Southern Cooking with Andy Bedwell – Fresh recipes for the New Year

By Andy Bedwell Don’t get stuck like Old Mother Hubbard with a cupboard that’s bare. This time of year when holidays are over, you could make just one big shopping trip to stock up your pantry so that you’re always ready for those everyday meals. Weather permitting, I am going today to restock my pantry […]
A Christmas Eve revelation

By Vicki Scott There is a challenge in the air that started December 1, 2022. One of the ladies in our exercise class in Reeltown was reading a chapter of Luke each night until Christmas Eve. There were 24 chapters, and she would be finished on Christmas Eve. I took this as a challenge for […]
From God’s word – The challenge of waiting
By Toni Ford I am not sure about you, but I am not a very patient person when it comes to waiting. I looked up the word “wait” in the dictionary, and Webster defines the word as, “to stay where one is or delay action until a particular time or until something else happens.” As […]
City task force targets animal concerns

Photo: Two dogs named Deku and Mr. Wrinkles are adopted from HSPRAC by a local family on December 22. (Courtesy of HSPRAC on Facebook) By Emma Kirkemier, News Editor In November, City of Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford appointed the Mayor’s Action Team for Animal Concerns. The task force recently reported to City Council on its […]
Wreaths Across America Day held

Photo: Members of the Gadsden Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol place wreaths on the graves of United States Military veterans in Crestwood Memorial Cemetery during Wreaths Across America Day December 17. (Submitted photo) Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated across the nation on Saturday, December 17. Gadsden Composite Squadron of Civil Air Patrol participated […]
Legals for 12/30/2022 – 01/05/2023
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 Shannon D Baty An Unmarried Person to Compass Bank dated July 21, 2014; said mortgage being recorded on July 22, 2014, as Instrument No. 3404745 in […]