Old Fashioned Peanut Butter Cookies, M&M Cookies, Cream Cheese Cookies
By Andy Bedwell Most of these cookie recipes are simple from the old days. Do you remember when peanut butter cookies were in our school lunchrooms? Word got around fast when the lunch ladies were making them. Cookies are a great snack for children and grown-ups alike. They can be stored in zipper-lock bags in […]
The Devotion to Christ – Experiencing a Living Church
By Brian Cook My first book, “The Devotion to Christ,” speaks to “the turning” that started taking place when my faith began to crumble in trial, and how stopping to pray in Catholic churches while I was on the road became a necessary refuge. When my church was cold and closed, Catholic churches were open […]
Gadsden Woman’s Club hosts dual centennial celebrations
The Woman’s Club of Gadsden recently held a two-fold centennial celebration on March 26. The celebration was to honor Woman’s Club member Claudia Jermyn’s 100th birthday and to also honor the club’s 100th anniversary of serving Gadsden. Jermyn was born on March 27, 1924, in Attalla, and was the third of six daughters born to […]
Legals for 3/29/2024 – 4/04/2024
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Debra J. Cofield and Jeffery Brent Cofield, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as Mortgagee, as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network, Inc., its successors and assigns, on July 5, 2006, said mortgage being recorded […]
Sardis back on top in county softball
Photo: The Sardis High softball team gathers for a photo following the Lady Lions victory over Hokes Bluff in the Etowah County Schools Tournament championship game on Saturday, March 23 at Hokes Bluff. Pictured, kneeling, from left: Halle Haynes, Annahkate Waldrep, Bailey Lusk, Barit Snead, Maddie Harris, Lexy Lee. Standing, from left: assistant coach Emily […]
Ben Stewart hired as Southside football coach
Submitted photo By Chris McCarthy, Publisher/Editor Ben Stewart soon will add a hardhat and engineer boots to his wardrobe. The recently hired Southside High School head football coach pointed out that while the program’s infrastructure is sturdy, it is his responsibility to pour the asphalt and set the speed limit. With one year under Gary Nelson […]
Panthers placed third at Oneonta meet
Photo courtesy of Alex Chaney The Southside boys and girls track and field teams both finished third at the Oneonta Meet No. 2 on March 21. The Panthers took home 14 medals, seven by the boys and seven by the girls. Kathryn Webb and Evan Christopher (pictured above) each won two individual golds. Also competing […]
Local teams compete at Lincoln Meet No. 2
Courtesy of Becky Staples Photography The Ashville High track and field team earned 13 medals at the Lincoln Meet No. 2 on March 21. Taylor Knight (pictured above) earned three second-place silver medals for the Lady Bulldogs. Gaston’s Kodie Bogle threw 25 feet longer then the runner-up in the boys javelin event. Local medals winners […]
Sardis senior gets preferred walk-on at Auburn
Photo courtesy of Alex Chaney By Shannon J. Allen/Sand Mountain Reporter Eli Morton became the eighth member of Sardis High School’s class of 2024 to receive an opportunity to compete in college athletics on March 7 when he accepted a preferred walk-on offer to play football for Auburn University. A first team All-Etowah County Schools […]