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Alabama Week 8 Recap
After losing to Auburn by nearly 20 points earlier in the season, the Crimson Tide avenged that loss in dominating fashion last Saturday (Mar. 1) in Tuscaloosa. Alabama posted a 73-57 win behind 24 points from Levi Randolph and 16 points from Trevor Releford. The Crimson Tide narrowly lost to Kentucky on Tuesday, dropping their record to
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State employees should be priority in General Fund budget
State employees play a vital role in our state’s economy and in providing critical services that we rely on. We ask a lot of our state employees and trust them with tremendous responsibility. They run the state’s Board of Nursing and the Medical Licensure Commission. They maintain our roads as well as operate our courts and the Department of Forensic
More early settlers:The Rink family
For the last few weeks, The Vagabond has been discussing some of the folks who settled in the area west and north of Attalla before the Cherokees were removed. This area was located from around Highways 77 and 431 all the way up to Sand Valley Road and over to Reece City.
Last week The Vagabond discussed the Keener family that
Rainbow City Chocolate Festival set for April 5
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
Sometimes more of the same is a great thing – especially when you’re talking chocolate.
Rainbow City’s Chocolate Festival 2014 will feature all that people love about the annual celebration of cocoa – the chocolate taste-off, the carnival, the egg-toss, the chug-a-lug contest, entertainment, vendors and a five-foot chocolate fountain, located in the old Book Corner location.
Even the
Striplin students put black history on display
By Donna Thornton/News Editor
A group of students at W.E. Striplin Elementary School brought figures from black history to life during February in the school’s Black History Wax Museum.
About 40 students participated – 32 portraying historical figures with others acting as museum ushers and tour guides.
Striplin principal Delsia Easley said she scouted out students she thought might be good choices to
Girlfriend Gala will give books to children in Etowah County
By Laura Ann Tipps/Staff Writer
The United Way of Etowah County will host its fourth annual Girlfriend Gala and Preview Day, benefitting Success By 6’s partnership with the Dolly Parton Imagination Library, on March 20 at Convention Hall in Gadsden.
Preview Day is from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. Advance tickets are $8 each and include a boxed lunch. Tickets will be
The Neighborhood Scoop By Dr. Cynthia L. Toles
Have you ever dreamed of what you would do, what you would be and where you would go?
In elementary school and high school, the seven continents were a part of several subjects taught in school.
The discussions always ended with being successful in various fields of study and the places we might visit one day.
For me, I never thought or