Gadsden News

The DeKalb County sheriff says a Flat Rock man has been charged with attempted murder and his son charged with assault in connection with a shooting at a raccoon hunt.

Published: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 7:34 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 24, 2009 at 7:42 p.m. The Gadsden Public Works Department began its rotation for leaf pickup about a week ago.

Published: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 10:03 p.m. Women who are victims of abuse soon will be given a new life with the opening of a local domestic violence center.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:54 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 10:58 a.m. The 23rd annual WMGJ food drive to benefit the Etowah County Food Bank will be held Saturday at WMGJ on 815 Tuscaloosa Ave.

The Etowah County Sheriff's Office says searchers have found a body they believe to be a Boaz man who disappeared two weeks ago.

Published: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 7:11 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 15, 2009 at 7:12 p.m. Recycling is being encouraged and practiced throughout the year in Etowah County.

Officials in Gadsden say three firefighters were injured when a floor collapsed into the basement of a burning home on Lookout Mountain.

Gadsden firefighters regroup after a garage basement ceiling collapsed during a house fire at the corner of Scenic Drive and Shannon Circle, Monday, Nov.

GADSDEN - A Rainbow City man has been found guilty of capital murder in the 2005 death of his girlfriend's young daughter.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:59 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:07 p.m. A second member of the Etowah County Commission has committed funds to the Black Creek Parkway project.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:41 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:41 p.m. A funding shortfall for the extension of Black Creek Parkway will be shared by Rainbow City, the city of Gadsden and the Etowah County Commission, officials said Monday.

Published: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 7:32 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 7:32 p.m. Two different types of opera - classical opera and Grand Ole Opry music - will be featured in a unique fundraiser Saturday evening at the Hardin Center for Cultural Arts.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:36 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:37 p.m. More schools in Etowah County will be receiving security cameras under a grant approved Tuesday by the Etowah County Commission.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:31 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 1:34 p.m. It has been 14 years since three Etowah County men were tied up, robbed and set on fire at a hunting lodge in Coosa County.

The 9-year-old sister a 2-year-old girl believed to have died of injuries from a 2005 beating took the witness stand and told how she tried to defend her sister as testimony got under way Thursday in the capital murder trial of a Rainbow City man.

Published: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 6:44 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 4, 2009 at 6:47 p.m. A Gadsden man has been charged with attempted murder after he fired shots toward a man in another car late Friday.

GADSDEN, Ala. a ' An Alabama soldier assigned to the Fort Payne National Guard unit has been killed in an accident in Kuwait.

Published: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:55 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 29, 2009 at 8:55 p.m. Local officials will be meeting with Alabama Department of Transportation officials next week to discuss a funding controversy involving the Black Creek Parkway extension to connect to Steele Station Road.

Published: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:10 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 10:11 p.m. The swine flu vaccine will be given for a second day today after only about 350 people turned out Wednesday in Gadsden for the free injection.

If you're going to be taking a trip to Gadsden or Birmingham in the next two years, you may want to consider an alternative to Interstate 59.