Legals for 1/29/2021 – 2/4/2021
_________________ NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by mortgage executed by Shayna Jones-Hardwick and husband, Aquarius Harwick to Wanda Diane Hoskins Tedder, Timothy Wade Hoskins, James Hoskins and Melissa Lynn Hoskins Billingsley dated March 14, 2019, and filed for record in the Office of the […]
City of Gadsden to distribute PPE packages
Pictured are members of the Southside High School Key Club assembling PPE packages to be distributed this Friday (Jan. 29). The City of Gadsden will have 1,000 packages of personal protective equipment available for seniors and low-income families on Friday, January 29. The packages will be distributed from 1 – 4 p.m. while supplies last, […]
Southside, Etowah girls finish second at bowling regionals
The Etowah and Southside girls bowling teams both finished runner at the AHSAA North Region Bowling Tournament last week at Vestavia Bowl. Both teams will compete in the state tournament this week at Oak Mountain Lanes in Pelham. On Thursday (Jan. 28), North No. 2 seed Etowah faces South No. 3 seed Houston Academy in […]
Ashville wrestlers finish second at state duals
Photo: Ashville High’s Nick Spears (top) competes against Cleburne County’s Ronin Brower in the 136-pound match during the Class 1A/4A Wrestling Duals Tournament championship match last Friday (Jan. 22) in Birmingham. (Courtesy of Sera Beth Potter) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Ashville High came up just short in capturing its first-ever AHSAA Wrestling Duals Tournament championship last […]
Southside cagers win second straight county basketball title
Photo: West End’s Isaiah Roberson (11) drives to the basket as Southside’s Hunter Sitz looks on during the Panthers’ 53-36 victory in the Etowah County Schools Basketball Tournament boys championship last Friday (Jan. 22) at Glencoe. (Photo by Alex Chaney) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor For Southside High boys head basketball coach Chad Holderfield, winning a second […]
Lady Eagles dispatch Southside in county tournament finals
Photo: Hokes Bluff’s Kyleigh Blackwell drives against Southside’s Kynsey Marble during the Lady Eagles’ 53-46 victory in the Etowah County Schools Tournament girl championship game last Friday (Jan. 22) at Glencoe. (Courtesy of Alex Chaney) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Hokes Bluff girls basketball coach Evan Talbot used one word to describe the reason behind his team’s […]
Late surge pulls Lady Panthers past Sardis
Photo: Sardis’ Lily Underwood (3) grabs a rebound in front of Southside’s Sydney Yancey during the Lady Panthers’ 42-33 victory in the Etowah County Schools Basketball Tournament girls semifinals on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Glencoe High School. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor In a tight and physical game against Sardis in the Etowah County Schools […]
Southside dispatches Lions in county semifinals
Photo: Southside’s Taylor Carr (12) goes in for a layup as Sardis’ Dylan Holcomb looks on during the Panthers’ 62-29 win in the Etowah County Schools Basketball Tournament boys semifinals on Wednesday, Jan. 20, at Glencoe High School. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Southside made short work of Sardis in the Etowah County Schools Basketball […]
The Vagabond: opossums, mules and a peculiar billy goat
By Danny Crownover Claude Stowers, Jr., recently sent The Vagabond an interesting article on possums, and the article noted that possums are actually our friend. It seems that the animals are able to withstand up to 80 rattlesnake or coral snake bites, and thanks to the possum, there is an antidote to poisonous snake. In […]