Sameah performers reunite decades after touring ended
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Starting in the early 1970s, a revolving group of young people from Rainbow City United Methodist Church and what was then Westminster High School took part in a unique ministry.
They were members of Sameah, and traveled all over the southeast performing dramas and musicals that shared the message of Christ in churches from Virginia to Oklahoma.
Former members
Nordgren to seek re-election
Highlighting her support for economic development legislation, ethics measures, and bills that preserve conservative beliefs and principles, Republican State Rep. Becky Nordgren (R- Gadsden) announced she will be a candidate for re-election during the upcoming 2014 campaign cycle.
“Creating jobs, bringing honesty and integrity to state government, and blocking Barack Obama’s liberal policies from being enacted on the state level have
John Blackwell steps down as Glencoe coach
By Gene Stanley/Correspondent
An Etowah County institution is gone.
Last Monday (June 17), Glencoe High girls basketball coach John Blackwell resigned his coaching and teaching positions during an Etowah County Board of Education meeting. On Tuesday, he was hired as teacher and junior high boys basketball coach at Sand Rock High School.
“(The Cherokee County Board of Education) called me about 10 p.m.
Former Panther standout to coach at Sand Rock
By Shannon Fagan/Cherokee County Herald
Former Southside-Gadsden baseball standout Tyler Driskell knows what it takes to make a championship-contending team. He did so as a player and a coach.
Now he’s hoping his successful background will help lead the Sand Rock High Wildcats to prominence.
Driskell was officially hired on June 18 by the Cherokee County Board of Education. He fills the vacancy
In & around SEC baseball
College World Series Review
Only five teams remain in the College World Series, and only one of those teams is from the Southeastern Conference.
Mississippi State defeated both Oregon State and Indiana, 5-4, and the Bulldogs are only three wins away from winning the national championship.
The Bulldogs played Oregon State first, once again relying heavily on their dominant bullpen to
Sneaking in the back door
It is no secret that things in Montgomery have become much more partisan and tense since 2010. Some of that you would expect. After all, politics is a contact sport.
But over the past three years, our legislature – under the leadership of the Republican Supermajority – has embraced dishonest tactics to sneak radical legislation in through the back door.
This strategy
The Vagabond – How did Gadsden get started? Part 5
The Vagabond has been asked many times as to how Gadsden was started and its early years. One of Gadsden early historian and mayor, Charles P. Smith (1863-1929) wrote about the early Gadsden and how it got started. He continues:
Chapter V – Some more pioneers
“Well, we finished the roll call of the Christophers last week. That is, if any of
Riverview to replace cross, rededicate new one June 23
On June 23 Riverview Regional Medical Center will hold a Cross Rededication Ceremony from 2 p.m.to 4 p.m. to celebrate the unveiling of a new, more efficient cross that will replace the existing one that is need of repair.
The cross located atop of Riverview Regional has always been a prominent symbol of Gadsden and has offered a sense of hope
Juneteenth celebration June 22
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Gadsden residents are invited to celebrate Juneteenth, as WMGJ Radio sponsors the 27th annual commemoration of the end of slavery at the Carver Community Center on June 22.
Events kick off with a motor parade at 12 p.m. that will begin at Fourth Street on Tuscaloosa Avenue and make its way to Carver Community Center. Other festivities will