New Etowah Middle School holds groundbreaking
By Sarrah Peters News Editor On Monday, Attalla city officials held a groundbreaking for the new Etowah Middle School. The 35,000 feet new school will be built where the old Etowah High School used to be. The building’s design incorporates some of the remaining structures, to make the most out of the resources available. The contract is in […]
Local coach taking recovery step by step
By Chris McCarthy Publisher/Editor Although it wasn’t the day he officially entered the world, John Butts celebrated another sort of birthday last Saturday (July 30) at Noccalula Falls Park in Gadsden. With over 200 family members, friends, colleagues and former and current students cheering him on, the former Etowah High and Gadsden State basketball coach […]
Gadsden community remembers Ralph Lane
by Kaitlyn Fleming Staff Correspondent On Sunday, July 31, the community lost beloved member Ralph Lane. Ralph Lane passed away at the age of 64 after a battle with liver cancer. Before he passed, Lane was an instrumental member of his community. Lane worked to improve his community in different ways. He took part in […]
Local works to improve community
By Sarrah Peters News Editor When Rugenia Moore-Henry moved back to the Green Pasture community in Gadsden, she noticed some minor things that needed to be done. She addressed her concerns with the city council. Having moved around before, Henry says that she always advocated for her community. About three months ago, Henry began to talk to Adam […]
ABC charity donates school supplies
By Sarrah Peters News Editor On Monday, August 2, teachers at Walnut Park Elementary School received the gift of supplies for the classrooms. Anna Dobbins started A.N. Battles Charity, otherwise known as ABC Charity in honor of her grandmother, who loved children and taught Bible school for years. The aim of the charity is to provide teachers with supplies, […]
Craig Ford – It will take more than a lottery
In less than two weeks, the state legislature will return to Montgomery to take up a lottery bill that no one has seen. Gov. Robert Bentley, who has prided himself on using “the element of surprise” when it comes to calling special legislative sessions, has still not released any details or even had any conversations […]
The Vagabond: Etowah County’s role in the Civil War – Part 2
Perhaps the most fatal decision of the Civil War was made in Gadsden in October of 1864, when the Army of Tennessee, commanded by the dashing Gen. John Bell Hood, encamped here for two days. Recently driven out of Atlanta, Hood zigzagged his army up through northwest Georgia and northeast Alabama in an effort to […]
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MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Whereas, default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Brandi Ray, a single woman, to Alabama Teachers Credit Union on the 18th day of July, 2014, said mortgage being recorded at Instrument #3404634, Mortgage Records, in the office of the Judge of Probate […]