Before it was a city, Attalla played role in region’s history
Incorporated as a town on February 5, 1872, by the 44th General Assembly of the Alabama Legislature. However, the city’s history actually predates its incorporation as a town.
The City of Attalla occupies the site of an Indian village that had considerable importance during the Creek War of 1813-14. The village was located along the banks of Big Wills Creek
Area teams receive votes in ASWA preseason football poll
By Paul Beaudry/For ASWA
Three local teams received votes in the Ala-bama Sports Writers Association’s preseason high school football poll released this week.
Class 6A Gadsden City garnered 33 points, while Etowah had nine points in Class 5A. Moving up from Class 3A, Sardis is the 12th ranked squad in 4A with 24 points.
Four teams that finished the
Crowe sees many Gamecock youngsters contributing this fall
By Gene Stanley/Messenger Sports Correspondent
Beware of the puppies!
That was the message that Jacksonville State University football coach Jack Crowe sent out at the team’s 2012 Media Day on Aug. 3 in Jacksonville.
“These days, if a kid is good, his peers call him a dog,” Crowe said, laughing. “We’ve got a whole bunch of puppies who could
Printup Hotel was a model for today’s world-class hotels
This week the Vagabond writes about the Printup Hotel building, located at Locust and Fourth streets in Gadsden.
In the early 1880’s, the block bounded by Broad, Locust, Third and Fourth streets was partly a residential section in the middle of the original survey of the town.
There were several stores, and in front of them was a brick
Kids’ haircuts free for back-to-school
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
A couple of years ago the people of First United Methodist Church of Gadsden were looking for a need to fill when it comes to getting local children ready to go back to school.
Associate Pastor Tammy Jackson said they knew that for most parents the list of things needed for back-to-school is long and costly, and they
McGuire brings film venture back home
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Bo McGuire wants to bring a film crew to his hometown of Hokes Bluff to lend a true southern twang to “*Hitbird,” a film project for his second year of film studies at New York University.
McGuire, a 2002 Hokes Bluff High School graduate, filmed a 12-minute spring project – the story of two southern girls rumored to
Collins running for mayor of RBC
By Donna Thornton/News Editor Bob Collins recently announced his candidacy for the mayor’s office in Rainbow City. Collins has lived in Rainbow City for 10 years and is self-employed. He is the founder of the annual Willie’s Woods fundraiser to benefit St. Jude’s Childrens Hospital. Collins describes himself as a person who pushes to get […]
Oliver running for Mayor of Attalla
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Donald Oliver recently announced his candidacy for mayor of Attalla.
Oliver currently represents District 3 on the Attalla City Council, where he oversees the police and public works departments.
“I would love to see downtown come alive again,” Oliver said in a statement. “We need more jobs, businesses, and revenue. When people visit Attalla, I
Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame STILL needs a woman’s touch
By Joshua Price/Sports Editor
The most recent inductees to the Etowah County Sports Hall of Fame were enshrined during a special ceremony at Convention Hall in Gadsden on July 27.
Emma Sansom’s Walter Holt and Terry Cooper, Southside’s Kyle Chambers, and Tennessee native and current Gadsden resident Marian Stirling Burnett Ford were selected by the committee as the Class of 2012 for