05/18/11 Bettye Mitchell, president of the National Committee for the Prevention of Elder Abuse and chief executive officer of Life Span Care Consulting Group, will conduct a one-day professional seminar on elder abuse prevention and building effective coalitions on behalf of the HELP Coalition and the Council on Aging of Etowah County.
05/18/11 Attalla City Schools will save more than $90,000 on a roofing project at Attalla Elementary School after bond funds the system applied for were sold Tuesday.
05/15/11 Gadsden State Community College recently had the annual Honors Day event in Gadsden at the Wallace Drive Campus and in Anniston at the McClellan Center.
05/14/11 B.J. Hill of Boston is one of more than 2,100 Red Cross volunteers in Alabama helping with the recovery effort from the April 27 tornadoes.
05/10/11 Students and teachers in Etowah County, Gadsden City and Attalla City schools will not have to make up days missed during and after the April 27 storms.
05/09/11 An Attalla police officer was injured early Saturday when he was hit by a pickup while on a traffic stop, Attalla Police Chief Lamont Tucker said.
05/07/11 Etowah County Special Education Greenhouses will have a clearance sale beginning Tuesday and will close the doors for the year Friday.
05/02/11 The Federal Emergency Management Agency says people who need a place to stay after the deadly tornadoes in Alabama now have 20 shelters available. The shelters are supported by the American Red Cross.
04/30/11 Low on supplies and food, Debbie Fordham had heard about a shelter set up at the Ten Islands Baptist Church in Ohatchee and when she visited it, what she found came as a surprise. Table after table was covered with folded blue jeans and shirts.
04/15/11 Sheriff Todd Entrekin with the Etowah County Sheriff's Department says two convicted sex offenders have been arrested after they changed failed to comply with the Community Notification Act...
04/05/11 The public is encouraged to participate in the first of several upcoming health fairs sponsored by Attalla Health Care & Rehab, Coosa Valley Health Care & Rehab and local community centers.
04/01/11 Kindergarten enrollment for Gadsden City Schools will kick off from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 19-21 at each of the system's elementary schools.
03/28/11 With chants of "Save our schools!" and "Don't throw educators under the bus!" teachers and their supporters held a protest rally Monday afternoon at Gadsden's Moragne Park.
03/17/11 Funding problems have delayed the bid openings of two local highway projects, according to the Alabama Department of Transportation.
03/10/11 Attalla, Al.- An Etowah County Man is behind bars after being arrested and charged with a domestic abuse related offense. Etowah County Sheriff's investigators say 37 year old Jeremy Lamar Sherrell has been arrested and charged with first degree sexual abuse which is a felony.
03/08/11 Etowah County authorities busted up a cockfight that had attracted a crowd of approximately 60 people before the actual fighting began, according to the Etowah County Sherriff's Office.
03/08/11 ATTALLA, AL (WIAT)---An East Alabama cockfight gets busted before it even has a chance to begin. On Sunday, Etowah County deputies responded to a noise complaint, only to find a backyard full of roosters that they claim, were rearing to fight. Deputies arrested the property owner, 39-year-old Mark Ladell Robinson. He was arrested and charged with cockfighting, a crime that is only a misdemeanor ...
02/24/11 Sarrell Dental Center, a nonprofit organization that treats children through age 20 who have Medicaid or All Kids insurance, is set to open its Attalla office today.
02/24/11 BENGHAZI, Libya (AP) - Army units and militiamen loyal to Moammar Gadhafi struck back against rebellious protesters who have risen up in cities close to the capital Thursday, attacking a mosque where many had taken refuge and battling with others...
02/23/11 Agents with the Etowah County Drug Enforcement Unit and area law enforcement officers seized a popular new drug from local stores shelves Tuesday afternoon after state officials declared it illegal. | 
