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Legal Notices for the week of Aug. 30-Sept. 5, 2013

_____________MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated August 5, 2005, executed by Gary Clay Johnson and Kristy S. Johnson, husband and wife, to Amsouth Bank, which mortgage was recorded on August 8, 2005, in Document Number M-2005-3295, of the mortgage records in the […]

SHS girls put out Glencoe

By Matthew Martin/Sports Correspondent

Southside High girls basketball coach Kim Nails had been wanting her team to play a full four quarters.

Unfortunately for Glencoe, the Panthers finally played a full game on Wednesday (Jan. 16) in the semifinals of the Etowah County Schools basketball tournament.

Top-seeded Southside got a balanced attack to pull away over the course of the game for a

Panthers crash past Jackets in semifinals

By Matthew Martin/Sports Correspondent

Southside’s young basketball team grew up a little last Wednesday (Jan. 16).

The Panthers crashed the offensive backboard to produce several second-chance baskets en route to a solid 53-42 win over rival Glencoe in the Etowah County Schools Basketball Tournament semifinals at Gadsden State.

With a majority of its squad made up of underclassmen, Southside figured to be a

Area teams ranked in ASWA poll

        BOYS
    CLASS 6A

1. Carver-Mont.
2. Lee-Huntsville
3. Hoover
4. Thompson
5. Mountain Brook
6. McGill-Toolen         
7. Smiths Station         
8. Blount
9. Hazel Green     
10. Murphy

     CLASS 5A
1. Wenonah
2. Paul Bryant
3. Sumter Central
4. Homewood
5. Jackson
6. Shelby County     
7.Central-Tuscaloosa
8. Sylacauga
9. Parker
10. Spanish Fort
 
    CLASS 4A
1. Madison County
2. Brewbaker

In & around SEC basketball

Auburn week 2 recap

The Auburn men’s team split a pair of road games last week, winning over South Carolina and losing to Arkansas. The Tigers are 2-1 in SEC play and they will host Kentucky and visit Vanderbilt this week.

Coach Williams-Flournoy and the Auburn women’s team defeated Ole Miss at home but lost to Texas A&M on the road last

West End’s Self signs with Snead

 By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter

A neck injury sidelined West End volleyball player Elissa Self for much of her junior season, which ended with the Lady Patriots qualifying for the Class 2A Elite Eight state tournament.

A completely healthy Self returned to West End’s starting lineup in the fall of 2012, and her performance propelled the squad to a second straight

Life around the Dwight Mill Village – Part 4

This week Vagabond received a message from Mike Morgan who wrote:

“I have been reading The Messenger and I came across your stories on the mill village. The Emery family in the story is my great grandmother (Lula Emery) and her children. Lula moved in 1907 to Alabama City from Falkville, AL after her husband, J.R. Emery, died. They came