2012 High School Football Preview: Eagles looking to fly high in Class 4A
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent
What’s a four-letter word you love to hate? For Hokes Bluff coach Mike Robertson, it’s “4A.”
Okay, it’s not a four-letter word, per se. But Robertson feels like it is.
The Eagles are back in the higher classification for the first time since 2009. In all, Hokes Bluff has been a Class 3A school
2012 High School Football Preview: Loaded Lions making the leap to Class 4A
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent After producing the school’s best-ever record (9-2) and winning the first region title since 1988 while scoring the most points in school history, the Sardis High football has a new level of confidence. “The guys are gaining more confidence and I think we can compete with any team on […]
2012 High School Football Preview: Blue Devils set to defend region title
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent
It’s been a few years since there was a lot of excitement around Etowah football.
Following last year’s team that rang up a 10-2 record and won the Class 5A, Region 7 championship, that winning feeling is back.
After the glory years of the late 1990s that saw the Blue Devils bring home two
2012 High School Football Preview: Former Panther greenhorns well-seasoned
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent
The game is still football, but at Southside they’re also playing a numbers game.
Starting this, Marty Smith’s second season as head coach, there are 37 freshmen and 82 seventh- and eighth-graders. Those numbers certainly bode well for the future.
“You expect to have good numbers your first year,” Smith said. “But to have
2012 High School Football Preview: Titans welcome new region neighbors
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent Gadsden City High fans will get some new looks this year. The Titans, who have competed in regions composed mostly of Birmingham teams for their entire six-year existence, will play in a different region this go-round, play-ing a few Huntsville teams. Hewitt-Trussville, Clay-Chalkville, Oxford and Pell City are still on […]
Runoff vote required for three races
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Runoff votes will be required in only three of the municipal elections held Aug. 28. Two city council races in Attalla and one in Hokes Bluff will bring voters back to the polls in those cities on Oct. 9.
Municipal elections found three incumbent mayors claiming their seats for another term and former state senator Larry
Gadsden City Council votes to give piano, fund program
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The City of Gadsden gave the gift of music – or the potential for it – to the Northeast Alabama Boys and Girls Club at the Aug. 28 city council meeting.
Council members voted to authorize the transfer of an Upright Singer Piano to the club. The piano had been in the Pow Wow Room at
UW drive kicks off
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The United Way of Etowah County kicked off its 2012 campaign with the fitting theme “Different by Nature, United by Mission.”
At a football themed lunch last Thursday, United Way volunteer Valerie Richardson, who chaired the Pacesetter Campaign, gave results of that drive and started the ball rolling toward the $1,385,000 fundraising goal set by the
OLLI offers 50-plus crowd classes, much more
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The Osher Institute of Lifelong Learning could be the school people dreamed about in their youth. Imagine getting the chance to help select the subjects, schedule plenty of fun field trips and special programs such as wine-tasting and making party mints.
The University of Alabama Gadsden, UA in Tuscaloosa and Huntsville are the only OLLI sites,