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2015 SEC head coach rankings
14. Derek Mason, Vanderbilt. (Record: 3-9). When Mason was hired at Vanderbilt before the 2014 season, no one expected him to immediately have the same success as his predecessor James Franklin, who had taken Vanderbilt to almost unprecedented heights in the context of modern college football. The Commodores enjoyed back-to-back nine win seasons for
Etowah High to field boys, girls soccer teams
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Jim Glover Field in Attalla will no longer get the spring season off.
Etowah High School will introduce both boys and girls varsity soccer teams for the 2015-16 school year.
According to EHS athletic director and head football coach Drew Noles, 44 male and female students from seventh though 12th grade came out for the school’s
Glencoe’s Sims wins junior boys golf tournament
Glencoe’s Jack Sims won the Etowah County Junior Golf Tournament boys 16-18 year-old ‘A’ Division championship on July 15.
The three-day tournament was held at the Gadsden Country Club, Twin Bridges in Gadsden and Silver Lakes in Glencoe.
Sims finished with an overall score of 220, edging out Tee Brown, who shot 221. Matthew Williams came in third at
Alabama Power holds iCan conference for girls
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Alabama Power held an iCan Girls in Engineering Conference at Glencoe Middle School on Thursday, July 23.
This is the conference’s second year in Etowah County. About 90 girls from Etowah County middle schools were chosen by school administrators based on math and science aptitude. About 30 students attended the event, representing almost every school
The Reader’s Exchange offers books with charm
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
The Reader’s Exchange, located next to the Coffee Well at 124 Court Street in Gadsden, is a new used book store. The store opened in December of last year.
The Reader’s Exchange has a charming feel, with quotes from books or about books painted on the walls and wooden bookshelves, of course, completely filled with books.
Habitat dedicates new house
By Sarrah Peters News Editor The Gadsden-Etowah Habitat for Humanity held a dedication ceremony on Monday (July 27) for the 47th house the organization has built. The house is now owned by the Alegria family, consisting of Jorge and Allison Alegria and their daughter Sophia and twin boys Jovanni and Jonathon. The family closed on […]
Local GOP nominates Willoughby for DA job
The Etowah County Republican Party Executive Committee (ECRPExCom) met Tuesday (July 28) in a special-called emergency meeting to make a recommendation to Governor Robert Bentley to fill the vacancy left by the untimely death of Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp.
The full committee met with Chairman James Clay presiding. Filling the District Attorney vacancy was the main
Pious Bob – To Whom Can We Go?
We hear this story in John 6:60-71, “Because of this many of his disciples turned back and no longer went about with him. So Jesus asked the twelve, ‘Do you also wish to go away?’ Simon Peter answered him, ‘Lord, to whom can we go? You have the words of eternal life. We have come to believe and know
Craig Ford – Robbing our children is not the answer
The crisis in the General Fund budget has dominated lawmakers’ focus this year, and for good reason. But one proposed solution continuing to come up would be devastating for Alabama.
State Sen. Paul Bussman (R-Cullman) has introduced a bill to combine the General Fund and Education Trust Fund budgets. In the past, I argued that all that would