Remember the Alamo: The Runaway Scrape Diary of Belle Wood : Austin's Colony, Texas 1835-1836 (Rogers, Lisa Waller, Lone Star Journals, Bk. 3.)
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | yesterday
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer World War II veteran Bob Galloway doesn’t talk much about the time he spent at Iwo Jima more than 60 years ago. He doesn’t watch war movies or talk about the Purple Heart he received for injuries suffered during battle.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/05/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer When Ben Clough grows up, he wants to be a cop. He loves guns and just about any television show about crime. The 9-year-old got a head start on his future career this week when he was sworn in as an Etowah County sheriff’s deputy.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer It’s too early to tell how a predicted winter storm expected to move across the southeastern United States will affect this area, but forecasters say measurable snow is likely somewhere.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer An East Gadsden man found hiding in a church he had broken into has been charged with burglary, Gadsden Police Capt. Jeff Wright said. Derick Bernard Pearson, 28, was arrested when he was found hiding inside Living Truth Church on Pinehurst Street on Nov. 19.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Marcus Reid has been appointed as Etowah County's chief deputy district attorney, District Attorney Jimmie Harp said Thursday. Reid has been one of five deputy district attorneys, and the creation of the chief deputy position was long overdue, Harp said.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/03/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Many of the arrests in a two-day drug sweep were the result of tips from the public, Etowah County District Attorney Jimmie Harp said.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Sarah Wilhite has touched the lives of more children in this community than any other person, Carol Griffith, deputy district attorney, said Tuesday.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer An Attalla man was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison without parole after he pleaded guilty in August during his trial for robbery, burglary and attempted murder.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer An early-morning knock at the door Tuesday for some drug dealers in Etowah County was a greeting most hoped to avoid.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer The number of students participating in the H1N1 vaccination clinics in schools is fairly low.
We love sheds (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
The lovely Shed Judge Debra Prinzing takes a video tour of writer-illustrator-naturalist Sharon Lovejoy’s potting shed it’s a nice tour of an International Shed. It’s made with a Flip camera and…
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer There are almost 6,000 children and teens in Alabama in foster care, and hundreds still need adoptive homes, said Jon Costa, director of the Etowah County Department of Human Resources. November is National Adoption Month and helps put an emphasis on those children who need a home.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 11/30/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Michael and Stephanie Hunter have two children, but the Rainbow City couple hope soon to expand their family. The Hunters just completed the Group Preparation and Selection program through the Etowah County Department of Human Resources and are ready to open their home by fostering to adopt.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Vickie Gill’s mother told her soon after her second miscarriage a few years ago that everything happens for a reason. Now the East Gadsden woman believes she knows why.
The Gadsden Times (Free subscription) | 11/29/2009
By Lisa Rogers Times Staff Writer Every person who chooses to become a foster parent or adopt through the Department of Human Resources must complete a 10-week course that prepares him or her for what’s ahead.
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