Business
It was a sale that many in this blue-collar city thought they would never see: Health-tex, the venerable children’s apparel maker, was closing its Gadsden plant.
March 27, 1991
UCLA Sports
Graduate transfer Qwuantrezz Knight is an early contender to be UCLA’s top defender and most buoyant player as a ‘striker’ in the Bruins’ new 4-2-5 defense.
Nov. 19, 2020
World & Nation
A white lawman has long ruled over the black majority in Florida’s Gadsden County. Now he’s being challenged by a black police chief, and an unfamiliar tension has taken hold.
Sept. 5, 2000
Obituaries
James A. Hood dies at 70; fought segregation at University of Alabama
Jan. 19, 2013
In 1963, Hood and Vivian Malone were physically blocked from enrolling at the school by Gov. George Wallace. Later in life, Hood and Wallace became friends.
Archives
On a rainy afternoon, 42 noisy inner-city youths stream out of the Student Union building at Roxbury Community College after their daily “mental toughness” orientation session.
Jan. 17, 1993
At first, the news from Washington gave Etowah County Dist. Atty.
Aug. 13, 1989
Sports
All NCAA-sponsored sports events in South Carolina, including the 2002 men’s basketball regional in Greenville, will be canceled unless the Confederate flag is removed from the Statehouse dome by Aug. 11.
April 29, 2000
Politics
Bitter memories of 2000 drive electoral activism in a county that is 60% African American.
Oct. 11, 2004
Letters to the Editor
California community colleges educate more medical professionals and STEM workers than other state higher-education systems. They deserve alumni support.
Jan. 30, 2024