The Hattery and the Mormon who never crossed the plains
In 1868, three years after the Civil War, Gadsden’s first industry came about in the form of a hat factory. The hattery, as it became known, was established by Allen Gaylor near Noccalula Falls. He brought his family from Tennessee and came into this area to start his trade.
The hattery was located near the present-day Kiwanis Building on the old road
State leaders need to work for us and not against us
I believe that education is the great equalizer. If you give children a quality education, then with hard work they can make their dreams come true. That is why it is so disheartening to see millions of dollars taken from their education every year so that a handful of (mostly wealthy) donors can get yet another tax break.
It seems the
Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell
The Best Banana Muffins and
Fresh Blueberry Pie
After World War ll, a lady described a typical picnic lunch for that time in history. She said they packed a shoe box lunch and took off in the pony cart for a beautiful place in the woods. The usual contents were: fried chicken, tomato sandwiches, buttered
Lt. Col. gets surprise welcome home
By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor
For the past 10 months, Lt. Col. Tim Maples has served the United States Army in Afghanistan as the Deputy Commander of the 82nd Sustainment Brigade. His second deployment to Afghanistan, Maples returned to help close out an operation he worked on du-ring a previous year.
While Maples was focused on returning home to see his family on
Alabama Power holds iCan girls conference
By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor
Alabama Power held an iCan Girls in Engineering Conference at Rainbow Middle School on Tuesday, July 29 at 9 a.m.
The iCan conference is sponsored by a team of Alabama Power/Southern Company female engineers who focus on encouraging middle school girls to consider engineering as a future career.
This is the first year that iCan has been offered to
Van cram scheduled
On Saturday, Aug. 2, The Family Success Center, a United Way agency, Comcast Cable, Charter Media, Z 93.1 and WAAX radio will sponsor a Cram the Van event at the East Gadsden and Attalla Wal Mart stores from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m.
The center is taking school supplies to help students in need of supplies for the fall 2014 school
Tax free spree ahead for Etowah County
By Lindsay Seagraves/News Editor
Etowah and other Alabama counties will get one shopping spree weekend beginning at 12:01 a.m. on Aug. 1 and lasting until midnight on Aug. 3.
Each first Friday in August, the Sales Tax Holiday is meant to coincide with the back to school needs of school-aged children in Alabama.
This year tax exemption will apply to clothing and school-related
Hodges-Ford hires lifelong Gadsden resident as newest insurance agent
Hodges-Ford Insurance Agency, Inc. announced on Wednesday, July 23 that its newest insurance agent Eddie Edwards joined the firm in Rainbow City. He will be selling personal and commercial lines of insurance.
Hodges-Ford Insurance Agency, Inc. is a insurance firm offering home, automobile, life and commerical insurance to the public and businesses in Alabama. Its mission is to provide the best
Calichera: You just had to be there
On June 20, a group of 22 people from Christ Central Church left Rainbow City for a mission trip to northern Mexico just south of the Rio Grande, the river border that separates that country from the United States.
Our job in the small village of Calichera, which is on the outskirts of Reynosa, was to build a house for a