Gaston hires Randy Dupree as football head coach

Gaston’s varsity football program will start the season with Randy Dupree Jr. at the helm. “Everybody has been great,” Dupree said. “The teachers have been great, and the parents and all the kids are very excited. We’re excited, my wife and kids and I.” This is Dupree’s first year as a head coach of the […]
T-Mobile funds Attalla walking track

The city of Attalla, Alabama will receive a $50,000 grant from T-Mobile to build a dedicated walking trail in District 2. The trail will be on some of the property at the old elementary school on 4th Street. “Attalla is honored to have been chosen as a T-Mobile Hometown Grant recipient,” said Larry Means, Mayor, […]
Annual Autism Conference set for April 19

When Mamta Mishra’s son Parag was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), she felt alone and unsure where to begin. She prayed daily and she did everything she knew to do. She relied on her husband for support and slowly began building a tribe of people who would be there for her and her son. […]
Newest Etowah County Whataburger now open

Whataburger franchisee MWB Restaurants opened its newest location in Gadsden on Monday, March 24, at 11 a.m. This is the franchisee’s 13th Whataburger restaurant. “We hope the people of Gadsden will flock to this new Whataburger to enjoy the bold, fresh flavors we’re known for and visit frequently to make the restaurant their own,” Operating […]
E-Edition 03-28-25

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Legals for 3/28/2025 – 4/03/2025
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Seth Brown and Kagan Griffin Brown, husband and wife, to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Goldwater Bank, N.A., its successors and assigns, on May 19, 2022, said mortgage being recorded […]
Gadsden native named Troy SGA president

The Student Government Association for Troy University (SGA) has named a new president. Caleb Smith, a junior majoring in risk management and insurance, is from Gadsden, and his family knows a thing or two about holding political offices. Smith’s grandfather is Alabama House Representative Mark Gidley. Smith is no stranger to student government. He has […]
Etowah County spared from storms

Though no tornado warnings were issued for Etowah County, a severe thunderstorm warning was issued at one point. A total of 15 confirmed tornadoes touched down in Alabama on March 15. Fourteen of those tornadoes were confirmed by the National Weather Service (NWS) office in Calera, which services central Alabama, and the final tornado was […]
Deli 101 opens in Gadsden Variety

The Gadsden Variety store in downtown Gadsden now has a new deli – Deli 101. When the owners of Gadsden Variety reached out to Zachary “Z.A.” Hughes and his wife Kaitlyn, owners of Burger 101, Burger 101 Food Truck and The Mill Street Deli, they knew they wanted a restaurant in the building and Hughes […]