The Randolph Leader

12/23/2025

12/18/2025

Unfortunately Christmas is a time for scams as well.

🚨 SCAM ALERT – AI Voice Cloning Targeting Parents 🚨
The Wadley Police Department wants to warn our community about a disturbing new scam. Criminals are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to clone voices, including those of children, to make fake emergency calls to parents and guardians.
Here’s how it works:

Scammers gather audio clips of your child’s voice from social media or other sources.
They use AI to create a convincing imitation.
You receive a call claiming your child is in danger or needs urgent help, often demanding money immediately.

What you should do:
✅ Stay calm and verify the situation before acting.
✅ Hang up and call your child or their school directly.
✅ Never send money or share personal information under pressure.
✅ Report suspicious calls to WPD immediately.
Please share this post to help protect others. Awareness is our best defense against these evolving scams.
If you have questions or need to report an incident, contact us at (256) 395-2261.
Stay safe, Wadley!

12/15/2025

Rock Mills VFD and local EMTs are currently working a single vehicle rollover accident on County Road 310. Please use caution in the area.

12/14/2025

Happy birthday to all of us!

Alabama became the 22nd state on Dec. 14, 1819.

Happy 206th birthday, Alabama!

12/14/2025

‼️Wadley Town Hall Warming Station‼️

The Town Hall will be open as a Warming Station starting Sunday night into Monday morning. Listed below ⬇️ is the message received from EMA.
..COLD WEATHER ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM SUNDAY TO 7 AM
CST MONDAY ALL OF CENTRAL ALABAMA...

* WHAT...Very cold wind chills as low as 8 degrees north to 15
degrees south are expected.

* WHERE...Bibb, Blount, Calhoun, Cherokee, Clay, Cleburne, Etowah,
Fayette, Greene, Hale, Jefferson, Lamar, Marengo, Marion, Pickens,
Randolph, Shelby, St. Clair, Sumter, Talladega, Tuscaloosa,
Walker, and Winston Counties.

* WHEN...From 6 PM Sunday to 7 AM CST Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frostbite and hypothermia will occur if unprotected skin
is exposed to these temperatures. An extended period of
subfreezing temperatures could cause pipes to burst.

12/13/2025

Photos from Thursday's RCHS vs. Weaver games and Friday's Handley vs. Talladega games. Final scores:
Girls: Weaver 43, RCHS 34
Boys: Weaver 36, RCHS 33
Girls: Talladega 43, Handley 29
Boys: Handley 63, Talladega 33

12/12/2025

Congratulations to Hop, who also spent time as an assistant coach at Handley for a few seasons. Well deserved recognition!

Former SU Baseball Coach Jon Hopper was inducted into the Alabama Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame!

12/09/2025

Report of a 2-vehicle accident at Highway 431 and CR 59 in Roanoke. Road is partially blocked and EMTs have been paged out as well. Please use caution when approaching the area.

12/06/2025

🎅Roanoke’s Christmas parade will take place tomorrow, Saturday, December 6 at 5 p.m.
🌦️The weather will be overcast all day tomorrow, with 50% chance of rain during the morning and decreasing after 3 p.m.
🎄The parade lineup will start at 3:30 p.m. at the Rec Center.
🚔Parade Route: It will cross West Point St. to South Street, make a left onto Lafayette Hwy. to Three Points, turn onto Main Street and continue through Downtown.

12/05/2025

Photos from yesterday's 1A state championship game in Birmingham. Wadley finished as the state runner-up after a 42-22 loss to Maplesville.

12/05/2025

The Wadley Bulldogs are the 2025 Class 1A runners-up after a 42-22 loss to Maplesville in the state championship game Thursday. Congratulations to Wadley on a great season and a great two-year run!