Last week’s paper had been in the news racks only a short time when the first call came in response to last week’s editorial. That editorial discussed the increased theft of newspapers from racks, not only the Leader but The Birmingham News as well.The call was not about someone spotted taking papers they did not…
Of the 3,463 Alabama non-profit organizations losing their tax-exempt status, a few of them are from Randolph County. One that appeared on the list, Boys & Girls Club of Roanoke, was for a previously chartered club that no longer exists. The current Boys & Girls Club has made the necessary filings to retain its status.…
In a called meeting Friday the Roanoke Board of Education approved the following personnel actions. Newly hired for the 2011-2012 school year are: • Logan Cofield as secondary girl’s basketball/volleyball coach. His teaching position will be assigned. Cofield moves from the Wadley school system. • Theresa Denise White as 7th grade math teacher at Handley…
Mata Eleza “Jose” Pedraza, 41, of 9648 Old Hwy. 431, Wedowee, is charged with two counts of first-degree assault in connection with an automobile accident April 23 in Roanoke. The accident happened near Walker’s Service Station on U.S. 431 North and resulted in serious injuries to Mata and a second driver, Quinton Lanard Heard, 26,…
The dedication of the Roanoke Little League Field, being named in honor of Hugh Lee Morris, will be Saturday, June 25 at 9:45 a.m. The Little League will conduct the ceremonies. Morris moved to Roanoke in 1966 and initiated plans for the start of the Little League program here. He and Bob Schuessler, a Little…
ROCK MILLS–A Rock Mills home was damaged by fire on Wednesday afternoon of last week. Rock Mills Volunteer Fire Department, assisted by Rock Stand, responded to the fire at 12:26 p.m. at 65647 Hwy. 22, the residence of Chad and Misty Payne. Also responding were Randolph County Sheriff’s Office, Emergency Medical Transport and Alabama Power…
Writing a newspaper column can be profoundly educational, as I have learned on more than one occasion. I have learned, for instance, that when something is “antigoglin” it’s sort of whanky-jawed, meaning it’s skewed in a diagonal direction. I’ve learned that a “mondegreen” is an expression that results from hearing the syllables in a song…
For Handley Tiger offensive tackle Brad Bozeman, the choice was simple–Auburn or Alabama. Last Wednesday, Bozeman verbally committed to play football for the Alabama Crimson Tide after attending a camp in Tuscaloosa. Bozeman’s commitment is the first the Tide has secured for the 2013 signing class, not bad for an incoming junior at 3A Handley…
This week I will summarize some of the major pieces of legislation that passed the recently ended session of the Alabama Legislature and discuss the winners and losers. IMMIGRATION–The legislation, sponsored by Rep. Micky Hammon, R-Decatur, and Sen. Scott Beason, R-Gardendale, makes it a crime to be in Alabama without possessing proper documentation and illegal…
It’s June, and that means it’s the time of year when I start thinking about football. I don’t care that it’s too early. I don’t care that I’ve still got three months of scorching heat with nothing going on before kickoff. I just don’t care. Football is football. Around here, football is usually more than…
I got back Sunday to the news that Kathryn Tucker Windham had died at home in her beloved Selma. I can imagine the scene there then, imagine family and friends going out to the back shed and removing the Rose Point Crystal (service for 12, complete with water pitcher and butter dish) from the custom…
The worst three years in the history of Tennessee football came to an inglorious end last week when Tennessee athletic director Mike Hamilton fell on his sword for the Big Orange and resigned. Hamilton did not throw an incomplete pass, or fumble the football or miss a single tackle on the football field, but make…
(WOODLAND) Virginia Holloway Turner, 90, a former resident of County Road 559, Woodland, currently residing at Lineville Health Care and Rehab Center, died Friday morning, June 10, 2011, at Lineville Health Care and Rehab Center. The funeral will be at 11 a.m. Thursday, June 16, at Union Chapel United Methodist Church, Wedowee, with the Rev.…
(ANNISTON) Funeral services for Marie Blake McLeroy, 94, of Anniston will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday, June 15, 2011, at McCoy United Methodist Church with the Rev. David Teel and Dr. Steve Dempsey officiating. Mrs. McLeroy will lie in state one hour prior to the service at the church. Entombment will follow at Forestlawn Mausoleum.…
(WEDOWEE) Memorial services for James Wilber Blair, 73, of Wedowee will be Monday, June 13, 2011, at 2 p.m. at First United Methodist Church of Wedowee. Mr. Blair died Friday, June 10, at his residence. Mr. Blair was born Feb. 14, 1938, the son of Wilber and Martha Parkhurst Blair. He was retired from United…
(MOBILE COUNTY) Addie Lee Truitt Kersh, born in Rock Mills on June 5, 1917, and a resident of Mobile County for the past 67 years, died Thursday, June 9, 2011. Mrs. Kersh was a member of Bayou Sara Baptist Church. She retired from Gaylord’s Department Store after many years of dedicated service. A wonderful mother,…
(LaGRANGE, Ga.) Carrie Jean Pitts, 72, of LaGrange, Ga., died Tuesday, June 7, 2011, at Hospice LaGrange. Mrs. Pitts was born June 19, 1938, in Randolph County, Ala., daughter of the late C.D. and Louise Gaston Butler. She was a member of Sunnyside Baptist Church and was a homemaker. Survivors include her husband, James H.…
FLAT ROCK PARK – A Talladega man drowned on Wednesday afternoon while swimming at Flat Rock Park on Lake Wedowee. According to Randolph County E-911, the call came in at 4:42 p.m. Randolph County Sheriff David Cofield said the sheriff’s department’s new boat was at the shop getting radio equipment installed, but it was ready,…
(FIVE POINTS) Funeral arrangements for Sara M. Earle, 94, of Five Points will be Friday, June 10, 2011, at 2 p.m. at Quattlebaum Funeral Chapel with the Rev. Bobby Burroughs officiating. Burial will follow at Resthaven Memorial Gardens, Lanett. Mrs. Earle died Wednesday, June 8, at her home. A Roanoke native, Mrs. Earle was born…
(ROANOKE) Graveside services for Adell Driver Noles, 88, of Roanoke, formerly of LaGrange, Ga., will be Friday, June 10, 2011, at 3 p.m. at Bethlehem Campground Methodist Church Cemetery, Graham. Mrs. Noles died Tuesday, June 7, at Atlanta Medical Center. A Randolph County native, Mrs. Noles was born Feb. 22, 1923, in Graham, daughter of…