Rainbow City News

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 9:14 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 9:17 p.m. Forensic pathologist James Lauridson testified Friday that 2-year-old Savannah White died in 2005 from a series of blunt-force injuries to her head.

Shalinda Kalika Glass, 28, Rainbow City, has been indicted by the Grand Jury on several charges, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

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: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:36 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 2, 2009 at 9:55 p.m. Tony Isbell decided to give his 2009 Dodge Challenger more personality, and is finding his customized car's new charisma reaches far beyond the boundaries of Etowah County.

Published: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 10:50 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 10:51 p.m. Relay for Life of Etowah County starts its 2010 fundraising campaign with a kickoff party at 5:15 p.m. Thursday at the Rainbow City Community Center.

Published: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:37 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 31, 2009 at 10:39 p.m. Etowah County and Rainbow City soon will be replacing a bridge on Perman Lake Road that was closed after an overweight vehicle damaged it.

Snead State Community College officials opened bids for a renovation project to renovate historic Norton Hall.

Published: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:35 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 21, 2009 at 6:36 p.m. A Rainbow City police officer was injured in a wreck Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 11 in the Keener community.

The family of Melanie Gray Lowery on Tuesday asked the Pardons and Paroles Board to release her from prison because she has served nearly 19 years of a 30-year sentence for killing her husband.

Published: Sunday, October 18, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 16, 2009 at 11:53 p.m. NBC 13 personality Andrea Lindenberg will host the Gadsden Regional Medical Center Healthy Woman Luncheon from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Oct.

Two residents asked the Sardis City Water Department Board to ensure a contractor cleans up after completing a project to upgrade water lines.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 5:33 p.m. Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson will speak to the Etowah County Republican Club Saturday morning at Western Sizzlin in Rainbow City.

Online home auction company RealtyBid.com , based in Rainbow City, said its September sales figures jumped more than 211 percent from the previous month and by 308 percent over September 2008.

GADSDEN, AL: Mary Edna Stewart Pate went home to her precious saviour, Jesus Christ on October 7, 2009.

Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. What started out as a church fundraiser has evolved into a local business, but its primary goal still is to raise funds for the church.

Published: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 8:50 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at 8:54 p.m. Rainbow City Mayor Terry John Calhoun was so interested in the bids for the extension of Black Creek Parkway to Sutton Bridge Road that he listened to the Alabama Department of Transportation's bid opening on the Internet from ALDOT's Web site.

Via Google, you can set up alerts on various subjects. Through the magic of Google, I get e-mail notifications based on several keywords, including Attalla, Glencoe, Hokes Bluff, Rainbow City you get the idea.

"Dre" Towles, accused in the 2006 beating death of 5-year-old Geontae Glass. The trial was to have begun in early June, but Circuit Judge Allen Millican declared a mistrial after several motions were filed over a questionnaire potential jurors were asked to complete.

Published: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 2, 2009 at 11:07 p.m. An Altoona man was flown by helicopter to a Birmingham hospital following a wreck Friday morning on U.S. Highway 278 near Attalla, according to Alabama State Troopers.

Published: Thursday, October 1, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, September 30, 2009 at 4:46 p.m. The much-anticipated annual fall coin show for the Gadsden-Rainbow City Coin Club will take place Friday and Saturday at the Gadsden Mall featuring numismatic dealers from around the Southeast.