Southside, Sardis move in AHSAA reclassification; Westbrook, Coosa Christian affected by new private school rule
Photo: Kenneth Bothwell and the Southside football team will compete in Class 5A next season. By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Two local high school moved in the Alabama High School Athletic Association’s re-classification for the 2018-19 and 2019-20 athletic seasons. The AHSAA’s Central Board of Control unanimously approved the measure on Nov. 30. Southside, who competed in […]
Local teams ranked in latest ASWA basketball polls
Released Dec. 7 GIRLS Class 7A 1. Hoover 2. Sparkman 3. Spain Park 4. Hewitt-Trussville 5. James Clemens 6. Davidson 7. Huffman 8. Alma Bryant 9. Mountain Brook 10. McGill-Toolen Class 6A 1. LeFlore 2. Hazel Green 3. Ramsay 4. Brewer 5. Homewood 6. Austin 7. Selma 8. Athens 9. Blount 10. Carver-Birmingham Class 5A […]
Etowah’s Howard highlights 5A, All-Region 7 football team
Etowah High’s Alex Howard was named Player of the Year of the Class 5A, All-Region 7 football team. The 6-2, 230-pound junior defensive end/offensive tackle put up big numbers on both sides of the ball while helping the Blue Devils finish with an 11-2 record, win a region championship and qualify for state playoff quarterfinals. […]
Toys for Tots to provide holiday gifts
By Sarrah Peters, News Editor In a back room of the Catholic Center of Concern, 475 black trash bags full of toys line the walls in bags. Today (Dec.1), 190 families will visit the center in increments of 12 every 15 minutes to pick up toys from Marine Corps League Toys for Tots. A total of […]
Wellington to host Redneck Christmas Parade
By Sarrah Peters, News Editor On December 2, a different kind of Christmas parade will take place in the Wellington community in east Glencoe. About five years ago, Webster’s Chapel Methodist Church began holding the Redneck Christmas Parade. “We did it just for fun, and it was so much fun we just kept doing it,” said […]
People of Etowah – David Alan Kimberley
Name: David Alan Kimberley What is your occupation? “The Presiding Circuit Judge of Alabama’s 16th Judicial Circuit (Etowah County).” Where were you born and raised? “Right here in Etowah County.” What made you decide to work in your field? “I wanted to promote the safety and well-being of our community and state in a tangible, […]
Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell
Christmas Red Punch, Ada Lee’s Russian Tea, Santa’s Whiskers and Festive Corn Chip Crunch May joy fill your heart, May peace touch your soul, May love fill your life this Christmas and Always Christmas Blessings to you and yours. Every year, as soon as the last bite of cranberry sauce and the final morsel of […]
State leaders have lost their credibility on prison issue
By State Rep. Craig Ford With all the attention being given to the special election for the U.S. Senate, you may not have seen what has been happening in Montgomery with the prison crisis. Last year, Gov. Robert Bentley proposed a plan to build four new “super prisons” at a cost of about $800 million dollars. […]
Pious Bob – Heavenly Science
“When the earth totters, with all its inhabitants, it is I who keep its pillars steady.” (Psalm 75 NRSV). Did you know that the earth has a wobble? This wobble, along with a luni-solar action on the bulging matter about the earth’s equator causes what is known as the “precession of the equinoxes.” One wobble […]