Local coach, players to participate in July North/South games
By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent Jeremy Brooks said there was no argument at all about naming Jason Shields as one of the two girls basketball coaches for the North in the upcoming (July 15-19) 17th annual North-South All-Star games. Brooks, the head coach at Gadsden City High School, was one of several committee members who chose […]
Cardinal student-athletes recognized
Gadsden State Community College recently announced that three of the school’s athletic teams qualified for the National Junior College Athletic Association Academic Teams for 2012-2013. The qualifying teams included softball with a 3.33 GPA, men’s tennis with a 3.29 GPA and volleyball with a 3.22 GPA. To qualify as an academic team, athletic teams must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative
In & around SEC baseball
NCAA Regional Tournament Review
Nine Southeastern Conference teams made the NCAA baseball tournament, but only four advanced to the best-of-three Super Regionals set for this weekend.
South Carolina easily won its regional and will face North Carolina. Vanderbilt also won, and the Commodores will play Louisville.
SEC tournament champion LSU dominated its regional, and the Tigers play Oklahoma this weekend.
Republican Supermajority embraces anti-education agenda
If there was any doubt before as to whether the Alabama Republican Party and the Republicans in the Alabama Legislature are waging a war on public education, those doubts have been put to rest now.
Last week, the Alabama Republican Party ann-ounced that Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker would be the party’s keynote speaker at its summer dinner in Montgomery this August.
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How did Gadsden get started? Part 3
The Vagabond has been asked many times as to how Gadsden was started and information about the city’s early years. One of Gadsden’s early historians and mayors, Charles P. Smith (1863-1929), wrote about the early Gadsden and how it got started. He continues:
“Westward Ho! The star of the Empire takes its course, so Gadsden began to grow west from the
Grants help Hokes Bluff High School build outdoor classroom
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Hokes Bluff High School Principal Scott Calhoun credits teacher Lannis Marbut with coming up for the idea, but several people and organizations played a role in the school’s new outdoor classroom.
The classroom, a concreted area with decorative iron fencing had picnic tables and benches, to give students a place to spend break time, and for teachers
Many musical offerings on tap — free of charge
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The sound of summer in the Gadsden area is music, with a variety of musical offerings to entertain residents and visitors – much of it free.
Downtown Gadsden Inc. Director Kay Moore invites everyone to make Mondays in June less manic by taking a lunch break with DJ Buster Porch, who will be spinning cool jazz tunes at
Habitat, Taylors break ground on #43
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
A steady rain didn’t dampen spirits June 4 as Melissa Taylor and her son Brayden gathered with Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity volunteers for the groundbreaking on her first house and Habitat’s 43rd.
Without Habitat and its sweat-equity program enabling people in substandard housing to seek funding for a home at much lower than conventional costs as they work
The Cupboard staff prepares for 2nd Saturday
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Downtown Attalla business owners are busy as they prepare for Second Saturday – the city’s monthly summer street festival that brings music, vendors and hundreds of visitors in for a night on the town.
None could be more busy than Terry Bryant, owner of The Cupboard restaurant in Attalla. Bryant’s business is open for lunch from 10:30 a.m.