Attalla News

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:40 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 11:14 p.m. Police are asking for assistance in locating an Attalla teenager missing since Sunday.

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.

A major break in a 14-year old cold case from Coosa County. Three men are in the county jail charged with murder and attempted murder in the so-called "Lay Dam Road" incident.

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.

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: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 27, 2009 at 8:53 p.m. Recognizing what our nation's armed forces mean to us takes many forms.

Published: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:02 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 30, 2009 at 10:25 p.m. Students at Etowah Middle School were rewarded for their good conduct Friday at the Seeing Our Actions Rewarded program in the school's gym.

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.

William Harden is used to people driving slowly past his house and staring into his front yard.

The DeKalb County Commission is expected to discuss construction work along Interstate 59 when it meets today in regular session.

Published: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 9:31 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, October 23, 2009 at 9:34 p.m. Local Services * Dwight Baptist Church - 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Oct.

Marshall County presiding District Judge Tim Riley sentenced an Attalla man to 88 years in prison on Thursday for raping and sodomizing a 15-year-old Georgia Mountain girl at an Albertville trailer park in 2005.

Steven Richard Surdick, 39, of Gadsden, has been arrested for failing to register as a sex offender, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

John H. Hudson, 76, of Gadsden, and formerly of Rainsville, died Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, at DeKalb Regional Medical Center.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:56 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 10:59 p.m. The cold and wet weather Saturday didn't stop a good turnout for Attalla's Annual Heritage Day Celebration.

Published: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 2:03 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 17, 2009 at 2:04 p.m. Local services * Morningstar Baptist Church, 1311 Fourth St., N.W., Attalla - 3 p.m. Sunday, the 12th anniversary of the pastor, the Rev.

Published: Sunday, October 11, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, October 8, 2009 at 5:29 p.m. SUNDAY 10.11 'A Walk Through Time' for the preservation of Forrest Cemetery will be from 2 to 4:30 p.m. at Forrest Cemetery, Gadsden.

Published: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:41 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, October 14, 2009 at 4:42 p.m. Every year, residents of Attalla look forward to the city's annual Heritage Day celebration.

Published: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 11:09 p.m. Etowah County was able to repave or pave almost 60 miles of county roads this year - putting a new surface on some roads that hadn't been repaved in 35 years, according to County Engineer Tim Graves.

Laura Jane Hardesty Finley and Zachary Dennis Wolf were united in marriage at Ashland Place United Methodist Church on October 10, 2009.