Modern Woodmen plants strong roots for a growing future
Submitted by Morgan Lavender with Modern Woodmen. Modern Woodmen of America, a national fraternal financial services organization with local offices in this area, reports strong fraternal and financial results for year-end 2025, including increased life insurance in force, growth of surplus and continued community impact. Nearing its 150th anniversary, the organization is prioritizing growth to […]
Children’s of Alabama Promotes Mental Health Awareness During May
Submitted by Children’s of Alabama. May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a powerful reminder that children’s emotional health is just as important as their physical health. Nearly 20% of children aged 3-17 years old have a mental, emotional and behavioral disorder, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics. In 2021, the AAP, the American Academy […]
TITANS ADVANCE TO STATE
adsden City’s boys soccer team defeated the Homewood Patriots Thursday, May 6, at Huntsville Sports Complex. At the end of regulation play, the two teams were tied 1-1. After a sudden death overtime, the fight continued with a 1-1 tie. After penalty kicks, the Titans emerged victorious. Goalie Jessai Lopez stopped Homewood’s last shot, which […]
Depression: More than just sadness
By Carrie Halladay When people think of depression, they usually think of sadness. And while sadness can be part of it, depression is often much more complex—and sometimes much quieter — than people expect. For many, depression doesn’t look like crying all the time. It looks like not feeling much of anything. Things that used […]
90 days, three sisters and one panty angel
By Sandra Bost May is Foster Care Awareness Month, a season that stays pinned to my heart year-round. My husband and I weren’t strangers to the world of foster care; we had spent three years as “Mom” and “Pop” to ten teenage boys in a group home. After a few years of much-needed rest though, […]
We live in a world where everybody wants change
By Shawn Blackmon We live in a world where everybody wants change. People want better lives, better habits, better relationships, better outcomes, and better futures. We ask God for something new while still holding on to the same old way of thinking. We want different results, but we refuse to change our mindset. But you […]
‘Love set you going like a fat gold watch’
By Tabitha Bozeman One of my favorite poems about motherhood is Sylvia Plath’s “Morning Song,” and the first line is “Love set you going like a fat gold watch.” From the very beginning of our lives and our children’s lives, time is ticking by, faster and faster it seems. But, we have more power than […]
First officials of Gadsden
By Danny Crownover Col. R.B. Kyle was the first mayor of Gadsden. The aldermen elected with him in 1867 were Dr. Joseph Bevans, Major W.P. Hollingsworth, R.O. Randall, And Herman Herzberg. Soon after Baine County was created in the fall of 1866 a number of citizens petitioned L.E. Hamlin, probate judge, to call an election […]
Snead State honors nursing students inducted into Honor Society
Article submitted by Snead State. Snead State Community College recently celebrated the academic achievements of its nursing students during the induction ceremony for the Iota Nu Chapter of the Alpha Delta Nu Honor Society of Nursing. The ceremony recognized students enrolled in the Associate Degree Nursing program who demonstrated excellence in the classroom and a […]