Titans fall short in regional championship
By Chris McCarthy/Editor The Gadsden City High boys basketball program came ever so close to its first trip to Birmingham but ultimately came up short on Tuesday (Feb. 23) in the Class 7A Northeast Regional Tournament championship at Jacksonville State. Leading Spain Park by two points entering the fourth quarter, GCHS was outscored 20 to […]
Lady Eagles’ season ends with OT loss to Locust Fork
By Stan Veitch/Sports Correspondent
Take two quality teams, both built around defense, and add a familiarity with each other.
What do you get?
A recipe for a very good basketball game.
That is exactly what happened on Saturday (Feb. 20) when Locust Fork defeated Hokes Bluff, 61-59, in overtime in a Class 3A Northeast Regional semifinal matchup at Jacksonville
Westbrook come up short against New Hope in regional semifinals
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent New Hope Indians scored 22 points off 21 Westbrook Christian turnovers on the way to 66-47 victory in the Class 3A Northeast Regional Tournament semifinals on Saturday (Feb. 21) at Jacksonville State. The loss snapped the Warriors’ 15-game winning streak. “We were doing a good job at that time of holding […]
Brindlee Mountain tops Lady Warriors in regional semifinals
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent The Westbrook Christian Lady Warriors ran into a buzzsaw in the form of Brindlee Mountain on Saturday (Feb. 21), coming up short by the score of 57-42 in the AHSAA Class 3A Northeast Regional Tournament at Jacksonville State. The game was a see-saw affair during the early going until the Lady […]
Gadsden Regional holds 12th annual Go Red
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Gadsden Regional Medical Center held its 12th annual Go Red event on February 12 at Gadsden Convention Hall. Proceeds from the event benefitted the 2016 Northeast Alabama Heartwalk.
Reverand Norris Hilton started the evening with an invocation.
Attendees were treated to a meal from The Bridal Garden with a strawberry covered slice of cheesecake for dessert.
Humane Society to host Paws for St. Patty fundraiser
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
Etowah County’s Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center will host its annual Paws for St. Patty fundraiser on March 17. The fundraiser will start at the Pitman Theatre at “half past five in the evening.”
A self-proclaimed “green tie affair” attendees are strongly encouraged to don themselves in green and Irish attire.
The evening will
Craig Ford – U.S. Cong. Robert Aderholt has some explaining to do
When U.S. Congressman Robert Aderholt spoke to the local Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday (Feb. 17), he had a lot of explaining to do.
To start with, he should explain why anyone who wanted to hear his/her congressman speak had to pay $25 per person. We elected him; we shouldn’t have to pay just to have the opportunity to
The Vagabond – History of streetcars in the Gadsden area Part II
Although a precise detailed history cannot be written about Gadsden’s street railway and steam dummy systems, the following tentative history has been pieced together.
Sometime during 1886, Col. R.B. Kyle and Herman Herzberg and their associates petitioned the Gadsden City Council to grant the Gadsden Land & Improvement Company a franchise to build a horse car street railroad in the
Pious Bob – Decisions at the Fork in the Road
We hear in Psalm 50 how thanking the Lord and living right is all He wants: “Gather to me my faithful ones, who made a covenant with me by sacrifice!…Those who bring thanksgiving as their sacrifice honor me; to those who go the right way I will show the salvation of God.” (Psalm 50)
Everything that we do should