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4 days ago | gadsdentimes.com | Michael Smith |Michaël Smith

Don NobleContributor“Lay Your Armor Down” is Michael Farris Smith’s eighth novel, and two of the previous novels have already been made into films. Raised in southern Mississippi, Smith is the son of a Baptist preacher. After graduating from Mississippi State, he moved to Europe for three years, landing a job with a traveling unit sponsored by the NBA for the purposes of promoting the game of basketball in soccer country. Of course, this was an enriching experience; he learned French.

1 week ago | gadsdentimes.com | Maxwell Donaldson

With the 2025 Alabama high school sports season wrapped up, it is time for you the fans to have your say and vote for The Gadsden News' high school boys athlete of the year. There are 125 nominees across all sports in the Gadsden area and they can come from all 27 schools in the area around Northeast Alabama. The list is headlined by the Gadsden Times Boys Athlete of the Year Jameson Scissum, who signed with Jax State for football and baseball.

1 week ago | gadsdentimes.com | Maxwell Donaldson

Maxwell DonaldsonSouthside boys basketball takes on White Plains in a summer playdate hosted by Southside at the school in Southside, Alabama on Monday, June 16, 2025. (Maxwell Donaldson, The Gadsden Times)Maxwell Donaldson, The Gadsden TimesSouthside boys basketball takes on White Plains in a summer playdate hosted by Southside at the school in Southside, Alabama on Monday, June 16, 2025.

1 week ago | gadsdentimes.com | Maxwell Donaldson

Maxwell DonaldsonAlabama women's basketball freshman Ace Austin hosts a youth basketball camp at Sand Mountain Park in Albertville, Alabama on Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Maxwell Donaldson, The Gadsden Times)Maxwell Donaldson, The Gadsden TimesAlabama women's basketball freshman Ace Austin hosts a youth basketball camp at Sand Mountain Park in Albertville, Alabama on Tuesday, June 17, 2025.

1 week ago | gadsdentimes.com | Donna Thornton

In honor of Juneteenth, which is June 19, 2025, here is a story originally published by the Gadsden Times on June 15, 2022, on the history of the holiday. Juneteenth is the oldest nationally celebrated commemoration of the ending of slavery in the United States. Here's some of its history, and how it came to be a national holiday. Emancipation ProclamationPresident Abraham Lincoln signed the Emancipation Proclamation into law on Jan.