Rainbow City News

Published: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 18, 2009 at 8:46 p.m. A Rainbow City chiropractic office is midway through a food drive, furnished with incentives to encourage participation among patients, to benefit the Etowah Community Food Bank.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 9:59 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 10:07 p.m. A second member of the Etowah County Commission has committed funds to the Black Creek Parkway project.

A grand jury handed down a new indictment of murder Friday against a Rainbow City woman in the death of her 5-year-old son, according to Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:05 p.m. Cancer survivor and television personality Brenda Ladun returns Tuesday to Gadsden to share the story of her battle with breast cancer.

Published: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:41 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 9, 2009 at 10:41 p.m. A funding shortfall for the extension of Black Creek Parkway will be shared by Rainbow City, the city of Gadsden and the Etowah County Commission, officials said Monday.

Published: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:26 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 3, 2009 at 6:28 p.m. Flexibility in funding.

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.