Gadsden News

GADSDEN, Alabama -- Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin said he is looking at jail procedures following last week's escape by an inmate.

Gadsden area residential sales dipped 3.6 percent in April from the prior month and were 11.5 percent lower than April 2012.

GADSDEN, Ala. The Etowah County Sheriff, District Attorney and the county DHR director announced a crackdown on mothers who endanger their unborn children.

Authorities in eastern Alabama say a man who escaped the Etowah County Detention Center has been recaptured.

Justin Wade Hopkins, 30, of Collinsville, escaped from the jail shortly after 4 a.m. He was last seen running toward Tuscaloosa Avenue in Gadsden.

" Impact Gadsden " has so far garnered almost 350 volunteers to take part in 10 different outreaches.

Browns owner Jimmy Haslam attends minicamp last week as his family company is under federal investigation for a rebate program.

Another class-action lawsuit has been filed against Pilot Flying J in the continuing fallout from a federal investigation into claims of fuel-rebate fraud.

Capt. Bobby Jackson said the incident happened at 10:12 p.m. in the 3200 block of Stonewall Avenue.

Gadsden residents who want their areas of town sprayed to prevent the spread of mosquitoes should contact the city to request it.

Capt. Bobby Jackson said the incident happened at 12:15 a.m. A 22-year-old man said he was driving westbound on the bridge when two acquaintances pulled in front of him and stopped.

Police in Gadsden and Fort Payne are investigating a high speed chase that extended across two counties and injured a policeman Saturday night.

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Capt. Bobby Jackson said the incident happened at around 8 p.m. off Tuskegee Circle.

GADSDEN, Alabama --- Gadsden Police's Special Projects Team arrested 13 people on misdemeanor prostitution charges last week, as part of a sting throughout the city called "Operation Stroll." The sting took place from April 29 through May 3. Capt.

GADSDEN, Alabama -- An Alabama grandmother is trying to get out of jail as she awaits trial in the death of her 9-year-old granddaughter , who prosecutors say was forced to run until she died.

The National Weather Service has issued a flood warning for communities along the Coosa River, and warns there is a risk of minor flooding in Gadsden.

A strong low pressure system slowly moved eastward from the Mississippi River Valley and continued to pull warm and moist air northward from the Gulf of Mexico due to its counter-clockwise rotation.

A Gadsden man arrested in February for the May 2012 stabbing death of an Albertville woman was recently indicted for murder by a Marshall County grand jury, the district attorney said.