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Obituaries

Merrill Wilton Stephens

March 26, 2024

(CRAGFORD) Graveside services for Merrill Wilton Stephens, 81 of Cragford were Thursday, March 21, 2024 at Antioch Cemetery in Wadley with the Rev.…

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Dewey Michael “Mike” Vowell

March 25, 2024

(ROCK MILLS) Funeral services for Dewey Michael “Mike” Vowell, 65, of Rock Mills will be held at 1 p.m. on Monday, March 25,…

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Jane Burns Johnson

March 25, 2024

(WEDOWEE) Funeral services for Jane Burns Johnson, 69, of Wedowee will be held on Monday, March 25, 2024, at 3 p.m. at the…

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Sara Tennant Benefield

March 25, 2024

(HOOVER) Graveside services for Sara Tennant Benefield, 96, of Hoover, will be held at 1 p.m. on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at Randolph…

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Daniel Thomas Waller

March 22, 2024

Daniel Thomas Waller, 29, of Roanoke was called home to be with Jesus on Wednesday, March 20, 2024. Survivors include his wife, Sonya…

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News

Wedowee to replace another town council member

March 27, 2024

At last week’s meeting of Wedowee Town Council, District 3 Council Member, A.J. Sims, was officially removed from his position on the council due to…

County commission corrects error on equipment purchase

March 27, 2024

At Monday’s meeting of Randolph County Commission, the commission approved to retroactively correct a Scrivener’s error at the March 11 meeting to state the loan…

Roanoke Council talks trash at Monday meeting

March 20, 2024

The Roanoke City Council spent the better part of Monday’s council meeting talking trash. Specifically the council discussed ways in which the city could alleviate…

Grant to aid East Alabama rape victims

March 20, 2024

Gov. Kay Ivey has awarded grants totaling more than $473,000 to 11 agencies that serve victims of domestic violence and sexual assault in many counties…

Arson suspected in Roanoke truck fires

March 20, 2024

Incidents and arrest are for the period ending on March 18th A Roanoke resident awoke early Tuesday morning to find two of his vehicles fully…

Sports

Lady Cats beat Cleburne Co. in first game at new field

March 6, 2024

Woodland christened its newly minted softball field with a 10-1 pasting of Cleburne County Thursday. The Lady Bobcats watched as former long-time softball coach Gilda…

How ‘Sweet’ it is: RCHS, Handley girls advance to state Sweet 16 with subregional wins Friday

February 9, 2024

For one team that won Friday night, going to the Sweet 16 is an every-year occurrence. And for the other team that won Friday night,…

RCHS girls win first-ever area title

February 8, 2024

If you had said before the season began that just one of the eight county basketball teams would win its area championship, it would probably…

Area tournament schedules

January 31, 2024

Wadley girls (at Winterboro) vs. Faith Christian Mon., Feb. 5, 3 p.m. Championship Tues., Feb. 6, 5 p.m. Wadley boys (at Winterboro) vs. Faith Christian…

Wadley’s Brown scores 1,000th point

January 3, 2024

The Wadley girls’ lost their first two games of the Heflin Hoops Classic by narrow margins before salvaging the week with a win over Weaver.…

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