Gadsden News

An Etowah County grand jury has indicted a Gadsden man for capital murder in the death of his 20-month-old daughter Maliyah Tashay Lindsay.

Top three runners-up in the Miss USA 2013 pageant, Miss Illinois USA Stacie Juris , Miss Alabama USA Mary Margaret McCord , and Miss Utah USA Marissa Powell appear during the 2013 Miss USA pageant at PH Live at Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.

George White began repairing marble tombstones quite by accident. It's not an easy task, but one he has learned he enjoys.

Several different acts are on tap for the next two weeks at the Hardin Center for Cultural Arts ' Courtyard Concert Series.

<![CDATA[GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) -- The Gadsden Civil Service Board has suspended Police Chief John Crane for visiting a convicted murderer in jail over the course of three years. The board voted Wednesday to suspend Crane for 15 days. Officials say he visited Justin Denson monthly in the Etowah County jail. Denson was sentenced to 119 years for killing his mother, Nita Denson, in 2009. He was also charged with fraudulent use of a credit card. Officials say Crane and Denson knew each other personally, and Crane visited Denson for religious reasons. Authorities say Crane also bought Denson a suit to wear to court, and put money in his commissary account. The Gadsden Times reports Michael Rasmussen, who represents Nita Denson's niece, asked the board to remove crane from his position as police chief.

Moe's Southwest Grill will celebrate the grand re-opening of the Riverchase location on June 12. Guests are invited to come see the newly remodeled store and enjoy a free cup of Queso with the purchase of any adult entree.

A Jacksonville City Schools employee was killed in a single-vehicle crash Monday on U.S. 278, according to a report from the Alabama State Trooper's Post in Gadsden.

A Gadsden man is behind bars today after a series of incidents Monday that ended in his arrest after he pointed a BB rifle at a police cruiser.

Capt. Bobby Jackson said the incident happened at 11:38 p.m. Friday. The resident, a 28-year-old man, lives in the 400 block of North 9th Street.

The Southern Hills Cemetery, just off Sixth Street, has been added to the Alabama Historic Cemetery Register.

Davina Blaylock didn't think much of it when a woman ordered a cup of shaved ice and paid for it with a $20.

Gadsden city officials said they would look into a proposal made today for long-range care of the deer at Noccalula Falls Park.

Scape Martinez, Graffiti Artist and Author, will present a series of workshops and events, including a live graffiti painting set, about urban art during the days of June 6 through June 8, 2013 in Gadsden AL.

Jim Smothers, a 34-year veteran of The Daily Home has been named commentary editor of the newspaper, effective today.

Etowah County Deputy Coroner Michael Head said a 72-year-old man was dead at the scene of the wreck, which occurred at 5:02 p.m. near Crosspoint Community Church.

A Scottsboro man accused in the robbery of a Collinsville BP station was arrested today five hours after the incident, according to DeKalb County Sheriff Jimmy Harris.

The segment was filmed last fall in and around the city, said Shane Ellison, assistant to Mayor Sherman Guyton.

An Alabama city is going green and saving some green at the same time. According to AL.com , Gadsden is converting all of its heavy equipment to run on biodiesel and will net about $100,000 a year in tax credits and fuel costs from the move: Gadsden began using propane for its city mowers about four years ago.

Robert Wayne Kelley, 38, was sentenced to 100 years in prison on two counts of murder and two counts of corpse abuse in an Etowah County case.

Gadsden's three black city councilmen - Robert Avery, Deverick Williams and Billy Harris - questioned why a television show spotlighting the city last week had no minority representation.