To get results, we must invest in our children’s education
As legislators prepare to return to Montgomery next week for the 2013 Legislative Session, one of the biggest issues we will address will be public education.
Last week, Republicans in the state legislature announced their legislative agenda for this year. Their only education proposal was a school flexibility bill that would allow local school systems to seek waivers on state statues,
Noccalula Falls featured as film finishes shooting
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Steven R. Satterwhite wrapped principal shooting on his independent film “Survive the Innocent” at Noccalula Falls Sunday (Jan. 27), but he said it is just one step in a process that he hopes will bring more film production to his home state.
Satterwhite and a crew of almost-all Alabama folks have been working for months shooting the film
Sheriff’s office offers safety seminars, free gun safety for public
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The Etowah County Sheriff’s Office is partnering with Gadsden State Community College to offer seminars to help make places of work and places of worship safer.
The sheriff’s office also plans Civilian Firearms Safety courses that will start later this month, to teach the basics of using a gun.
Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said he wants to get
School safety task force issues report
A task force made up of law enforcement, school and elected officials issued a report making recommendations to improve school safety and offering some recommendations about how to fund the improvements.
Recommended changes include equipping all schools with appropriate video and audio surveillance equipment and with “adequate communications capability to ensure immediate access to first responders.”
The task force also recommends each
RBC to build facility; increase tax 5 mills
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The Rainbow City Utilities Board and City Council announced plans for a waste-water treatment plant that will meet the city’s current sewage needs and is expected to accommodate growth for the next 30 years.
The projected cost of the plant is roughly $14.8 million. The utilities board has moved forward on a two-part bond issue, with half issued