Patriots bolstered by deep roster
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent
Depth, depth and more depth.
That may be the best way to describe this year’s West End High boys basketball team.
With eight seniors and four juniors on the varsity, first-year coach Clint Brannon has a lot of athletes to substitute in and out.
“I’ve already seen a couple of teams that were worn down by the fourth quarter,”
Which Indian tribes lived in Etowah County?
For several years, the Vagabond has been asked the question of where the Cherokee and Creek Indian tribes lived in Etowah County. On top of that, it has been wrongly said that the Creek tribe held the area south of Wills and Line creeks. This area would include the area south of Gadsden and Attalla. It is amazing that there
Legal, responsible gun owners should not have to choose
When our founding fathers wrote the Bill of Rights, they made the “right to keep and bear arms” a priority. In fact, the right to own a firearm comes second only to the First Amendment rights to free speech, freedom of religion and the freedom of the press.
The founding fathers were wise to provide constitutional protections for gun ownership.
The actual
‘All-American’ is more than a name
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
At Boomer’s All-American Barber and Spa, All-American is more a name, it’s a commitment for owners Ron and Teresa Dalton to buy only U.S. made products.
The couple have adhered to that commitment personally for about five years, Ron Dalton said, and when they made plans to open Boomer’s, they decided to carry on with that commitment as
Dec. 11 vote decides race for District 30
Voters in Etowah and St. Clair counties will go to the polls again Dec. 11 to decide who will fill former Alabama State Representative Blaine Galliher’s seat and represent the people of District 30.
Republican Mack Butler faces Democrat Beth McGlaughn in the race.
Butler, from Rainbow City, has served on the Etowah County Board of Education and is the owner of
Christ Central assists local families
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Christ Central United Methodist Church in Rainbow City has operated a food pantry for about four years – collecting food and making it available to those in need.
Through the food pantry, church volunteers are well aware of the “huge ongoing need” for assistance in the community. That led to the church’s most recent effort to meet those
Tour given of ICE units in EC detention center
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Most people know U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement contracts with Etowah County to house detainees in the Etowah County Detention Center, but who is housed in those units of the jail and why they are there may have been something of a mystery.
Officials with the Immigration Customs Enforcement and the Etowah County Detention Center invited reporters to