Westbrook’s Noles signs with UAH
Photo: Westbrook Christian senior Will Noles signed a baseball scholarship with the University of Alabama-Huntsville on Dec. 8. Pictured, sitting, from left: Noles’ mom Michelle, Noles, Noles’ dad Drew. Standing, from left: Westbrook head baseball coach Matt Kennedy, Noles’ brother Andy. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Will Noles is headed to the Rocket City […]
Area football players named to Class 2A, All-Region 6 team
Photo: Westbrook Christian senior linebacker Bryce Wood, pictured at left earlier in the 2020 season, was named Defensive Co-MVP of the Class 2A All-Region 6 football team. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Several local players were recently named to the Class 2A All-Region 6 football team for the 2020 season. Region runner-up Westbrook Christian had […]
Local runners compete at Magic City Invitational
Photo: Westbrook Christian’s Asher Curp (front) and Jackson Martin (rear) compete in the boys 1600-meter run during the Magic City Invitational indoor track and field meet last Saturday (Dec. 5) at the Birmingham Cross Plex. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor A number of local student-athletes posted top 10 finishes at the Magic City Invitational indoor […]
In & around SEC football – Week 11 previews and predictions
By Cole Frederick/Staff Correspondent Iron Bowl Recap Alabama jumped out to a 14-0 lead and never looked back en route to a 42-13 win over Auburn in last Saturday’s Iron Bowl. Mac Jones threw for 302 yards five touchdown passes, including two to DeVonta Smith. Smith caught seven passes for 171, while John Metchie III […]
Casting on the Coosa: Jonathan’s jig and riding The Hammer’s coattails
By Marty Dixon/Staff Correspondent We have had a variety of weather over the past week, so it’s has been a mixed bag of tricks catching fish. I’ll start with a crappie fishing report. Jonathan Nix, who is the head football coach up the road at Pleasant Valley High School, is an excellent crappie fisherman. He […]
The Vagabond – jail escapees in Mountainboro in 1902
By Danny Crownover Around 1902, a story was reported of the capture of Jeff Van Horn at Sligo, a little coal mining village on Sand Mountain located near Mountainboro. Van Horn had escaped from the Jefferson County Jail in Birmingham along with Frank Duncan, one of the most noted criminals ever to be tried, convicted […]
Keep Smiling with Rosie Preston – the bag lady and the return of Skipper
By Rosie Preston Often there are times I want to write an article which may involve more than one or two articles. However, since we are not living in what we can now describe as our lives before the COVID-19 virus and how our lives have changed since last March. Already, many people, including family […]
From God’s Word – Jesus’ birth was anything but normal
By Toni Ford As I was preparing this week’s devotion, I was not sure this was the week for me to send what I was writing. Earlier this week, I received an e-mail from a ministry I follow called The Father’s Business. Its devotion for the week was absolutely perfect and resonated much more with […]
God’s Word revealed for us – The season of Advent
By John Larkins Last Sunday, Nov. 29, many Christian churches marked their church calendar as the first Sunday of Advent. This important event draws our minds to the very essence of Christianity – the coming of the promised savior. Judaism, the Law of God given to Moses and developed by many others, including King David, […]