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For the past 28 years, the Alaco Discount Pharmacy building located at 544 West Main Street (Hwy. 431 South) in Glencoe has become as much a neighborhood...

 By Chris McCarthy/Publisher If we all have a song in our hearts, Dee Downey Pruett’s most vital organ is bursting at the seams with music.  The...

By Tamara Tellis/Staff Writer According to the website womenheart.org, it is estimated that 42 million American women live with heart disease.  Many...

By Chris McCarthy/Publisher Some people remember the specifics of their first day of school. Others can recall the first time they learned to ride a...

 The Chamber of Gadsden & Etowah County recently announced that Skid Row will open the Friday portion of the 2012 RiverFest scheduled for June...

By Chris McCarthy Publisher/Editor No one can argue that “Charlie B” did not fight the good fight, finish the race and keep the faith during his 81 years...

 By Danny Crownover/Special to The Messenger As popular history goes, few stories are as dramatic and endlessly fascinating as the sinking of the...

 By Joshua Price/Sports Editor Gadsden City High School students and faculty know exactly how to make use of a dusty, vacant room. On Feb. 1, GCHS...

If studying for an electrical engineering degree doesn’t take up enough of his time, Kevin Ferguson currently is testing the political waters of the Alabama...

According to a recent press release from the Gadsden & Etowah County Chamber, the 2012 Gadsden RiverFest’s Saturday night country headliner will be...