Eagles sharp in win over Gaston
By Stan Veitch/Sports Correspondent
When a high school baseball team is playing all three phases – offense, defense and pitching – of the game well, that squad is hard to beat.
Such is the case right now with Hokes Bluff, which improved to 7-1 on the young season with a 7-1 victory over county rival Gaston on Tuesday (March
Lady Jackets buzz past Hokes Bluff
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent
Carleigh Harden lined a two-out single in bottom of sixth to plate the decisive run in Glencoe 5-3 softball win over visiting Hokes Bluff on Tuesday (Mar. 9).
Skylar Thompson followed Harden’s clutch hit with a double for an insurance run.
“We got timely hits when we needed them and played hard,” said GHS head
Westbrook slides past Sardis
By Chris McCarthy/Editor
Due in large part to a solid pitching effort by Troy Bearden, Westbrook Christian posted a 10-6 victory over Sardis in high school baseball on Monday (Mar. 7) in Rainbow City.
The sophomore righthander shook off a shaky first inning to retire 12 out of the next 14 batters to earn the win. Just one Lion
Sydney Boatner in GCHS spotlight
Courtesy of GCHS
Gadsden City High senior Sydney Boatner is this week’s GCHS Spotlight Student-Athlete of the Week. She is the daughter of Roger and Beth Boatner and the sister of 2015 GCHS graduate Nolan Boatner.
Although the starting third baseman for the Lady Titan softball team, Sydney has a very impressive athletic resume and she is definitely not a
Rainbow City announces Chocolate Festival lineup
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
On Wednesday, March 2, Rainbow City officials and Mayor Terry John Calhoun announced plans for the 11th Annual Alabama Chocolate Festival. The festival will take place at the Rainbow Plaza in Rainbow City on Saturday, April 2. Admission to the festival is free.
Calhoun commended city employees for volunteering their time to make the Chocolate a
Southern Bank celebrates its 80 year anniversary
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
On February 24, Southern Bank in Gadsden held a ribbon cutting to celebrate a mile mark that many companies never see. Southern Bank has been serving Etowah County for 80 years, and the company hopes to continue to help area residents and businesses.
James B. Little, Sr. originally founded Southern Bank in 1936 as First Federal
Boynton speaks at Gadsden library
By Sarrah Peters
News Editor
The Gadsden Public Library’s Black History Month programs concluded on February 27 with a lecture by Attorney Bruce Boynton of the Supreme Court civil rights case of Boynton vs. Virginia.
The father of Gadsden’s own Carver Boynton, Bruce Boynton is considered a “foot soldier” in the Civil Rights movement.
In 1958, while traveling home to Montgomery
Craig Ford – Why Alabama should allow early voting
This week, voters across Alabama went to the polls to cast their ballots and make their voices heard. In November, we will do it all over again.
More than three million people are registered to vote in Alabama, and in the last presidential election, 73 percent of those people actually turned out to vote. This November, turnout could be
Pious Bob – Becoming Recognizable
In the Gospel of Mark, we hear a man say something that many have a hard time saying today: “Now when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that in this way he breathed his last, he said, ‘Truly this man was God’s Son!” (Mark 15:33-39).
On our last day will it be said of us that, “Truly this