Starting new venture is sweet for Ms. Mary
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
When Mary Pruitt retired after 29 years in the Admissions and Records Department at Gadsden State Community College, she decided to fill her extra hours with industry and to indulge a longtime love.
She opened “Ms. Mary’s Sweet Shoppe” at 1528 Ala. 77 in Southside, to offer delectable fried pies, cake balls, cookies and other goodies to the
CommUnity needs volunteers
For more than a decade, members of the community have come together to find a blessing and to be a blessing by participating in the CommUnity Thanksgiving Celebration at Convention Hall.
Organizers hope to feed more than 4,000 people this year, many who will come to Convention Hall to break bread with old friends or make new ones, and others who
‘That’s What Friends R 4’ benefit jam planned for Danny Moon
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Joey Nichols knew Danny Moon has been a friend and supporter to local musicians for a long time, and he felt certain that fellow musicians would be willing to help Moon, who has been facing health issues, has been unable to work and spent 30 days in the hospital this year.
Nichols said he didn’t foresee the outpouring
Gadsden purchases Kmart property
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The Gadsden City Council approved purchase on Nov. 19 of the former Kmart property in East Gadsden, completing acquisition of almost 25 acres of riverfront property for future development.
The city paid $2.6 million for approximately 9.3 acres of Kmart property and leased approximately 9.15 acres from Alabama Power Company for $1 a year, for 20 years.
The city
Pride of Southside heads to Philadelphia for Thanksgiving parade
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The Pride of Southside will take a national stage on Thanksgiving Day as members of the marching band perform in the 6ABC/Dunkin Donuts 94th Annual Philadelphia Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The parade – the nation’s oldest Thanksgiving Day parade – will step off at 8 a.m. CST. The parade will be televised on WZDX- Huntsville and streamed live at
Job Corps Center visited by Olympic Gold Medal winner
Olympian and Gold Medal winner Tim Montgomery visited with students at the Gadsden Job Corps Center last week, talking to students about making good choices in life.
Montgomery won a gold medal in the 400 relay in the 2000 Olympic games in Sydney and a silver medal in the Atlanta games in 1996.
In 2002, he set a record of 9.78 seconds
Mitchell principal goes to great heights for Young Reader’s Week
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
A chilly, wet November day sounds like the perfect atmosphere for curling up with a good book – even if you are curling up on the roof of an elementary school.
Mitchell Elementary School Principal Russ Waits accepted the Pizza Hut “Book It!” principal’s challenge, to spend a whole day reading as a way to inspire students during
Local man crafts kids’ book about bees who make chili
By Donna Thornton/News Editor Terry S. Bradley is an idea man. He’s been working to incorporate some of his ideas to launch a character called “Nubbiebee,” through a children’s book he’s written. Bradley has a few loves – one of them is making chili. He said he’s been a regular in the chili cook off, […]