Gadsden News

• Former Gadsden City teachers rape trial begins February 8, 2012
  Testimony is under way in the rape trial of a former Gadsden City High teacher and coach who allegedly had a sexual relationship with a 15-year-old student. […]
• GOP leaders to Bentley: Budgets won't pass February 8, 2012
  MONTGOMERY — Republican legislative leaders say the state budgets proposed by Alabama’s GOP governor won’t pass. […]
• Two arrested after fight in front of Hokes Bluff Elementary School February 8, 2012
  Two men got into a fight Wednesday morning after stopping their vehicles on Main Street in Hokes Bluff, in front of Hokes Bluff Elementary School, Hokes Bluff Police Chief Mitchell Hill said. […]
• 2012 State of the State address February 8, 2012
  Alabama Governor Robert Bentley's 2012 State of the State Address. […]
• Homecoming inspires wounded Marine February 8, 2012
  JACKSONVILLE — Shot through the upper back on a rooftop in Afghanistan and gasping for breath after a bullet ripped through his chest, Marine Sgt. Ben Tomlinson had a fear worse than death. […]
• Alabama facing 25 percent budget cut February 8, 2012
  Lawmakers received bad news as they arrived Tuesday for the start of the 2012 legislative session: State agencies likely face cuts in this year’s budget. Even worse, the cuts for next year could be much bigger, possibly more than 25 percent for many programs, and would tear holes in the state’s safety net of social services. […]
• Bentley proposes charter schools February 8, 2012
  Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley is asking the Legislature to create a limited number of charter schools. The schools would be publicly funded, but would operate outside the rules and regulations of regular public schools. […]
• Southern Family Markets sells stores, including two Etowah County Food Worlds February 8, 2012
  BIRMINGHAM — Belle Foods LLC on Tuesday announced it had reached an agreement with Southern Family Markets LLC and several of its subsidiaries to purchase all 57 grocery stores owned by Southern Family Markets, including two Food World stores in Etowah County. […]
• Ford: 'This is the time to reissue lottery talk' February 8, 2012
  House Minority Leader Craig Ford said Tuesday he wants to restart a discussion about a state lottery as an answer to Alabama's recurring budget problems. […]
• Marshall Christian wins national recycling competition February 8, 2012
  Marshall Christian Academy of Albertville won first place in Keep America Beautiful's “Recycle-Bowl,” the first nationwide recycling competition for elementary-, middle- and high-school students. […]