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Etowah County’s last Pearl Harbor survivor’s memory honored

By Sarrah Peters

News Editor

The only remaining Etowah County Pearl Harbor survivor passed away last week. Charles Webb was 96.

“Hardly a day passes that I don’t think about it,” Webb told The Gadsden Times for the 70th anniversary of the battle. 

At the time of the attack, Webb was a 23 year old quartermaster third class. At 7:48

Westbrook, BSC grad receives state award

By Sarrah Peters

News Editor

Paging Dr. Mayfield.

After a standout career on the baseball diamond and in the classroom over the past four years at Birmingham-Southern College, Jacob Mayfield recently received a boost toward his dream of a career in medicine.  

The 2011 Westbrook Christian graduate recently was honored by the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame with its inaugural

Local leaders meet with ALDOT officials

By Sarrah Peters

News Editor

Local officials met Thursday, July 9 with ALDOT director John Cooper to discuss future plans for highways and roads in Etowah County.

The purpose for the meeting was for Cooper to announce that Brian Davis, chief of the engineering division for ALDOT, will be evaluating the needs of the county. To do this he will

Pious Bob – Ships Passing in the Night Need Light

Isn’t it a pity that the relationships with others in the environments in which we live can be like ships passing in the night? We move past our fellow citizens without even noticing that they exist. Ministry to others is the furthest thing from our minds. We have our things to do and seek activity with our favorite groups

Craig Ford – The smart way to spend the BP money

Alabama won a huge victory last week when the BP Oil settlement was announced. As a part of that settlement, the state will receive $2.3 billion dollars over the next 18 years, with a billion of those dollars being given to our state’s General Fund budget. That means legislators now have to determine what is the best use of

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Legal notices for the week of July 17-July 24, 2015

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