The picture on the left is Brantley Bradley, son of Emily and Josh ( stepfather ) and son of Mike Bradley. The picture on the right is Tate Fails, son of Emily and Josh Fails.
Brantley is age 14 and attends Cottonwood High School and Tate is age 3 and attends daycare in Malvern.
Brantley underwent three surgeries in 2025 on his neck. He has a shunt because his spinal fluid does not exit the brain. It required him to be flown by Survival Flight, Mark Reynolds, to Children’s Hospital, after Dr. Fred Pich diagnosed Brantley and saved his life.
It required three surgeries on his neck in 2025 adjusting his shunt. Now the doctors state that Brantley must have a spinal infusion, a 10 hour surgery. That will probably be in December.
TATE FAILS
The doctor for Brantley has been monitoring Brantley’s little brother, Tate. On Monday, after a visit to Children’s Hospital for MRI’s, the doctor’s have made the decision that Tate is going to require surgery. Not to the extent of a shunt, but going into the top of his head and opening up some drainage clogs.
That surgery is schedued for Friday at Children’s Hospital in Birmingham.
We would like to ask you to keep Tate, Emily, Josh, and the doctor’s in prayer this week. And to keep Brantley, Emily, Josh and Mike in your prayers for December.
MOTEL ROOMS
I went to reserve rooms in Birmingham. Tate has to be at Children’s at 5:30 AM on Friday. Where we normally stay, Home2Home Suites at Children’s is sold out and most are sold out. Rooms are going for $ 396.00 a night, $ 401.00 a night, which are near the hospital and the one we always stay at is sold out. Alabama verses Georgia game this weekend.
So we are making reservations. Sorry Alabama – Georgia fans, but hopefully the weather will cancel the game and free up roooms at Children’s. Know that is selfish, but…
PRAYER
Please remember this two precious boys in your prayers.
COTTONWOOD: Reports to RSN on tonights Cottonwood Town Council Meeting. The meeting was opened with Mayor Van Granger and members of the Cottonwood Town Council going into executive session with Attorney Press Register. While Register stated they expected 15 minutes it was some 22 minutes.
The Mayor and Council returned to the meeting with no mention of what took place or any motions made following the executive session. Official action can not be taken in an executive session. The Mayor and Council has to return into the open meeting and make any motions.
There was no mention of the Mayor’s actions towards volunteer members of the Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department. No council person had the backbone to bring the item up to be discussed in an open meeting. So that pretty much sums up what the feelings are from the council towards the men and women of the Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department.
Randy Hall is still the Fire Chief of the Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department. However Cottonwood Mayor Van Granger has removed the Chief’s son and wife from the department and tresspassed them from the department. And the reasons is no threats of any kind, just because at city hall, not the fire department, they told the Mayor what he could do with the check. And that has hurt the Mayor’s feelings.
The City of Dothan stopped a man from coming into the Dothan Civic Center. It is reported to have cost the City of Dothan around $ 89,000.00 because they can not stop the man from the Dothan Administrative Offices. And Dothan had more grounds to do so then what Cottonwood Mayor Van Granger has in his actions.
This City Council and Mayor are forcing the Cottonwood Fire Chief and his family to take legal action that will cost the City of Cottonwood money. So remember that Citizens!
TAYLOR: The regular scheduled meeting of the City Council for Taylor was held this evening. Mayor Robert Lamb was reported to be physically “sick” and was not in attendance.
The council did not have their agenda’s for the meeting until they walked in for the meeting. They have said months ago they requested the agendas and documentation be emailed the Friday before the meeting. That does not happen. Mayor Pro Tem Kenny Thompson, who had to act as Mayor, stated in the meeting that he had to call the City Clerk, Sophia Rogers about 2 PM to get the agenda emailed to him.
The council introduced several ordinances and resolutions tonight that were not on the agenda. One dealt with the hiring of the Police Chief. The ordinance was the majority of the council had to vote on the hiring of the police chief. Councilman Kelly said the ordinance was not needed, that it has always been the council votes on the police chief. One fellow councilman asked Mr. Kelly had he voted on the last two police chief’s in which he replied NO. Then it was quickly quipped thus the reason for the ordinance making it clear.!!!!
Several other ordinances and resolutions the council attempted to pass were roadblocked by Councilman Kelly. The items were not on the agenda, because as voiced in the meeting Mayor Robert Lamb had them removed from the agenda. To suspend the rules and add them to the agenda requires unanimous approval from the council. Councilman Kelly voted NAY which stopped them from being dealt with at this meeting. However they will automatically appear on the agenda the next meeting.
It was obvious that Councilman Jerry Kelly was Mayor Robert Lamb’s puppet. Mr. Kelly is respected, but he is an enabler for the actions of Mayor Robert Lamb.
The four remaining council members accomplised more tonight then the Taylor City Council has accomplised since Noevmber 3, 2025 when Robert Lamb took office. And would have accomplised more if Councilman Kelly had not roadblocked it.
The council was going to address the employment of the City Attorney. The attorney was terminated by Mayor Robert Lamb without consultation with the members of the City Council. That was roadblocked again by Councilman Jerry Kelly. Currently the City of Taylor has no legal representation.
According to persons present at the meeting, Mayor Robert Lamb terminated Attorney Trant Bullard because he did not like the answer Bullard gave to a question.
Tonight was drama free, with the exception of Councilman Jerry Kelly stopping progress.
FOLKS IT IS WITH HEAVY HEARTS THAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OF OUR TOP HAND AND VERY CLOSE FRIEND, KEVIN AMERSON. PLEASE PRAY FOR THE FAMILY.
Well the border deal has gotten quiet for now, maybe the initial scare has passed, we just need the U S GOVERNMENT to get out of the way !! We have a new Auctioneer. Drake moved on to another job and we wish him all the best!! We have hired a young man that I think is one of the best and is a good fit for us. Dustin Doughtry is our Auctioneer and we are glad to have him !!
Slaughter cows 1 to 2 higher with bulls 1 to 4 lower . Replacement bred cows steady with no pairs to report . Calves and feeder cattle i to 8 higher with instances of 15 higher!! Very good demand on a wet day. Thank GOD for this good rain!!! Hopefully the market has turned the corner!! The cattle numbers are still low and the BEEF demand is still very STRONG !! We need the government to get out of the way and let the MARKET WORK !!! Do something about fuel and fertilizer cost and the BEEF market will take of itself!!!
Thank you all for your business and friendship!! And remember, we are not here just to sell your cattle; we are here to do whatever it takes to get every penny we can for your cattle.
OZARK: When Marsielena Williams was appointed Ozark City School Superintendent it was reported she was “ready to make her mark” on the Ozark City Schools. Apparently she and Carroll High Principal, Will Cammack, is assisting in making the mark.
They have suspended Baskeball Coach Rachael Johnson, who also serves as Director of Football Operations, and a pending November 2, 2026 hearing with the school board. RSN has been told parents are at the Superintendent’s Office with complaints of Cammack’s and William’s actions. The coach has been placed on leave with pay until the November 2nd meeting.
So apparently Marsielena Williams is making her mark on the Ozark City School System.
TAYLOR – COTTONWOOD: On Tuesday evening the Taylor City Council and Cottonwood Town Council will each meet in their regular scheduled meeting.
Since the last Taylor City Council Meeting, Mayor Robert Lamb has fired newly hired Attorney Trant Bullard. This action by Mayor Lamb came without the knowledge or consent of the members of the Taylor City Council. That will prove interesting on Tuesday.
In addition, the last meeting of Taylor City Council they rejected Magistrate Ann Baxter request to attend Perdido Beach Magistrate Conference. One Magistrate was going. The council was told the money had been sent but the council saw no need for Ann Baxter to attend. The members of the council has already said in a meeting the items need to come to the council before the last minute. Even the council rejected Ann Baxter attending, according to the FACEBOOK of Ann Baxter she went anyway. Some say the council has no authority over the court fund money from which the trip was paid. The corrrect answer is unknown but from what RSN has observed what the members of the Taylor Council say makes no difference anyway. The Mayor and employees do what they want regardless of council members approval or rejection.
Robert Lamb has not been mayor for a year. His first action was to fire Taylor Police Chief James Brazier, which was 30 minutes following the oath of office. The Taylor City Council did not follow their own personnel rules and regulations in that matter. In September, after almost one year, the council voted to terminate Brazier without following Alabama law and their handbook.
Since Lamb has been Mayor the city attorney for Taylor before Bullard no longer represented Taylor. The accounting firm no longer represented Taylor. A employee with Taylor resigned because of allegations of a hostile work enviornmoent created by Lamb when he is alleged to have cussed her out. A Taylor Police Officer left. Lamb has been an embarrassment for the City of Taylor.
In Cottonwood, after Mayor Van Granger received a freedom of information request from Attorney John White who represents Cottonwood Fire Chief Randy Hall, Mayor Granger sent a letter to the son and wife of Chief Hall. Mayor Granger barred Chief Hall’s son and wife from the Cottonwood Volunteer Fire Department and Cottonwood City Hall. The reason is they returned the checks paid for gas reimbursement from fire calls because the City Clerk was going around the fire chief’s back requesting a print out of 911 calls. When questioned by Chief Hall different answers were given. All the city had to do was ask Chief Hall and the data would have been supplied. But they went behind the fire chief’s back and started drama.
Hall’s son and wife did not threaten the Mayor, who was with the Cottonwood Police Chief and Cottonwood Police Colonel but told them where they could stick the checks. Mayor Granger has not been able to get over that and removed Chief’s Hall son, a certified fireman from the VOLUNTEER Fire Department and the Chief’s wife from the fire department and city hall.
It will be interesting on Tuesday if the Cottonwood Town Council overrides Mayor Van Granger.
The City of Dothan barred a person from Dothan Civic Center, Following a federal case there was a settlement with the City of Dothan where they paid the man a reported $ 89,000.00 – UNCONFIRMED because a confidential settlement but FACT CHECK ME. So Mayor Granger’s actions has the potential of costing the citizens of Cottonwood a large sum of money.
