Westbrook golfer named player of the year
2017 Westbrook Christian graduate John Hilliard Catanzaro was recently named Player of the Year for the al.com Super All-State boys golf team. Catanzaro shot the best individual round in the history of the AHSAA state golf tournament and earned low medalist honors with a 9-under par 63 effort in the second round to help the […]
Area players make all-state soccer teams
By Chris McCarthy Editor/Publisher Several local high school players were recently named to the al.com all-state teams for the 2017 season. From Gadsden City, senior defender Audria Wood was named to the Class 7A first team. She signed a soccer scholarship to UAB this past fall. Southside senior forward Kelsey Patterson was selected to the […]
Haley Troup named All-American
2017 Gadsden City High School Haley Troup was selected as Esmark High School Basketball All-American earlier this week. The award was created to recognize outstanding athletic, educational and community service achievements by high school student-athletes across the United States in 16 major sports programs. The program includes recognition of student-athletes from four U.S. geographic regions […]
Pondering life with Pious Bob – The Strength and Protection in Patience
By Robert Halsey Pine Come on Peter, really? He says: “Rid yourselves, therefore, of all malice, and all guile, insincerity, envy, and all slander. Like newborn infants, long for the pure, spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow into salvation–if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is good.” (1 Peter 2:1-10 NRSV). […]
The Vagabond – Remembering The Great War: Alabama and WWI
By Danny Crownover The Etowah Historical Society currently is hosting a traveling exhibit commemorating the centennial anniversary of Alabama’s involvement in World War I. “Remembering the Great War: Alabama and World War I” tells the story of the war from the perspectives of Alabamians whose lives were shaped by the conflict. The free exhibit runs […]
Bash in the Bend fundraiser to benefit James M. Barrie Center
By Sarrah Peters, News Editor The Third Annual Father’s Day Bash in the Bend will be held Saturday, June 17, at The River Lot located on Robert Lee Drive in Gadsden. The Bash opens its gates at 12 p.m. The music lineup begins at 2 p.m. with Kelli Johnson. The Foggy Hollow Review will play at […]
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Legal notifications for the week of June 2 – June 9, 2017
______________MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Heather Anderson, a single woman and Jason Ferguson, a single man, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as nominee for First Federal Bank, on the 9th day of February, 2015, said mortgage […]
Pious Bob – Thank Goodness for His Slowness
In 2 Peter we hear about the Lord’s treatment of a day in our lives: “But do not ignore this one fact, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like one day. The Lord is not slow about his promise, as some think of slowness, […]