Hokes Bluff softball gets check
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor State Representative Craig Ford (D-Gadsden) recently secured funds for the Hokes Bluff girls softball team’s general fund. Representative Ford presented the check to the school at a halftime ceremony during the Class 3A, Area 10 basketball semi-finals game on Feb. 9.
Old book about early Gadsden, Part 2
By Danny Crownover This article was taken out of an old book called Northern Alabama, 1888. In it is much about Gadsden and Etowah County. Let’s continue our story for the week. “Gadsden is situated on a large plateau, 700 feet above the level of the sea, about fifty feet above the highest water, with […]
Alabama Democrats ready to work with Republicans
By State Rep. Craig Ford
Since 1993, Alabama has focused its job recruiting efforts on bringing in large companies and growing the automotive industry. These efforts started with Governor Folsom and continued under Governor Siegelman. Over a period of just a few years, Mercedes, Toyota, Honda, and Hyundai took Alabama from dead last in the number of autos built to…
Spreading the Good Word through music
By Chris McCarthy/Publisher
If we all have a song in our hearts, Dee Downey Pruett’s most vital organ is bursting at the seams with music.
The Attalla resident is the founder and operator of the Singing Bible Drill series, which creates musical Bible memory programs and other Christian-based music for children and young adults.
Originally a series of three CDs,…
Go Red for Women event a success
By Tamara Tellis/Staff Writer
According to the website womenheart.org, it is estimated that 42 million American women live with heart disease.
Many of these women, however, are unaware of the threat the disease places on their lives. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in American women – a statistic that many women don’t know exists.
In collaboration with…
Lady Titans whip Clay-Chalkville
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Five Titans scored in double figures as Gadsden City smacked Clay-Chalkville, 70-50, in Class 5A Northeast Sub-Regional action on Feb. 16.
Portia Sims scored 17 points to lead all Titan scorers. Genesis McCants scored 13, while Brooke Burns netted 12 and Dajia Williams added 11. Takara Blount chipped in 10.
Gadsden City started the game sluggish offensively. Clay-Chalkville hit…
Westbrook falls in Sub-Regionals
By Deunte Marshall/Sports Correspondent
North Sand Mountain defeated Westbrook Christian on Feb. 16, 69-36, in Class 2A Northeast Sub-Regional tournament action.
The fifth-ranked Bisons dominated the post and checked the Warriors’ guards in the second half.
“We missed a lot of foul shots,” Westbrook head coach Barry Ryan said. “We also lost Chloe Saunders to a knee injury. They just out played us…