EMA director delivers COVID-19 update at Gadsden City Council
Photo: Etowah County EMA Director Deborah Gaither delivers a COVID-19 update. (Emma Kirkemier/Messenger) By Emma Kirkemier, Staff Correspondent The coronavirus death toll for Etowah County rose to 28 confirmed deaths this week. Emergency Management Agency Director Deborah Gaither delivered an update on COVID-19 to the Gadsden City Council at its meeting Tuesday, Aug. 4. Gaither […]
Mountain Top Flea Market thriving after re-opening
Photo: Mountain Top Flea Market in Attalla recently reopened after closing briefly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtesy of Mountain Top Flea Market) By Katie Bohannon, News Editor Over 50 years ago, Mountain Top Flea Market first welcomed dealers and buyers to its location off U.S. Highway 278 West in Attalla. After briefly closing due […]
West End graduate receives 2020 Gallant Homemakers scholarship
Photo: Courtesy of West End High School Matthew Steven McClendon is the son of Steven and Donna McClendon of Gallant and a 2020 graduate of West End High School in Walnut Grove. McClendon is the recipient of the Dianna B. Williams Scholarship from the Gallant Homemakers and Community Leaders. McClendon has a real talent for […]
Gadsden City graduate ready for UAB med school after decorated AU career
Photo courtesy of Monica Dooley By Neal Reid, Auburn University Communications Editor Many people may view serving their community as a noble cause to work into their lives when possible and convenient. For Laura Minton, it has become a way of life. The spring 2020 Auburn graduate is well on her way to dedicating her […]
Legals for 8/7/2020 – 8/13/2020
________________ NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage dated October 26, 2012, executed by John M. Willingham a/k/a John Martin Willingham, an unmarried man, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. solely as nominee for CIS Financial Services, Inc. DBA CIS Home Loans, which mortgage […]
Etowah ranked fourth in ASWA preseason football rankings
Photo: NyNy Davis, head coach Ryan Locke, Trent Davis (pictured, from left) and the Etowah High School football team were ranked fourth in Class 4A in the Alabama Sports Writers Association preseason rankings for the 2020 season. (submitted photo) Courtesy of al.com The state’s reclassification last fall had a huge impact on the first Alabama […]
Local anglers win ABT tournament on Neely Henry
Photo: Rainbow City’s Adam Brown (pictured at left) and Gadsden’s Greg Diggs (right) display their first-place plaques and a $10,00 prize after winning the Alabama Bass Trail North Division Tournament on July 25 at Neely Henry Lake in Gadsden. (Courtesy of Chris Brown) By Jason Duran/alabamabasstrail.org The fourth stop of the Alabama Bass Trail North […]