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Large lumber yard fire in Cherokee County
A large fire is burning in Cherokee County. The Cherokee County Emergency Management Agency is asking people to avoid the area of Cedar Bluff Road at Discount Lumber between Centre and Cedar Bluff. The EMA says crews were called to Discount Lumber just after 7 a.m. on May 31. The...
'Blessed by the Lord': Campers clean up after Memorial Day storms in Cherokee County
CHEROKEE COUNTY, Ala. (WBMA) — On Wednesday, people at Big Oak Campground in Cedar Bluff were cleaning up trees, limbs and debris from the Memorial Day storms. The National Weather Service in Birmingham confirmed an EF-1 tornado touched down in Cherokee County. According to NWS, the path spanned 3.4 miles starting five miles north-northeast of Sand Rock and ending 4 miles east of Yellow Creek Falls.
Fort Payne honors Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry
FORT PAYNE, Ala. (WAFF) - The City of Fort Payne took the time Thursday to memorialize two local legends. Randy Owen and Teddy Gentry of the band Alabama cemented their handprints at the Dekalb Theater. Owen and Gentry both grew up in Fort Payne and started their musical journeys playing...
2 Alabama men sentenced in health care fraud and kickback conspiracies
Two north Alabama men have been sentenced to federal prison as part of a series of cases involving multi-million-dollar health care fraud and kickback conspiracies. U.S. District Court Judge L. Scott Coogler sentenced Brian Bowman, 42, of Gadsden, to eight years in prison, and Jason Max Akin, 46, of Florence, to three-and-a-half years in prison.
Gadsden to have its own skating rink with real ice for holidays
Ice skating during Christmas on the Coosa last December was such a success that the City of Gadsden has decided not just to make it a permanent attraction, but to get its own rink. And this time, it will have real, not make-believe ice. The City Council on May 28...
Cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Gadsden metro area
Stacker compiled a list of cities with the fastest-growing home prices in the Gadsden metro using data from Zillow. Originally published on stacker.com, part of the BLOX Digital Content Exchange.
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