RBC breaks ground at new Waste Water Treatment Plant
By Sarrah Peters News Editor On July 12, Rainbow City officials broke ground on a Waste Water Treatment Plant for the city located at 1540 Sutton Bridge Road. The waste water treatment plant is an issue that Utilities Board had been considering for some time. “After researching many options, the Utilities Board determined that in […]
Student volunteer group raises money for Boys and Girls Club
By Sarrah Peters News Editor On Wednesday, July 13 Students United to Volunteer hosted a baseball camp and basketball game at the Gadsden Sports Complex to benefit the Etowah County Boys and Girls Club. The Boys and Girls Club recently recieved a new facility, and the group wishes to provide the needed money for equipment […]
Pious Bob – The Arrogance of Dust
St. Paul makes life so simple, but yet so hard: “…For I have learned to be content with whatever I have. I know what it is to have little, and I know what it is to have plenty…I can do all things through him who strengthens me.” (Philippians 4:4-13). Can we believe this? “I can […]
Classifieds for the week of July 15-22, 2016
AUCTIONS AUCTION – MONDAY June 27th, 8am. Loading Dock South. 202 Rolling Mill Street Helena, Al. Building Sold 15,000 sq ft warehouse full of building materials. 1-205-612-4221. Asset Liquidators. Biz Clydette Hughes Al #1275. AUCTION – RICHEY Farm – Home with 108± acres. Offered in 10 tracts with 5 absolute. 3-story home on 12± ac […]
Legal notices for the week of July 15-22, 2016
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Shirley M. Jones aka Shirley Jones, unmarried, to Regions Bank, on the 15th day of August, 2008, said mortgage being recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah County, Alabama, as Instrument […]
In & around SEC football
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent The SEC Media Days concluded yesterday (July 13) at the Hyatt Regency Birmingham-Wynfrey Hotel in Hoover. Auburn recap Auburn was the first team to take the stage on Monday (July 11). Head coach Gus Malzahn, receiver Marcus Davis and defensive linemen Carl Lawson and Montravius Adams represented the Tigers. AU is […]
Cooper family a tradition in Etowah County sports
By Mike Goodson/Sports Correspondent Traditions run deep in the Etowah County area. For one local family, spring and summer means carrying on a family tradition that began four generations ago, a tradition of umpiring local baseball by the family that has excelled in local sports. This is the story of the Cooper family. Robert Neil […]
Sardis runner signs scholarship
By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter Alexis Powell excelled in cross country, track and cheerleading for Sardis High School. For college, she chose to pursue a scholarship in cross country. “I just love running,” said Powell, whose best time for Sardis was 21 minutes over the 3.1-mile, or 5K, cross country course. Powell found what […]
Prayer gathering announced for Friday, July 8
Alabama Representative Mack Butler announced on Facebook that a prayer gathering will be held at Rainbow City Hall tonight, July 8 at 7:45 p.m to show support for law enforcement in the wake of the tragedy in Dallas, in which five police officers lost their lives. Butler asked the public to come together to pray […]