I’m going to write two words. Think of the first thing to come to mind when you read them.Auburn.Alabama.If you’re living in this state or grew up in this state, chances are you reacted quite differently to each word.I imagine your thought process went something similar to this: “Yes!” and “Bleh!” or vice versa.I’m not…

There are times when just have to write something that you don’t want to write. That is the case today. I had planned to write something about some of the big position battles that will take place over the next few weeks of spring football. I had also thought about a column on Anthony Grant…

An indication of just how much power one state senator could wield came in 1996 when then-senator Lowell Barron, who had been stopped twice for speeding by local police patrolling I-65, pushed through a bill that would prohibit municipal police officers from enforcing traffic laws on interstate high-ways.Like so many Alabama laws written to benefit…

Early indications are that the current legislature, while saying many of the right things, also bears watch-ing closely.After promising transparency and openness, the new leadership of the House and Senate proposed limiting the public’s access to the State House–and to their elected representatives.The “Watch what they do, not what they say” rule is still in…

When I was young, grow-ing up in the 1950s in South Alabama, I dreaded this time of year. The dark of winter is still upon us and spring seems a long time coming. To make our situation all the worse, while we slogged through the cold and damp, 100 miles down the road they were…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Linda A. Houston, a married woman, on May 18, 1995, to Green Tree-AL, LLC, successor in interest to and f/k/a Conseco Finance Corporation-Alabama f/k/a Green Tree Financial Corporation, which mortgage is recorded in Volume 312,…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Nadine Prescott, an unmarried woman, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., acting solely as nominee for Molton, Allen, & Williams Mortgage Co. LLC, on the 9th day of May, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the…

MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Al D. Stewart and Mary S. Stewart, to Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., on the 28th day of March, 2007, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Randolph County, Alabama, in…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH  NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Ray Yarbrough and wife, Deborah Yarbrough on the 3rd day of October, 2009, to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph…

The scene in Montgomery last Saturday could be defined as a juxtaposition of one sort or another. On the streets outside the swank, almost new Renaissance Hotel and Spa the re-enactors of the inau-guration of Jefferson Davis as the president of the Confederate States of America (CSA) were making preparations to assemble and parade up…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH                           NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Pike Investments, Inc. on the 16th day of October, 2004, to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County, Alabama, in…

STATE OF ALABAMA COUNTY OF RANDOLPH  NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE                                                                     Default having been made in the payment of indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Gary Pike and Anna Pike on the 30th day of May, 2000, to Bank of Wedowee which said mortgage is recorded in the Probate Office of Randolph County,…

IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF RANDOLPH COUNTY, ALABAMA CASE NO. CV11-016 State of Alabama, ex rel. E. Paul Jones, District Attorney Fifth Judicial Circuit, Plaintiff Vs. Willie Jerdarryl Houston, Alias; One thousand nine hundred seventy dollars in U.S. currency ($1970.00), consisting of 1-$50 dollar bill, 77-$20 dollar bills, 21-$10 dollar bills, 26-$5 dollar bills, 40-$1…

ABANDONED VEHICLE SALE The following vehicle, 2009 Toyota RAV4, VIN# JTMBF33V89500, will be sold at auction on March 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. for wrecker and storage fees. First Stop Title Pawn 1133 Main St. Roanoke, AL 36274 (8-11p)

CEMETERY GROUNDS KEEPING REQUEST FOR SEALED BIDS The City of Roanoke is accepting sealed bids for the mowing of Cedarwood and Booker Hill cemeteries for the season beginning March 15, 2011-Oct. 15, 2011. Sealed bids must be received at City Hall, 809 Main St., Roanoke, AL 36274 by Friday, March 4, 2011, at 4:00 p.m.…

The on-line edition of The Randolph Leader is just like reading the actual paper. You get all the local, sports, and school news as well as the obits, community news and more. In other words….. if it’s in the paper it’s in our E-edition.  

(PENTON) Ragon Lee King, 55, of Penton died Monday, Feb. 21, 2011, at George H. Lanier Memorial Hospital, Valley. Funeral services will be Friday, Feb. 25, at 2 p.m. at LaFayette Heights Baptist Church with burial in LaFayette City Cemetery. The Rev. Paul Howard will officiate. A native of DeKalb County, Ala., Mr. King was…

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for James O’Neal, 79, of Wedowee were Sunday, Feb. 20, 2011, at Friendship Baptist Church of Wadley with Pastor Calvin Trammell officiating. Burial was in the church cemetery. Survivors include five daughters and their husbands Veresia and Frank Houston, Sandra Herren, Cheryl Tate, Jean Jackson and Sonya and Tracey Jackson; six sons,…

(ASHLAND) Funeral services for J.H. Buchanan, 71, of Ashland were Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Lystra Baptist Church with Bro. Zenus Windsor and Bro. Richard Hall officiating. Burial followed in the adjoining cemetery. Mr. Buchanan died Sunday, Feb. 20, at Brown Nursing Home in Alexander City. He was born in Randolph County…

(WADLEY) Funeral services for Gary Clinton Branch, 62 of Wadley will be Wednesday, Feb. 23, 2011, at 11 a.m. at Benefield Funeral Home in Lineville with Chris Tidwell officiating. Burial will follow at Bethany Primitive Baptist Church Cemetery. Mr. Branch died Sunday, Feb. 20, at East Alabama Regional Medical Center in Opelika. He was a…