Two Etowah students receive Alfa scholarship
Two Etowah County residents were among 50 recipients of the 2014 Alfa Foundation scholarship. Each recipient received $1,000 in the program’s inaugural year.
The scholarship recipients are Colin Edwards of Rainbow City, a graduate of Westbrook Christian School and freshman at Troy University studying education; and Tiffany Stevens of Boaz, a graduate of West End High School and junior at Athens
Local artist pays attention to detail
By Jacqueline Chandler/Messenger Correspondent
Beautiful precision craftsmanship is the best description of Jack Bullock’s work.
Bullock personally creates exceptional wooden wall mosaics in his shop, crafting every detail. Each creation is a labor of love. Even the piece’s eyes are made up of tiny pieces of wood that appear to form one piece. Bullock prefers to use different types of wood to
Native Attalla author to host book signing
By Laura Ann Brown Tipps/Staff Correspondent
On September 28, Attalla native Tashara Childs will host a book signing for her first novel, Knocking on the Devil’s Door, at Flip Side Café in Gadsden from 3-5 p.m.
The book, which ranked No. 25 on the African-American Christian Fiction Kindle Chart, was published a year ago.
Childs is celebrating the book’s anniversary by hosting a
GRMC hosts mammogram marathon
In October, also the official breast cancer awareness month, many awareness events are held. Gadsden Regional Medical Center’s Women’s Imaging Center, for the third year, is doing something a little different. Instead of just raising awareness, they are hosting a Mammogram Marathon. The Mammogram Marathon will take place on Oct. 16 from 7 a.m. to […]
GCHS, Glencoe move up in Sept. 24 ASWA football poll
Class 7A
Rank Record Points
1. Hoover (3-2) 327
2. Fairhope (5-0) 285
3. Gadsden City (5-0) 252
4. Central-Phenix City (5-0) 243
5. Bob Jones (3-1)
Coosa’s Grizzard named ASWA Player of the Week
Coosa Christian’s Johnny Grizzard earned state recognition for his standout performance last week against Woodville in high school football.
After accounting more than 400 yards and eight touchdowns – six passing, one rushing and one on an interception return – in the Conquerors’ s 60-28 victory, the senior quarterback was named the Alabama Sports Writers Association Offensive Player of
Yellow Jackets edge No. 3 Piedmont on late field goal
By Deunte Marshall/ Sports Correspondent Class 3A No. 5 Glencoe defeated third-ranked and Region 6 rival Piedmont, 31-28, on Friday (Sept. 19) at Wilson Darnell Stadium. A 19-yard field goal by Joseph Bright with 3:11 left in the game held up as the winning points. “I just approached it like an extra point,” said Bright […]
Gadsden City topples No 1 Bob Jones
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent A capacity crowd at Titan Stadium witnessed Gadsden City defeat the top-ranked team in the Class 7A rankings, Bob Jones, 44-20, on Friday (Sept. 19). The Titans (5-0, 3-0) led the Region 4 contest for much of the evening, although the visitors from Madison did tie the game briefly in the […]
Blue Devils rush past Fairview
Courtesy of Cullman Times The game plan for Etowah was simple yet effective against Fairview on Friday. Even though the Aggies knew what was coming, they were powerless to stop in a 40-20 Class 5A, Region 7 loss. The Blue Devils (3-2, 3-0) ran 43 times for 532 yards. Fairview finished with a net total […]