Council, IDA Director discuss incentives for industry lead
By Donna Thornton/Messenger
Gadsden-Etowah Industrial Development Board Executive Director Mike McCain cannot disclose any information about an industrial prospect that is looking for a home, and may be looking at Gadsden.
McCain met in executive session Sept. 4 with members of the Gadsden City Council to get authorization on what incentives Gadsden can offer while trying to attract the industry.
Gene Jelks comes home with goal of giving to Gadsden
By Donna Thornton/News Editor Gene Jelks has come home, to host a ministry outreach event he hopes will bring the Gadsden community together. He’s been away from Gadsden for 25 years, Jelks said, and he gives God the glory for the First Annual Kids Day event, which has brought him home. Kids Day will be […]
Etowah County Fair set for Sept. 18-22
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Preparations are underway for the 73rd annual Etowah County Fair coming to the fairgrounds in Attalla Sept. 18-22. The 2012 fair promises all the traditional elements of the county fair – food, carnival rides and games, exhibits and entertainment. Etowah County’s fair is the second oldest in the state. It is sponsored by the American Legion
Cothran’s Bakery to mark 50th anniversary
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Usually, the one celebrating the anniversary gets the gifts, but when Cothran’s Bakery marks its 50th Sept. 15, the bakery staff will treat everyone else to special prices on sweet treats.
Owner Chris Cothran said all donuts will be 50 cents, regardless of the kind, and there will be other unadvertised specials. That way, Cothran said,
Legal Notices for the week of Sept 7 – Sept 13, 2012
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness described in and secured by that certain mortgage executed by Sue J. Hutchins, an unmarried woman to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc.,(MERS) acting solely as nominee for Lender, America’s Wholesale Lender, Lender’s successors and assigns dated September 3, 2004, and […]
Downtown Gadsden, Inc. preps for ‘Sunset Sips’ fest on bridge
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Downtown Gadsden, Inc. wants to give people the opportunity to savor the sunset overlooking the Coosa River, literally.
DGI Director Kay Moore recently told members of the Gadsden City Council about plans for an event that would close Memorial Bridge for a late afternoon and evening so that people could enjoy drinks and hor d’ouevres on
Boy gives hair for kids with cancer
By Donna Thornton News Editor
Most girls would have envied Dawson Gladden’s hair – long wavy blond locks that his mother captured in photos, hanging down his back from underneath a cowboy hat.
And thanks to the John Jones Elementary School fourth-grader’s generosity, someone else may have that hair soon. He got a haircut at L.A. Brooke Salon in downtown
Fort Turkeytown location remains an Etowah mystery
The site of Fort Turkeytown is clouded with the fact that research indicates that there was a council house and village established by Chief Little Turkey on Turkey Town Creek around 1789. This site was located about five miles northeast of Gadsden in Etowah County.
The site of a later Turkey Town was again located near Pathkiller’s Ferry, but
Finding formula for jobs
This week, our nation celebrates Labor Day – a day meant to honor and show appreciation to hard-working Americans throughout the country. But this year, the celebrations seem bittersweet.
For four years, our nation has struggled to climb out of this recession. Some states have been more successful than others in recruiting or keeping jobs, and until recently, Alabama appeared