Gadsden-area golfers swinging for the next level

By Sam Johnson, Special to The Messenger Three local high school golfers have recently been highlighted and given opportunities to continue their athletic career at the collegiate level. Southside High School’s Justin Lovoy and Westbrook Christian School’s Cove McHugh and JD Berndt (pictured below) have garnered the attention of a few college golf programs. Justin […]
Locals mourn the loss of sports photographer

Anyone who participated in sports in Etowah County knew of the gentle soul that was Gary Wells. Wells was a staple at local high school sporting events, usually on the sidelines, armed with a camera and a smile. The coach turned photographer died at the age of 84 on April 6, 2025. Wells coached numerous […]
Gaston Bulldog commits to Trinity College

Sidney Fitts, a student at Gaston High School, verbally committed to the softball team at Trinity Baptist College in Jacksonville, Florida. Fitts had never heard of Trinity before she visited in January, but when she got there, she said she instantly felt at home. Rob Blackmer, head coach at Trinity, greeted her by name setting […]
E-Edition 04-11-25

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Legals for 4/11/2025 – 4/17/2025
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Lee Investment Consultants, LLC, an Alabama company, in favor of Peoples Bank of Alabama, dated December 30, 2014, and recorded in Mortgage Book 3412835, Page 23, in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Etowah […]
E-Edition 04-04-2025

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Legals for 4/04/2025 – 4/10/2025
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 […]