State superintendent brings welcome message to teachers
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Alabama Superintendent of Education Dr. Tommy Bice dropped what might have seemed to be radical ideas on Etowah County teachers last week at the county’s system wide meeting, held at CrossPoint Church.
Purge your minds of everything the state Department of Education has told you for the past 25 years, Bice told the educators.
And by all indications, they
Sign unveiled, local Civil Rights leaders honored
City of Gadsden, Etowah County and Attalla leaders were among many who gathered at Gadsden City High School auditorium Aug. 10 to celebrate the unveiling earlier that day of a highway sign designating U.S. 431-Meighan Boulevard in the Gadsden city limits as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Parkway.
They gathered also to commemorate the contributions of others who played a