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🌱 How Gadsden’s new Fire Station 8 will change emergency response
Cheers Gadsden! We’re back, helping you stay up to date with what’s happening. Let's take on the day together! ☀️
In today's newsletter:
- How Gadsden’s new Fire Station 8 will change emergency response
- Why Gadsden police say one split-second choice can steal decades
- How a First Baptist Gadsden pastor gained a key SBC role
Also on today's calendar: Project Management Techniques Training in Gadsden, AL and 5 more events.
Today's riddle: What did the inventor of the knock-knock joke win? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Friday: Very warm, with a high of 87 and low of 57 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Saturday: Partly sunny and very warm, temps: high: 86, low: 48.
- Sunday: Some sun, breezy and cooler, with a high of 67 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
1. Fire Station 8 construction begins (gadsdenmessenger.com) — Construction is underway on a much larger, modern Fire Station 8 in Gadsden, replacing the cramped 1963 building on Rainbow Drive and adding a police precinct on-site. Funded through the city’s RISE Project bond, the two-story station is expected to open in spring 2027 and follows recent new stations at Banks Park and Noccalula Falls. 
2. Gadsden police asking young people to think before turning to gun violence (wbrc.com) — Gadsden police are urging families and community leaders to help curb a rise in youth gun violence by teaching better ways to handle conflict. Officers and local prevention advocates stress that split-second decisions with guns can cost teens their futures and lives. They’re highlighting programs like Ballers Against Bullets and asking parents to closely monitor where kids are and who they’re with.
3. SBC 2026 Committee on Committees announced • Biblical Recorder (brnow.org) — A Gadsden connection is featured in national Southern Baptist leadership, as First Baptist Church pastor Mat Alexander has been appointed vice chair of the SBC’s 2026 Committee on Committees. He’ll help select nominees for a key convention body ahead of next year’s SBC meeting in Orlando, giving Gadsden a small but notable voice in denomination-wide decisions.
4. Justice Sonia Sotomayor Meets with UA Students as Part of Albritton Lecture at Alabama Law (ua.edu) — A Gadsden native and Alabama Law valedictorian, Sav Miles, was among the students who met U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor during her recent visit to the University of Alabama School of Law. Justice Sotomayor discussed AI, judicial challenges, and public service, offering personal encouragement that Miles says reinforced what’s possible for students from communities like Gadsden.
5. Alabama schedules June execution for man convicted of 1998 double murder (newsfromthestates.com) — A state death-penalty case briefly connects back to Gadsden, mentioning a separate robbery in the city that led to the murders of Ivan and Lucille Moore. The main focus is Alabama scheduling a June 11 nitrogen gas execution for Jeffrey Lee, convicted in a 1998 double murder at an Orrville pawnshop, highlighting ongoing statewide debate over capital punishment procedures.
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Upcoming Events in
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★ Featured events ★
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Details Coming — Folk AF
Folk AF, 2111 Rainbow Dr Suite A, Gadsden
12:30 pm
Saturday April 18
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Other local events
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Bingo at Back Forty Beer Company to Benefit the Woman's Club
Back Forty Beer Company , 200 N 6th St , Gadsden
5:30 pm -
Ribbon Cutting for The Chill Spot
The Chill Spot , 301 3rd Street NW , Attalla
12:00 pm -
Spring Book Sale!
Gadsden Public Library - Main Branch , 254 College Street , Gadsden
9:00 am -
Groundbreaking for Noccalula Falls Pavillion
The Chamber, Gadsden & Etowah County , 1 Commerce Square , Gadsden
10:00 am -
Spring Book Sale!
Gadsden Public Library - Main Branch , 254 College Street , Gadsden
9:00 am -
Project Management Techniques Training in Gadsden, AL
Regus Gadsden , 401 Locust St 1st Floor , Gadsden
9:00 am -
FOODEESFEST Gadsden, AL
Gadsden Mall , 1001 Rainbow Dr , Gadsden
1:00 pm
Saturday April 18
Monday April 20
Wednesday April 22
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Friday April 24
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🗓 Events Nearby
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PMP Certification 4 Days Classroom Training in Gadsden, AL
Professional Workplace on Fifth , 601 S 5th St , Gadsden
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Foodee Festival
Gadsden Mall , 1001 Rainbow Dr , Gadsden
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Weekly Live Trivia Nights at Moe's Original BBG - Gadsden
Moe's Original BBQ , 208 S 2nd St , Gadsden
6:00 pm -
Lend Me A Tenor
Theatre of Gadsden , 310 N 27th St , Gadsden
7:00 pm
Tuesday April 21
Friday April 24
Wednesday April 29
Friday May 8
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Muñeco was LOST on April 15, 2026 in Gadsden, AL 35904 near Near N 29th st Gadsden Alabama Sharing for a neighbor. For the latest information or to… (Nextdoor East Gadsden)
- US Customs and Border Protection posted a job opening for Marine Interdiction Agent in Gadsden. Apply here.
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