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Locals spread kindness with painted rocks

August 18, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor Michelle Buck was out to dinner at Ruby Tuesday when she found her first painted rock sitting on a bench. It said “Hope.” Buck had been having a challengi...

Humane Society special needs dog finds happy home

August 18, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center Shelter Manager Lisa Brackett remembers exactly...

GPL to host solar eclipse party

August 18, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor On Monday, August 21, the United States will have its first total eclipse of the sun since 1979. The next North American eclipse won’t happen until April...

People of Etowah - James “Jay” Hedgspeth

August 18, 2017

Name: James “Jay” Hedgspeth. Where were you born and raised? “I am a native to Gadsden. Aside from a short spell in Tuscaloosa for school and Indiana for a...

Humane Society to build dog park in Gadsden

August 11, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor At the Gadsden City Council meeting on August 8, the council unanimously approved a lease with the Humane Society Pet Rescue and Adoption Center for a por...

Hot Pursuit 5K to benefit Barrie Center

August 11, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor The Gadsden-Etowah Fraternal Order of Police Lodge No. 2 is hosting the Hot Pusuit 5K Glow Run on Saturday, August 12 to benefit the James M. Barrie Cente...

People of Etowah - Judge Bobby Junkins

August 11, 2017

Name: Bobby M. Junkins.

Where were you born and raised?

“Hokes Bluff for all grades 1-12.”

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Day sworn in as circuit court judge

August 4, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor On Tuesday, August 1, George C. Day, Jr. was sworn in as Etowah County’s newest circuit cour...

Helicopter to be displayed in Gadsden

August 4, 2017

By Sarrah Peters, News Editor On July 28, about 20 people gathered in the rain at the Northeast Alabama Regional Airport to welcome a police escorted helicopter to Gadsden. According...