfire, Tony…
The Southeastern Conference Football Media Days will occupy the sports pages over the last three days of this week as 750 of the nation’s sports media gather with the coaches and top players from the 12 SEC schools. It will determine nothing, actually. The coaches will talk coach speak and the players have been schooled…
(WEDOWEE) William “David” Pittman, born Dec. 22, 1941, died peacefully at his home on Lake Wedowee on July 17, 2011, after a gallant two-year battle with cancer. He retired in 1997 from Georgia Power Company, where he worked for 36 years. He loved fishing, building, woodworking, gardening, photography and people. He is survived by his…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Willie Mae Blount Garrett, 87, of Roanoke were at 2 p.m., Sunday, July 17, 2011, at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Steve Dean officiating. Burial followed in Randolph Memory Gardens. Mrs. Garrett died Friday, July 15, at Traylor Nursing Home. Mrs. Garrett was born March 15, 1924, the daughter of…
(ROANOKE) Funeral services for Hermon Grady Edmondson, 87, of Roanoke will be Saturday, July 16, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Faith Baptist Church with the Revs. S.T. Janney, Scott Whaley and Bud Stiltner officiating. Mr. Edmondson will lie in state at the church for one hour prior to services beginning at 1 p.m. on Saturday.…
(HEFLIN) Clarence Lee Triplett, 82, of Heflin died Tuesday, July 12, 2011, at Regional Medical Center. The funeral will be at 2 p.m. Friday, July 15, at Pinetucky Baptist Church with Dr. Steve Dempsey and the Rev. Newman Voss officiating. Burial will follow at Pinetucky Cemetery. Mr. Triplett, a native of Randolph County, had been…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Cyrus Winston Stewart, 87, of Wedowee will be Friday, July 15, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Chapel with the Revs. Gary Henderson and Jerry Smith officiating. Burial will follow in Bear Creek Methodist Church Cemetery, Woodland. Mr. Stewart died Tuesday, July 12, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center, Anniston.…
Alabama Department of Transportation division engineer DeJarvis Leonard said plans to relocate Alabama Highway 22, avoiding downtown, have been narrowed to one alternate. They received very positive comments on the plan at Tuesday’s public hearing at city hall, he said. The current plan was based on comments received from the public during previous hearings. “We’re…
Back to school sales will soon be rolling out, and though it feels like summer has just begun, Randolph County Department of Human Resources and Randolph County Foster/Adoptive Parents’ Association are preparing for their third annual “Stuff the Bus” back-to-school drive. For most students, back to school means new clothes, new shoes, school supplies and…
Increases in water and sewer rates on the June utilities bill have raised some questions. The increased rates caused some customers to look more closely at their bills. The rates on the June bill were increased to fund construction of a water treatment plant due to continued violations by the sewer system cited by the…
A Woodland area man was arrested on Tuesday in connection with assaulting two women at different times. According to Chief Deputy Billy Lane, investigator Greg Dendinger and officers of the Fugitive Task Force in Georgia went to his workplace at Yellow Dirt to arrest Terry Lee Houston, 40, of 15 County Rd. 103, Woodland. Randolph…
Two young men were arrested on Thursday of last week and charged with stealing scrap metal in the Newell area. According to RCSO, Stephen Channing Pruitt, 19, of Oxford and Brad Allen Dolin, 23, of 4445 County Rd. 25, Heflin, were charged with second-degree theft of property. Pruitt faces an additional charge of possession of…
WEDOWEE–Wedowee Town Council discussed the make-up of the Wedowee Hospital Board during its meeting last week. At the next meeting, the council will be prepared to vote on changing the number of board members of the hospital from nine to seven. The council is also looking for three members to appoint to the Randolph County…
Four Randolph County residents were injured in a two-vehicle accident on Tuesday evening of last week near Hollis Crossroads in Cleburne County. According to reports, Roger Gray, 63, of Woodland was the driver of a 1996 Infinity. He was injured and airlifted to University Hospital in Birmingham. His passengers, Winberly Gray and Melissa Nobbley, were…
WEDOWEE–Charles “Sut” Smith of the Upper Tallapoosa Clean Water Committee addressed the Randolph County Commission about a workshop on erosion control, specifically as it relates to the county’s unpaved roads. A grant from the Alabama Clean Water Partnership will pay for speakers at the workshop who will discuss best management practices to prevent the roads…
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by James Braswell and wife, Alicia Braswell, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 20th day of September, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in MORT…
A Woodland couple was arrested on Thursday of last week, charged with operating a meth lab. According to the arrest reports, Patricia Lynn “Baby Girl” Langley, 24, and Chad Eugene Langley, 30, of 160 County Rd. 5801, Woodland, were charged with first-degree unlawful manufacturing of a controlled substance, possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine) and…