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Broad Street will be filled with food, fun and free entertainment

Downtown Gadsden Inc. invited everyone to let the festive feelings of the Fourth carry over and carry them downtown July 5 for First Friday. And the activities don’t have to stop there: First Saturday on Tuscaloosa Avenue invites vendors and visitors to enjoy a street festival, stretching from 9th Street to Carver Square, beginning at 1 p.m. Saturday (July 6).

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Head on ballot for Coroner

Etowah County Deputy Coroner Michael (Mike) J. Head has announced his intention to run for the local Coroner’s post during the June 2014 primary.

Current coroner, Michael Gladden, has decided to run for another post and not seek re-election.

Head has served as Deputy Coroner during two administrations—eight years under former coroner, Bill Bragg and for the last five years under

Butler seeks District 30 seat

Following a special election victory in late 2012 to succeed former Rep. Blaine Galliher in House District 30, Rep. Mack Butler announced his intentions to seek a full term in the 2014 Election Cycle.  

A small businessman who placed an added emphasis on job creation and improving Alabama’s economy during the special election, Butler plans to continue to make those

Nordgren runs for District 29

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