In & around SEC football: Week 3 Previews and Predictions
By Cole Frederick/Sports Correspondent Alabama Week 2 Recap Alabama escaped Austin with a 20-19 victory over Texas last week thanks to Bryce Young’s late-game heroics. The Heisman Trohy-winning quarterback led the Crimson Tide to back-to-back scoring drives in the fourth quarter, with the final drive culminating in Will Reichard’s 33-yard game-winning field goal. Young threw […]
Area volleyball roundup
Photo: Westbrook Christian’s Taylor Meador (right) pushes the ball over the net as Ashville’s Zahkiyla Cook defends during the Lady Warriors’ volleyball match victory last Tuesday (Sept. 13) in Rainbow City. (Chris McCarthy/Messenger) Westbrook Christian improved to 17-2 on the season with a tri-match sweep last Tuesday (Sept. 13), defeating Ashville, 25-15, 25-10 and Southside, […]
Local mayors endorse Ford
Local mayors met with City of Gadsden mayoral candidate, former state representative and local business owner of The Messenger and Ford Insurance Craig Ford on September 15. Pictured, from left: Reece City Mayor Phil Colegrove, Attalla Mayor Larry Means, Ford, Hokes Bluff Mayor Scott Reeves, Walnut Grove Mayor Autry Works, Glencoe Mayor Chris Hare, Ridgeville […]
Etowah County Schools streamlining student support
Photo: Etowah County Schools Superintendent Dr. Alan Cosby addresses press conference attendees in the Etowah Department of Education’s new building on September 14. (Emma Kirkemier/Messenger) 09-15-2022 By Emma Kirkemier, News Editor At a September 14 press conference held in its new building on Broad Street, the Etowah County Board of Education announced it will begin […]
Gadsden/Etowah EMA shares preparedness tips
Photo: Emergency Management Specialist Breonna Cole (left) and EMA Director Deborah Gaither (right) stand in the Gadsden/Etowah Emergency Management Agency control room on September 12. (Emma Kirkemier/Messenger) 09-15-2022 By Emma Kirkemier, News Editor In honor of National Preparedness Month this September, Gadsden/Etowah County Emergency Management Agency is conducting a preparedness and safety campaign. “Everybody, if […]
Legals for 9/16/2022 – 9/22/2022
NOTICE OF MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE STATE OF Alabama COUNTY OF ETOWAH Default having been made of the terms of the loan documents secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jacob Shaneyfelt An Unmarried Person to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Priority Bank, FSB, its successors and assigns dated December 20, […]