By Lindsey Frazier, Features Editor
Glenda Jackson started her career in government as a volunteer poll worker before becoming a clerk at a city precinct, where she said she learned firsthand how the system...
By Lindsey Frazier, Features Editor
Ron Sparks was the Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries for two terms from 2003 to 2011. The second time he was elected, he was voted in by 62 of the 67 count...
By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor
Guests gathered on Friday, May 8, for the official ribbon-cutting and grand opening of the Challenger Learning Center of Northeast Alabama, a new STEM e...
By Lindsey Frazier, Features Editor
Gracey Lankford of Gadsden City High School signed a golf scholarship with Calhoun Community College on Monday.
Lankford is the third female golfer from Gadsden City to s...
By Lindsey Frazier, Features Editor
Aiden Johnson, a Glencoe student, signed an athletic scholarship to Gadsden State Community College on Friday during a signing ceremony.
In his five years of playing base...
By Craig Scott, Director, Gadsden Public Library
As schools across Etowah County prepare to close their doors for the summer br...
By Carrie Halladay
Most people don’t like conflict. It feels uncomfortable, tense and unpredictable. So we either avoid it comple...
By Sandra Bost
The other day, we came home to a fresh pile of “doggy-doo” on our front porch steps. This abominable batch was l...
By Shawn Blackmon
As we celebrated Mother’s Day this past Sunday, we recognize Mother’s Day is more than flowers, cards and ce...
A public ceremony honoring Revolutionary War patriot Joseph Garner will be held Saturday, May 23, i...
MAY 19, 2026 – PRIMARY ELECTION
JUNE 16, 2026 – PRIMARY RUN-OFF ELECTION
Qualified voters can apply for an absentee ballot that c...
By Lindsey Frazier, Features Editor
Tucked away in a cul-de-sac down the winding roads of Whorton Bend, Billy Crawford lives with his son, Roy, and daughter-in-law, Vickie, though he hasn’t lived there long...
By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor
Construction is officially underway on the $76.5 million Gadsden Athletic Center, a major sports and recreation development city leaders say will serve...
Project SPARK is a three-year professional development program funded by the U.S. Department of Educa...
By Kaitlin Hoskins, News Editor
For more than two decades, Walter Wilson “Wally” Burns Jr. helped shape the city he spent his entire life calling home.
Burns, Southside’s former mayor,...
