Classifieds and Legals
CLASSIFIEDS:
SERVICES
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We Buy Houses for Cash AS IS! No repairs. No fuss. Any condition. Easy three step process: Call, get cash offer and get paid. Get your fair cash offer today by calling Liz Buys Houses: 1-877-385-7131
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HEALTH/BEAUTY
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FOR SALE
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NEED NEW FLOORING? Call today to schedule a FREE in-home estimate on Carpeting & Flooring. Call Today! 1-833-641-6567
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AUTOMOTIVE
Donate your car, truck, boat, RV and more to support our veterans! Schedule a FAST, FREE vehicle pickup and receive a top tax deduction! Call Veteran Car Donations at 1-877-724-3049 today!
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Subscriber classified ads:
WANTED
Male mannequins. Call 256-377-2525.
TRAILER FOR SALE
1998 Fleetwood; 16×80; 3 bedrooms; 2 bathrooms; $12,500. Text 256-330-2217 or email gingooz1226@gmail.com.
WANTED
Wheel Horse lawn tractor. Call 256-329-9792 and leave message with model number, asking price, location, and condition.
WANTED
Old wooden houses and/or barns to tear down for the old wood; will clean up the lot. Call 256-295-3574.
FOR SALE
4 lots in Hidden Valley. Call 205-217-3221 for more information.
FOR SALE
Red 3-piece sectional couch for $300, 1 riding saddle for $100. Call 256-794-2725 for more information.
FOR SALE
Coosa County cane syrup. Call T.W., 256-377-1916; or J.W., 256-377-2465.
FOR SALE
Sale on beehives! Supers, frames, tops, bottoms; also smoker, hive tool, jacket, etc. If you want to get set up to raise bees but find it costly, this is your opportunity. Call Sara at 205-217-3221.
LEGALS:
Housing Authority Invites Comments on Draft Plans
The Goodwater Housing Authority’s (GHA) draft annual and five-year plan has been reviewed and discussed at the February Resident Advisory Board Meeting. The Board of Commissioners of the GHA has also reviewed the draft plan and given their consent. The item in the plan, which impacts public housing residents the most, is the Capital Improvement Plan.
The GHA invites all GHA residents and other interested parties to submit comments and suggestions on the draft plan for consideration prior to the adoption of the final plan. The time period allocated to provide public comments begins February 19, 2026, and ends April 6, 2026.
Darold Sterling
Executive Director
Goodwater Housing Authority
25 Salter Street
Goodwater, AL 35072
In addition, a public hearing on the plan will be held at a Regular GHA Board of Commissioners Meeting at 11:30 am on Thursday, April 23, 2026, at 25 Salter Street, Goodwater, Alabama. Written or oral comments will be accepted at that time, prior to adoption of the final plans. Please direct any questions regarding the plans process to the Executive Director, Darold Sterling, at 256-329-2201.
The Coosa County News – Feb. 13; Feb. 20; Feb. 27; March 6; March 13; March 20; March 27; April 3, 2026
Legal Notice
The Coosa County Health Department announces a comment period, for the purpose of receiving written comments concerning adopting a standardized fee schedule of Environmental Health fees for Coosa County, as authorized by Act #88-418. Public comments will be considered prior to the adoption by the Coosa County Health Department. Comments should be addressed to the Administrator of the Coosa County Health Department, 9518-C US Highway 231 North, Rockford, Alabama 35136. The public comment period will close at 5 p.m. on May 1, 2026. Copies of the proposed fee schedule are available at the Coosa County Health Department at 9518-C US Highway 231 North, Rockford, Alabama 35136.
The Coosa County News – March 13; March 20; March 27; April 3, 2026
INVITATION TO BIDDERS
Sealed proposals will be received by the Coosa County Board of Education, until 2:00 P.M., legally prevailing time, April 9, 2026 for the Coosa Central High School Softball Improvements at the Coosa County Board of Education, 73 Nixburg Road, Rockford, Alabama, at which time and place they will be publicly opened. A cashier’s check or bid bond payable to Coosa County Board of Education in an amount not less than five (5) percent of the amount of the bid, but in no event more than $10,000, must accompany the bidder’s proposal. Performance and Payment Bonds and evidence of insurance required in the bid documents will be required at the signing of the Contract. Drawings and Specifications may be examined at the office of the Architect, Ward Scott Morris Architecture, Inc., 1606 Paul Bryant Drive, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and TuscaBlue, 2806 Greensboro Avenue, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Bid documents may be obtained from TuscaBlue via www.ward-scottplans.com, upon deposit of $100.00 per set, which will be refunded in full on the first two sets issued to each trade contract bidder submitting a bona fide bid, upon return of documents in good condition within ten days of bid date. Other sets for contractors, and sets for dealers, may be obtained with the same deposit, which will be refunded as above, less cost of printing, reproduction, handling, and distribution. Electronic PDF copies of bid documents may be procured free of charge. Bid bonds are to be issued by an acceptable bonding company licensed to do business in the State, with a Power of Attorney, to confess judgment thereon, with the understanding that it shall guarantee that the bidder shall not withdraw his bid for the guarantee period of sixty (60) days after the scheduled closing time for the receipt of bids; that if his bid is accepted, he will enter into a formal contract with the Owner, and that in the event of a withdrawal of said bid within said period, or the failure to enter into said contract within the time specified, the bidder shall be liable to the Owner for the full amount of the bid guarantee as liquidated damages and not as a forfeit or as a penalty. The bid bond and certified checks on unsuccessful bidders will be returned upon awarding the contract or rejection of all bids, in no event, later than the number of days in the guarantee period from the opening of proposals. That of the successful bidder will be returned when formal contract and bonds are accepted and approved. Bids must be submitted on proposal forms furnished by the Architect or copies thereof. All bidders bidding in amounts exceeding that established by the State Licensing Board for General Contractors must be licensed under the provisions of Title 34, Chapter 8, Code of Alabama, 1975, and must show evidence of license before bidding or bid will not be received or considered by the Architect; the bidder shall show such evidence by clearly displaying his or her current license number on the outside of the sealed envelope in which the proposal is delivered. The Owner reserves the right to reject any or all proposals and to waive technical errors if, in the Owner’s judgment, the best interests of the Owner will thereby be promoted. All Bidders are invited to attend a non-mandatory pre-bid conference to be held electronically via Zoom at 10:00 A.M. on April 2, 2026. Participants can join the video presentation by going to https://zoom.us/join or via conference call at +1(309) 205-3325. Please enter the Meeting ID#: 874 8237 7786; Passcode: 871333 at the website and on the conference call when prompted. The bidder’s company employee attending the pre-bid conference shall have qualifications and experience with the construction to be performed within this project. Any questions concerning the pre-bid conference shall be directed to the Architect. Nonresident bidders must accompany any written bid documents with a written opinion of an attorney at law licensed to practice law in such nonresident bidder’s state of domicile, as to the preferences, if any or none, granted by the law of that state to its own business entities whose principal places of business are in that state in the letting of any or all public contracts.
The Coosa County News – March 20; March 27; April 3, 2026
NOTICE OF FILING OF PETITION FOR SUMMARY DISTRIBUTION
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR COOSA COUNTY, ALABAMA
IN RE: The Estate of
LOIS JEAN CLARKSTON, Deceased
Case No.: 2026-0008
Notice is hereby given that a Petition for Summary Distribution of the above named estate was filed by Bonnie Clarkston on the 16th day of March, 2026. That the period in which claims may be filed against this estate is 30 days, and expires on midnight of the 31st day following publication.
This case is set for final hearing on the1st day of May 2026, at 10:30 am, Coosa County Probate Court, 9709 US Highway 231, Rockford, AL 35136. Any person or entity with a claim or concern may appear, and pursuant to law, the Court shall be requested to enter an order directing summary distribution of the estate of said decedent.
Richard M. Dean,
Judge Probate Court
Coosa County
Faye Edmondson,
Attorney
135 North Tallassee Street
Dadeville, AL 36853
256-825-9559
The Coosa County News – March 20; March 27; April 3, 2026
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE
COOSA COUNTY
Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Zackery James Emfinger, a single man, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Flagstar Bank, N.A, its successors and assigns on July 14, 2023, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Coosa
County, Alabama, at Mort Book 473, Page 111; the undersigned Rocket Mortgage, LLC s/b/m to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, as Mortgagee/Transferee, under and by virtue of the power of sale contained in said mortgage, will sell at public outcry to the highest bidder for cash or certified funds, in front of the main entrance of the Courthouse at Coosa County, Alabama, on April 23,2026, during the legal hours of sale, all of its right, title, and interest in and to the following described real estate, situated in Coosa County, Alabama, to-wit:
EXHIBIT “A”
Properly Description
Closing Date: July 14, 2023
Buyer{s): Zackery James Emfinger
Property Address: 2014 Coosa County Road 51, Equality, AL
36026
PROPERTY DESCRIPTION:
Commence at the 3/4” Crimped top pipe at the intersection of the East line of Section 24 T21N, R19E, Coosa County, Alabama, and the South right of way of Coosa County Road #51 (30’ Prescriptive ROW); thence South 47 degrees 27’ 33”West a distance of 421.63 1 to 1/2” rebar on the North ROW of said road, and the POINT OF BEGINNING; thence along said ROW of said road, South 39 degrees 04’ 02” West a distance of 348.93’ to a 1” angle iron on the East ROW of Alabama Highway #9 (100’ ROW); thence leaving said ROW of County Road #51, along said ROW of Alabama Highway #9, along a curve to the Right said curve having a radius of 3993.70’ and a Chord of North 23 degrees 12’ 54” West a distance of 277.9’ to a 1 “¼” Pipe; thence leaving said ROW of said road. North 62 degrees 03’ 00” East a distance of 272.77’to a concrete monument; thence North 50 degrees 36’ 37” East a distance of 117.50’ to a 1” Pipe; thence South 28 degrees 22’ 21”East a distance of 124.32’ to the POINT OF BEGINNING. Said Parcel containing ).76 acres more or less and lying in SE 1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 24 T21N,R19E
Coosa County, Alabama.
LESS AND EXCEPT:
Commence at the 3/4” Crimped top pipe-at the intersection of the East line of Section 24, T21N, R19E, Coosa County, Alabama, and the South Right of Way of Coosa County Road #51 (30’ Prescriptive ROW); thence South 47 deg27 min 33 see West a distance of 421.63 feet to a ½” rebar on the North Right of Way of said road, and the Point of Beginning; thence along said Right of Way of said road, South 38 deg 22 min [8 sec West a distance of 98.89 feet to a I” angle iron; thence leaving said Right of Way of said road, North 38 deg 13 min 42 sec West a distance of 143.02 feet to a concrete monument; thence – North 50 deg 36 min 37 see East a distance of 117.50 feet to a 1” pipe; thence South 28 deg 22 min 21 sec East a distance of 124.32 feet to the Point of Beginning. Said Parcel containing 0.32 acres more or less and lying in the SE1/4 of the NE 1/4 of Section 24, T2IN, R19E, Coosa County, Alabama.
Property street address for informational purposes: 2014 Coosa County Rd 51 Equality, AL 36026
THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD ON AN “AS IS, WHERE IS” BASIS, SUBJECT TO ANY EASEMENTS, ENCUMBRANCES, AND EXCEPTIONS REFLECTED IN THE MORTGAGE AND THOSE CONTAINED IN THE RECORDS OF THE OFFICE OF THE JUDGE OF
PROBATE OF THE COUNTY WHERE THE ABOVE-DESCRIBED PROPERTY IS SITUATED. THIS PROPERTY WILL BE SOLD WITHOUT WARRANTY OR RECOURSE, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED AS TO TITLE, USE AND/OR ENJOYMENT AND WILL BE SOLD SUBJECT TO THE RIGHT OF REDEMPTION OF ALL PARTIES ENTITLED THERETO.
Alabama law gives some persons who have an interest in property the right to redeem the property under certain circumstances. Programs may also exist that help persons avoid or delay the foreclosure process. An attorney should be consulted to help you understand these rights and programs as a part of the foreclosure process. This sale is made for the purpose of paying the indebtedness secured by said mortgage, as well as the expenses of foreclosure. The successful bidder must tender cash or certified funds made payable to Aldridge Pite, LLP at the time and place of the sale. If sale is voided, Mortgagee/Transferee shall return the bid amount to the successful purchaser. The Mortgagee/Transferee and Aldridge Pite, LLP shall not be liable to the purchaser for any damages. If the sale is set aside for any reason, the purchaser at the sale shall be only entitled to a return of the bid amount. The Mortgagee/Transferee reserves the right to bid,for and purchase the real estate and to credit its purchase price against the expenses of sale and the indebtedness secured by the real estate. This sale is subject to postponement or cancellation.
Rocket Mortgage, LLC s/b/m to Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, Mortgagee/Transferee ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP Six Piedmont Center 3525 Piedmont Road, N.E., Suite 700 Atlanta, GA 30305. Attorney for Mortgagee/Transferee.
Newspaper: Coosa County News
Publication Dates: 3/27/2026, 4/3/2026, 4/10/2026
THIS OFFICE IS ACTING AS A DEBT COLLECTOR AND IS ATTEMPTING TO COLLECT A DEBT. ANY INFORMATION OBTAINED WILL BE USED FOR THAT PURPOSE.
The Coosa County News – March 27; April 3; April 10, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING 2026 ELECTIONS
STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF COOSA
PROBATE COURT
Alabama Gubernatorial elections will be held in 2026. Alabama will hold its Primary Election for the Democrat and Republican political parties on Tuesday, May 19, 2026. The Primary Runoff Election will be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
The Primary Election for the major parties is a step toward selecting candidates for the offices that will appear on the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot. In the Primary Election, only offices with more than one qualified candidate running within the respective party will be listed on the Party ballot. If there is only one qualified candidate within the party for a particular office, that candidate will be the party’s candidate and will only appear on the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot. For all offices affecting Coosa County with multiple candidates within either the Democrat or Republican parties, sample ballots will be published in the Coosa County News as soon
as they are available.
Alabama Primary Elections are “major party” elections. To participate in the 2026 Primary Election on May 19, 2026, a voter must be registered to vote, present proper Identification, then declare and vote either a Democrat Party ballot, a Republican Party
ballot, or a Constitutional Amendment only ballot. There can be no split-party or write-in voting in Alabama primary elections because they are major-party elections. Any voter who votes in the Primary Party Election and then votes in the Primary Runoff Election must vote the same party affiliation in the Primary Runoff as he/she voted in the Primary Election. Any voter not voting in the Primary Election or voting a Constitutional Amendment only ballot may select either party in the Primary Runoff Election.
For the November 3, 2026, General Election, the voter does not select a party ballot. Voters may vote for anyone on the ballot regardless of party affiliation. If you have any questions regarding the 2026 Primary Election, please call the Probate Office at 256-377-4919 Option 4, or e-mail at CoosaCountyProbate@outlook.com.
All Coosa County Polling Facilities/Places are handicap accessible and have all the required voting equipment to assist voters with the voting process. Any voter may bring someone to assist the voter in marking and/or casting a ballot or ask any person (except an employer or union representative) the voter desires to assist him/her with marking and/or casting a ballot. Curbside voting in Alabama is expressly prohibited by law, all voting must be accomplished inside the polling facility. Ballots may not be taken outside the facility.
Polling facility locations for the 2026 elections are: Absentee (Courthouse); Community Life Center, Cottage Grove; Equality Methodist Church Fellowship Hall (Note: Facility Name change only); Goodwater Fire Department on highway 9; Hanover Fire
Department; Kellyton Civic Complex Cafeteria; Marble Valley Fire Department; Goodwater Fire Station 3 (Mt. Olive); Ray Fire Department; Richville Fire Department; Rockford Event Center; Weogufka Center for Arts (Old High School lunchroom); and West Coosa Senior Center, Stewartville. Voting hours are 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m.
Absentee voting may be accomplished in the Judge of Probate’s office. Absentee Voting is now in progress. A voter may apply by mail or come to the Absentee Election Manager, Judge of Probate Richard Dean’s office to obtain and/or cast an absentee ballot.
For more information regarding absentee voting, please call 256-377-4919, Option 4, or go to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Website:
https://www.sos.alabama.gov/alabama-votes/absentee-ballot-application-by-county .
Voter lists, polling officials, and other election information will be published as required by law on specific dates in future issues of the Coosa County News.
Richard M. Dean
Coosa County Judge of Probate
The Coosa County News – April 3, 2026
PUBLIC NOTICE REGARDING UPCOMING
PRIMARY ELECTION: MAY 19, 2026
and
PRIMARY RUNOFF ELECTION: JUNE 16, 2026
STATE OF ALABAMA
COUNTY OF COOSA
PROBATE COURT
Pursuant to §21-4-23(b) of the Code of Alabama (1975), notice is hereby given of the following with regard to Coosa County, Alabama:
1. Instructions, printed in large type, conspicuously displayed at each voter registration site and polling place, sufficient to provide hearing impaired and seriously visually impaired voters with adequate information as to how and where they may register and vote.
2. Each polling place shall have an ExpressVote Universal Voting System for use by voters with disabilities who would otherwise be prevented from voting because of their inability to mark a paper ballot.
3. Absentee ballots are available to any voter with a disability or elderly voter who, because of disability or age, is unable to go to their assigned polling place to vote on Election Day. The deadline for requesting and submitting an absentee ballot is the same as it is for other persons seeking to vote by absentee ballot.
4. Each voter, including voters with a disability or elderly voters, may select a person of his or her choice to accompany such voter into the polling place to assist with the marking and casting of a ballot, provided the person providing assistance is not the voting voter’s employer, agent of the voting voter’s employer, or an officer or agent of the voting voter’s labor union.
5. The Primary Election shall be held on Tuesday, May 19, 2026.
6. The Primary Runoff Election shall be held on Tuesday, June 16, 2026.
RICHARD M. DEAN
Judge of Probate
The Coosa County News – April 3, 2026