Attalla, Alabama

• Attalla Idol Junior winners named
  

  Published: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 10:25 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, March 16, 2010 at 10:25 p.m. Nine-year-old Skylar Wallace took top honors in the Attalla Idol Junior competition this weekend.

• Moments on jet were dreams come true
  

  Published: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:10 p.m. Last Modified: Saturday, March 13, 2010 at 8:13 p.m. Randy Bryant loves aviation.

• Tigers for Tomorrow to kick off Bearfest
  

  Published: Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:18 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 12, 2010 at 9:20 p.m. Tigers for Tomorrow at Untamed Mountain on Sunday will kick off Bearfest, a celebration of spring.

• Heroin, marijuana bust in Etowah County
  

  GADSDEN, AL Three men are in jail and facing charges for trafficking marijuana and heroin.

• Two face theft charges
  

  Published: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:20 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, March 10, 2010 at 9:22 p.m. Two people have been arrested and charged with theft-related offenses, according to Sheriff Todd Entrekin.

• Bruce Road still an issue for Boaz residents
  

  The deep, hilly waves of Bruce Road east of Alabama Highway 168 remain a concern for some Boaz residents.

• 'Attalla Idol' finalists announced
  

  Published: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:25 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, March 7, 2010 at 7:28 p.m. The finalists for "Attalla Idol Singing Competition and Dinner Show" have been announced.

• 'BIR' an important term in Legislature
  

  Published: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6:41 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, March 5, 2010 at 6:45 p.m. The legislative term "BIR" was heard a lot last week.

• Attalla makes no one happy with reburial plan for wrongly interred infant
  

  The city of Attalla dug a new grave in a city cemetery this week for the reburial of an infant boy mistakenly buried in the wrong plot six years ago, the Gadsden Times reports.

• Attalla digs new grave for baby
  

  Published: Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:18 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, March 4, 2010 at 7:19 p.m. The city of Attalla preemptively dug a new grave this week for a baby whom the city mistakenly placed in another family's burial plot in Oak Hill Cemetery six years ago.

• Police Report for Feb. 27
  

  A storage trailer loaded with tools was taken from the AL/TN Railway yard in the 2900 block of Forrest Avenue between 2 p.m. Feb.

• Soldier home from Iraq makes Career Day appearance
  

  Published: Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:35 p.m. Last Modified: Friday, February 26, 2010 at 10:36 p.m. U.S. Army Staff Sgt.

• Etowah County legislation sparks partisan controversy
  

  Although Republicans are in the minority in the House, their numbers will dictate whether most if not all constitutional amendments pass in the lower chamber.

• Baby buried in another family's plot in Attalla
  

  Published: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 7:19 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 at 7:25 p.m. A child's toy wagon filled with Easter eggs was Danny Teal's first clue that something was amiss with his family's burial plot at Oak Hill Cemetery.

• Two arrested in series of burglaries
  

  Published: Monday, February 22, 2010 at 7:11 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, February 22, 2010 at 7:13 p.m. Two men are in custody and another is being sought following a joint investigation by the Gadsden, Attalla and Southside police departments and the Etowah County Sheriff's Department.

• MONTGOMERY, ALA.: Ward: Election Year May Bring Ala. Road Commission
  

  A state representative says this election year might finally bring success for his legislation to end the governora s control over which highway projects get built and which get postponed.

• Gibsona s teaching shaped by experiences
  

  Published: Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 8:40 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, February 18, 2010 at 8:40 p.m. Wayne Gibson said his attitude toward teaching was shaped by his own school experiences.

• Attalla names Tucker new police chief
  

  Published: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 8:05 p.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 at 8:05 p.m. Lamont Tucker was named as Attalla's new police chief at the Attalla City Council meeting Tuesday night.

• Winter weather closes county, city schools
  

  Published: Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 8:39 p.m. Last Modified: Sunday, February 14, 2010 at 9:17 p.m. The National Weather Service in Birmingham has issued a winter storm warning in effect until noon today for Etowah County and eight other counties in Northeast and Central Alabama.

City Description

Attalla is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. According to the 2005 U.S. Census estimates, the city had a population of 6,474. As of the census of 2000, there were 6,795 people, 2,672 households, and 1,976 families residing in the city. The population density was 988.0 people per square mile (381.6/km²). There were 2,914 housing units at an average density of 436.7/sq mi (168.7/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 78.42% White, 13.5% Black or African American, 1.5% Native American, 0.08% Asian, 1.64% from other races, and 0.67% from two or more races. 2.22% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 2,620 households out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 47.6% were married couples living together, 16.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.5% were non-families. 29.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.45 and the average family size was 3.00. In the city the population was spread out with 23.7% under the age of 18, 8.9% from

City Contained By:

• Etowah County
• Alabama
• United States of America

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 17.3529203393 km squared

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