SEC football week three update
By Cole Frederick Alabama Week 3 Recap For the second straight season, Alabama easily handled Wisconsin en route to a 38-14 victory. Ty Simpson was near-perfect for the second consecutive week, and he completed 24 of his 29 passes for 382 yards and four touchdowns. Ryan Williams, who missed last week’s game with an injury, […]
Hokes Bluff faces undefeated Anniston
By Matthew Watkins, Sports Correspondent Fresh off of a thrilling 35-28 victory over White Plains (Class 4A, Region 6), Hokes Bluff is set for a pivotal homecoming-week showdown against the undefeated Anniston Bulldogs. Against White Plains, it was truly the Bryce Whitaker show. Whitaker racked up 246 yards on the ground to go along with […]
High school football scores and upcoming games
Coosa Christian School The Conquerors won at home against Falkville on September 12. The final score was 26-0. They will face Susan Moore at home on September 19. Etowah High School The Blue Devils lost at home to Cherokee County on September 12. The final score was 38-14. Etowah faces Ashville on the road on […]
Legals for 9/19/2025 – 9/25/2025
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Katherine Bishop, An Unmarried Woman, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc. as nominee for Fairway Independent Mortgage Corporation, its successors and assigns, on June 16, 2017, said mortgage recorded in the Office of […]
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United, in Jesus, we stand
By Sandra Bost I will never forget where I was 24 years ago on September 11. My family and I were living in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. As general manager of a Sheikh-owned carpet factory, my dad had brought my husband over to run his hand-carved rug division. We were finishing up our third year and […]
Welcome to the Library: Your Community’s Living Room
By Craig Scott Editor’s Note: The Messenger happily presents a new bi-weekly column written by Gadsden Public Library Director Craig Scott. Scott will share updates from the library every other week in this exclusive to the Messenger column. As we begin this exciting new chapter of bi-weekly updates from the Gadsden Public Library, it’s only […]
National Read a Book Day 2025
By Tabitha Bozeman National Read a Book day 2025 came and went last weekend, and we mentioned it at home but the girls have been reading on their own so I didn’t make a huge deal out of it. Well, two of the girls. Our youngest is still on the fence when it comes to […]
Coosa to Tennessee Rivers – Early railroad building
By Danny Crownover Back in 1883, Major Hugh Carlisle reported that construction on the Tennessee & Coosa Railroad from Guntersville to Gadsden, started in 1852, had been resumed and the line would be completed. Major Carlisle, was a Scotland native who built a country home near Guntersville in the late 19th century. Carlisle was one […]