Published: Thursday, March 11, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 7:16 p.m. Far away there in the sunshine are my highest aspirations.

Three Gadsden-area schools will participate in a statewide plan next school year to increase the number of students taking Advanced Placement math, science and English courses, Gov.

Published: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:08 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, March 8, 2010 at 7:15 p.m. The Gadsden City School System Foundation recognized Gadsden's outstanding students and teachers Monday at its 2010 Love for Learning Luncheon at the Hardin Center.

Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:34 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:35 a.m. Gadsden native Gordon Mote - The Academy of Country Music's Top Piano/Keyboard Player of the Year - is set to perform at the Rainbow City Presbyterian Church.

Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:48 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:49 p.m. Three teenagers have been charged with the Monday night home-invasion robbery of a residence on Tuscaloosa Avenue, Gadsden police detective Roger Dale said.

Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:50 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 10:53 p.m. Three students who skipped class Thursday at Gadsden City High School were caught after they allegedly broke in a church on South 11th Street, according to police.

Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 11:26 p.m. A Gadsden man convicted of murder in January was sentenced this week by Etowah County Circuit Court Judge David Kimberley, according to a news release from District Attorney Jimmie Harp.

Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 3, 2010 at 6:11 p.m. "Wasn't nothing I needed that wasn't right here in Gee's Bend.

Gadsden is facing another job reduction, after a big poultry plant said Wednesday it is cutting 18 management jobs and temporarily releasing 100 hourly workers.

Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 9:55 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 9:55 p.m. Feed America Inc.

Published: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 9:52 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 9:53 p.m. Gadsden police detectives are investigating two home invasion-style robberies that occurred Monday night, according to reports.

Published: Friday, February 26, 2010 at 9:28 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 26, 2010 at 9:28 a.m. Do you have a dream of being a rock star? If so, you have your chance, thanks to the Gadsden Public Library.

Published: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 6:56 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, February 23, 2010 at 6:57 p.m. Gadsden State Community College 's Valley Street Campus is sponsoring the You Have a Dream Summit and Career Expo 2010 Saturday.

Published: Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10:27 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, February 27, 2010 at 10:28 p.m. The Gadsden State Community College Counseling and Advising Center is sponsoring Connect-Communicate-CARE from 10 a.m. to noon March 11 in the Cardinal Breezeway in Inzer Hall on the Wallace Drive campus.

Published: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10:40 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, February 20, 2010 at 10:50 p.m. If La Gray doesn't know or remember a woman's name, she just calls her Grace.

Published: Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9:42 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, February 25, 2010 at 9:44 p.m. The Gadsden City Council, Gadsden City Board of Education and representatives from local industries toured Gadsden City High School's new career technology building Thursday following a workforce development luncheon.

An Alabama woman has pleaded guilty to federal charges in a bank and mortgage fraud that prosecutors say totaled almost $580,000. Authorities on Thursday said 56-year-old Roxanne Saunders Gilliland of Rainbow City entered the plead during a court hearing in Huntsville.

Published: Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 3:46 p.m. For the Valentine's Day-themed Story Time, Cassius Hunter, Madison Eagly, Macy Hamilton, Mason Lipscomb worked diligently on "hand" -made Valentines in the Lena Martin Room of the Gadsden Public Library.

Published: Friday, February 19, 2010 at 9:45 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 19, 2010 at 9:46 a.m. The Gadsden Public Library will be hosting author Kanika Reese as she discusses her new book, "Dissillusion." The event is at 10 a.m. Saturday and is part of the GPL's Black History Month observance.

Jurors in Gadsden have recommended the death sentence for Ronnie Lynn Kirksey after convicting him of murdering his girlfriend's son, 23-month-old Cornell Norwood.