A boatload of ice cream
By Vicki Scott As I sat at our table that faces Lake Martin last Friday afternoon, I heard ice cream man music. I looked out toward the lake and there it was – a pontoon boat with a yellow top selling ice cream! I felt like an uptown girl (when I say “girl,” I mean […]
The Vagabond – Gadsden used steam fire engine in 1880s
By Danny Crownover While watching several fire engines and a huge aerial truck race out of Gadsden’s 4th Street Station the other day, The Vagabond recalled reading an article about a time in May of 1927 when the city’s old steam-drawn fire engine was sent to the scrap heap. The fire engine was a highly […]
From God’s word – Waiting on God’s time, not ours
By Toni Ford I’m not sure about you, but I’m currently in the middle of a season of waiting on the Lord for wisdom, direction and my next steps. I ‘m waiting to hear His voice regarding several areas of my life. Often, nothing tries my faith like waiting on God for answers to prayer. […]
God’s word revealed – The reality of sin
By John Larkins Some of us are convinced that there is no such thing as sin. Others hold that The Redeemer, Jesus Christ, for-gave all of us for any the sins we might ever commit. There are many variations of the conviction that we can do anything we desire during our lives and suffer no […]
Keep Smilin’ with Rosie Preston – You are the new day
By Rosie Preston One morning earlier this week the kind that inspires poets to be born and poems to be created. The sun was blue, the grass was green, the trees were gently blowing a soft wind and the ground beneath my feet was firm. It was good a time to pray. As I’ve gotten […]
Coosa Christian AD sees bright future for Conquerors
Photo courtesy of Average Joe’s Sports Talk By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Stacy Jones was searching for a new experience in high school athletics, and Coosa Christian recently provided him with ideal opportunity. The former Etowah High, Auburn University and Major League Baseball pitcher was hired as the school’s athletic director earlier this month. “When I was […]
Pell City native hired as Ashville High football coach
Photo: New Ashville High School head football coach Kirakias Shepard is pictured with wife Demetria, son Hudson Beau and daughter Hadley Rae. (submitted photo) By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Kirakias Shepard did not have to travel too far to secure his first high school football head coaching job. The Pell City native took U.S. Hwy. 231 North […]
Legals for 6/30/2023 – 7/06/2023
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE NOTICE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain real estate mortgage executed by JAMES JULIUS HARRIS, JR. and wife, KYRA ALECIA HARRIS, to SAMUEL LEE ROY HILL, dated February 4, 2022,and recorded in Instrument# 3534980, in the Office of the Judge of Probate, Etowah County, Alabama, […]
Mayor Ford: ‘This is a game-changer for Gadsden.’ High tech assembly plant on the way
By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor On Wednesday, June 21, Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) announced its selection of Gadsden as the location of the company’s Micro-Modular Reactor (MMR) assembly plant. “This is the first plant of its kind in the country,” Gadsden Mayor Craig Ford said. “And it is coming to Gadsden, Alabama.” The highly […]