Inside the SEC
Iron Bowl recap
In the 78th edition of the Iron Bowl, the Auburn Tigers won in one of the most spectacular endings in the history of college football on The Plains. With the game tied at 28, Alabama’s T.J. Yeldon stepped out of bounds seemingly as time expired. However, officials put one second back on the clock for the Crimson Tide.
Lady Cardinals on a fast track
By Matthew Martin /Sports Correspondent
Gadsden State women’s basketball team won more than 20 games a season ago and came within a few minutes from defeating Shelton State, which went on to win the region tournament and qualify for nationals.
Shelton State is one of the favorites to win the conference title again, while the Lady Cardinals lost several players to graduation
Former Etowah standout Nix honored by USM
Former Etowah High School football star Derrick Nix recently was inducted into the University of Southern Mississippi M-Club Alumni Association Sports Hall of Fame.
The son of Rev. and Mrs. Preston Nix of Attalla, Derrick played football at Etowah High School, where he earned All-County honors as a Blue Devil running back. He currently is in his fourth year as an
Legal notices for the week of Dec. 6 – Dec. 12, 2013
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Getting Alabama’s economy off life support
Next year is an election year, and one of the topics you will hear the most about is jobs.
You don’t have to be a politician or a pollster to know that jobs are the number one issue on most voters’ minds – and with good reason!
For the past five years, our economy has been limping along, struggling to create jobs.
History of Noccalula’s Christmas Lighting
In 2007, the City of Gadsden took over the Noccalula Falls Christmas lighting. The work for the last few years has been very impressive and city employees under Parks and Recreation Director Kerry Payne have done outstanding work.
Attempts in the past for making the mountain a special place have come and gone. Back in the 1980s, local historian Joe Barnes
‘Pole-sitting Peggy’ weathers lifes highs, lows
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Peggy Townsend Clark has experienced highs and lows – from the acclaim that resulted from setting a world record at 17, to the challenge of facing cancer four times and losing a number of loved ones to the illness.
Peggy has persevered, employing the same kind of determination that gained her attention as “Pole-sitting Peggy,” the girl who
Events to raise money/awareness of rare disorder
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
The family and friends of 6-year-old Davis Crow of Hokes Bluff want you to join them in “painting the town blue” to benefit people facing the effects of a rare genetic disorder.
Davis is one of only 1,000 people in the world diagnosed with Dup15Q – meaning he has an extra 15th chromosome.
Davis’ mom Traci Ward said the