Casting on the Coosa: Like Elvis, common sense has left the building

By Marty Dixon/Staff Correspondent We need to start out talking about river safety after this past weekend on the river. A man lost his life in a boating accident near the 759 bridge in Gadsden. This tragedy also sent a child to the hospital. This makes two boat wrecks in the same area in the […]
Lauren Cole leaves Glencoe High, Wallace-Hanceville as state champion

Photo: 2019 Glencoe High School and 2021 Wallace-Hanceville graduate Lauren Cole displays her ACCC state golf championship plaque on April 21 in Guntersville. (Courtesy of Wallace State-Hanceville) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Six years after helping Glencoe High School win the 2015 girls state golf championship as an eighth grader, Lauren Cole finished out her competitive career […]
Etowah’s Foster signs football scholarship

Photo: Etowah High senior Ethan Foster, sitting at center with his mom and dad, recently signed a football scholarship with Carthage College in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Pictured standing from left are EHS boys basketball coach James Graves, EHS assistant principal Dr. Nate Ayers, EHS athletic director football coach Ryan Locke, EHS assistant football coach Randy Dupree. […]
The Chamber partners with JSU to offer 20 percent tuition discount to members

Pictured, standing, from left: Chamber President & CEO Heather Brothers New, JSU Director of Undergraduate Admissions Lauren Findley, JSU Vice President for Enrollment Management Dr. Emily Messer. Seated, from left: Chamber Board Chair Morgan Lavender and JSU President Don Killingsworth sign the partnership for a tuition discount for Chamber members. By Katie Bohannon, News Editor […]
Eighth annual Team One Toyota golf tournament benefits United Way 2-1-1 First Call for Help

A participant from a previous golf tournament supports United Way’s 2-1-1 First Call for Help. Photo courtesy of Della Barber/United Way. By Katie Bohannon, News Editor United Way of Etowah County will host its eighth annual golf tournament on June 11, with sponsors flocking to Silver Lakes Golf Course to support a vital resource in […]
Legals for 5/28/2021 – 06/03/2021
FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by the mortgage given by Akiba Yvette Canady, as Mortgagor, to Gavel Down Investments, LLC, as Mortgagee, dated April 2, 2013, and recorded as Instrument 3383684, Probate Office, Etowah County, Alabama, and the Mortgagee, by reason of such default, having declared the […]