Advertisement for BidSouthern Union State Community College is accepting sealed bids for three Heat Pump Package Units, one Heat Exchanger, and one Condenser Coil, Bid #11-07. All bids must be sealed and received in the Business Office on the Wadley Campus no later than 10:00 a.m. July 14, 2011. Anyone interested in receiving a bid…
The Chad Green family of 1791 County Rd. 865 near the Broughton community lost their home in a fire on Tuesday morning. The fire was reported around 11:10, and responders came from Rock Stand, Dickert, Roanoke and Corinth volunteer fire departments, along with the American Red Cross. No one was home when the fire started,…
With Republicans controlling both houses of the Alabama Legislature for the first time, they are claiming unparalleled success in the regular session that ended earlier this month. For the most part they are right. This legislature did some things that previous ones have only talked about. At the top of their accomplishment list are ethics…
Downtown is just getting handsomer and handsomer. The flowers planted by Frank Fetner in pots in front of city hall are beautiful and enhance the newly painted facade. The new shrubbery is looking good. Mayor Mike Fisher probably would not want anyone to know but he personally bought the ferns out front that add a…
The sudden exit of the lead FBI agent from the courtroom in the bingo case prosecution on the first day of the trial in Montgomery has lent considerable mystery and speculation to the atmosphere surrounding the circus-like event at the federal courthouse. Already the case has seen the first lead prosecutor, Peter Ainsworth, shipped back…
Sometimes coaches can be fathers. And when that happens in a small community such as Randolph County, often times fathers can find themselves coaching their children in high school. For Randolph County head football coach Randy Sparks, coaching his son Ty, the Tigers’ quarterback, is something he genuinely enjoys. “I love it,” Sparks said. “If…
I went home Sunday to spend some time with my dearest father on Father’s Day. And after doing the story you see here to the right, I got to thinking about exactly what I got and what I learned from my own dad. For starters, I got my nickname from my dad. Because of one…
This is a column that the majority of my intensely ambivalent readership could easily write–probably. The inspiration for it came from a recent article in The New York Times, a newspaper I read regularly to keep up with what the enemy is doing. The headline read “Ownership of TV Sets Falls in U.S.” It went…
Everyone is talking about the SEC’s streak of five straight national champions, but there is another streak that will be on the line this football season. No, I’m not talking about the modest streak of producing the last two Heisman Trophy winners. Have you noticed that the Southeastern Conference has produced a quarterback taken in…
(DONALSONVILLE, Ga.) A memorial service for Jennifer Ellen McMillan Allday, 43, who died June 18, 2011, at her residence, was Tuesday, June 21, in the Chapel of Evans-Skipper Funeral Home in Donalsonville with the Rev. James Scarborough officiating. Mrs. McMillan was born in Seminole County, Ga., Sept. 14, 1968, to Charlie Hayes McMillan and the…
(FIVE POINTS) Curtis Kendrick, 80, of Five Points died Thursday, June 16, 2011, at East Alabama Medical Center, Opelika. The funeral will be Wednesday, June 22, at 1 p.m. at Sweet Home Baptist Church, Five Points, with the Rev. Joe Cofield officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery. He was born April 15, 1931.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for C.L. Pool, 85, of Wedowee were at 11 a.m. Monday, June 20, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Revs. J.C. Holloway and Temon Holloway officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Pool died Sunday, June 19, at his home. Mr. Pool was born March 13, 1926, the son…
(WEST POINT, Ga.) Betty Sue Creed, 74, of West Point, Ga., died Sunday, June 19, 2011, at West Georgia Medical Center, LaGrange. The funeral will be Wednesday, June 22, at 2 p.m. EDT at Striffler-Hamby Mortuary, LaGrange Chapel, with the Rev. Sky Pratt officiating. Burial will follow in Hillview East Cemetery. Mrs. Creed was born…
(WEDOWEE) Graveside services for Tony M. Deese, 60, of Wedowee will be at 5 p.m. Monday, June 20, 2011, at Crumley’s Chapel Church of God Cemetery, Heflin, with the Rev. Ronald Williams officiating. Mr. Deese died Saturday, June 18, at Tanner Medical Center. Mr. Deese was born Oct. 28, 1950, the son of Isaac and…
(LINEVILLE) Funeral services for Maurine Childs Waldrop, 90, of Lineville will be at 2 p.m., Tuesday, June 21, 2011, at Benefield Funeral Chapel in Wedowee with Rev. Gordon Taylor and Blair Parker officiating. Burial will follow in Dingler’s Chapel Congregational Christian Church Cemetery. Mrs. Waldrop died Sunday, June 18, at Clay County Hospital in Ashland.…
(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Doyle Swan Holloway, 94, of Wedowee were Sunday, June 19, at 3 p.m., at Benefield Funeral Chapel with Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial followed in Mt. Pleasant Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Holloway died Saturday, June 18, at Lineville Nursing and Rehab. Mr. Holloway was born May 16, 1917, the son of…
(OXFORD) Funeral services for Mrs. Willie Jeanette Craven Senciboy, 80, of Oxford were Sunday, June 19, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Dr. Roland Brown and the Rev. Ronnie Key officiating. Burial followed in Hepsabah Baptist Church Cemetery, Heflin. Mrs. Senciboy died Friday, June 17, at Northeast Alabama Regional Medical…
(CRAGFORD) Graveside memorial services for Robert T. Whaley, 74, of Cragford will be Wednesday, June 22, 2011, at 10 a.m. in Lineville City Cemetery with Rev. Rick Talley officiating. Mr. Whaley died Friday, June 17, at his home. A Randolph County native, he had served in the U.S. Army for more than 21 years and…
(BOWDON, Ga.) John Henry Reed of Bowdon, Ga., died Friday, June 17, 2011. He was 78. Memorial services for Mr. Reed will be Saturday, June 25, at 11 a.m. at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Carrollton, Ga. The Rev. Hazel Glover will officiate. In accordance with his wishes, Mr. Reed’s body was cremated. Mr. Reed…
(FIVE POINTS) Juanita Faye Heath, 48, of Five Points died Thursday, June 16, 2011, at Hospice LaGrange in LaGrange, Ga. The funeral will be Tuesday, June 21, at 2 p.m. at Zion Rest Heard Center in Valley with the Rev. Fredrick Stanley, pastor, and pastor Mamie Pennington officiating. Burial will follow at New Zion C.M.E.…