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It’s win-and-in for Glencoe

Ashville (1-7, 1-5) at Glencoe (5-3, 3-2)
Last week’s results:
Glencoe 42, Susan Moore 14; Weaver 28, Ashville 7
2012 result: Glencoe 41, Ashville 21
Series record: Glencoe leads 7-2

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

Glencoe is in a playoff situation already.

Basically, it’s win or stay home for the Yellow Jackets.

“I’m excited about it,” coach Lee Ozmint said. “With the exception of one game,

Coosa aims to chop Woodville

Woodville (0-8, 0-7) at Coosa Christian (1-7, 1-6)
Last week’s results:
JCA 62, Coosa 48; Valley Head 53, Woodville 6
2012 result: Coosa 7, Woodville 0
Series record: Coosa leads 1-0

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

If things go as they have been of late, look for Coosa Christian High to play a great defensive game this week.

“One week, our defense plays lights-out and the

Lions’ state playoff hopes hinge on beating Oneonta

Sardis (5-3, 3-3) at Oneonta (7-1, 6-0)
Last week’s results:
Fairview 43, Sardis 42; Oneonta 65, St. Clair County 6
2012 result: Oneonta 49, Sardis 0
Series record: Oneonta leads 18-1

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

Sardis is fighting for its playoff life this week. Without a victory, the Lions stand little chance of making the postseason.

Almost the only way Sardis can play an 11th

Hokes Bluff hosts CCHS

Cherokee County (2-6, 1-5) at Hokes Bluff (0-8, 0-6)
Last week’s results:
Anniston 33, Hokes Bluff 7; Munford 41, Cherokee County 14
2012 result: Cherokee Co. 36, Hokes Bluff 14
Series record: Cherokee County leads 42-15-5

By Gene Stanley/Sports Correspondent

Two teams playing for nothing but pride will meet up in Centre tonight (Oct. 25), as neither squad has a chance at making the

Accountability Act hurting Republicans in state legislature

Ever since it was passed, the Accountability Act has been controversial and politically damaging for those who supported it. The most recent and obvious example of this was the recent special election in Montgomery.

Two weeks ago, a special election was held in Montgomery to fill a state House of Representatives seat left vacant after former Rep. Jay Love resigned to

A Haunted Organ in Gadsden: Psychic phenomenon…real or not?

The supernatural is defined as things that defy scientific explanation, such as ghosts, ghouls, goblins, wizards, druids and Stonehenge.

What we can touch, and feel is much more real to us, as humans, but what of the physical apparitions? Are they any less a reality?

So many of us, as physically unimpaired humans, rely so stringently upon the basic senses. Yet, what

Survivor of 1994 crime to speak to SO training class

By Donna Thornton/News Editor

The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department hosted another “Run, Hide, Fight” training class on Oct. 24, with the help of someone with a tragically unique perspective on violence in society.

Bryant Archer was a 17-year-old employee at Popeye’s in East Gadsden on April 15, 1994 when two men, including another 17-year-old who had worked at Popeye’s, entered the restaurant

Lawmakers visit for ‘Learning with Legislators Day’

By Donna Thornton/News Editor

Members of the local legislative delegation visited several schools in Etowah County on Oct. 22 as part of the “Learning with Legislators” Day.

In some of those visits, it was a the legislators who got a chance to learn first-hand what’s going on in local schools, as well as meeting some of the students and educators most affected

Like father, like son, in Bone law offices

By Donna Thornton/News Editor

Some things are handed down through families, not through DNA but through the daily observation of what a family member does and its impact on others.

Sam Bone grew up watching his father, Dani Bone, practice law here in Gadsden, and he always knew that he wanted to do the same thing.

Sam earned his license to practice law