Geoffrey West executed for 1997 capital murder
The Alabama Department of Corrections has executed Geoffrey Todd West.
Etowah County
Man asks Alabama not to execute his mother’s killer
Geoffrey Todd West is scheduled to be executed for killing a woman during a robbery at a gas station in Etowah County.
Colorado Company: Rezone for Alabama Plant; Plans in Court
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) — A Colorado-based company has asked an Alabama airport to rezone about 88 acres for a proposed plant that would turn dead chickens and chicken parts into animal food. Pilgrim’s Pride Corp. wrote to the Gadsden Airport Authority on Friday, asking it to rezone the property from light to heavy industrial use, The Gadsden Times reported. This is the…
Boaz Woman Charged With Drugging Child Before School
Authorities say an Alabama woman is charged with drugging a 5-year-old boy before dropping him off at school. The Etowah County Sheriff’s Department says 41-year-old Margaret Ann Elchin of Boaz was arrested on a felony charge of aggravated child abuse. Officials say the woman gave the child a pill that caused him to lose consciousness at times and have slurred…
Grand Jury Clears Alabama Officer In Fatal Shooting
GADSDEN, Ala. (AP) – An Etowah County grand jury has cleared a police officer of wrongdoing in a deadly shooting that happened in January. The district attorney’s office in Gadsden announced Friday that grand jurors decided against any charging Rainbow City police officer Richard Roberts in the shooting death of Joshua Tate Fielding. Fielding was shot to death following a…
