Rainbow City, Alabama

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• Court to make bingo ruling
  

  Two companies are trying to bring a resort with electronic bingo to Etowah County, but the matter is waiting on a state Supreme Court ruling.

• King: Law still forbids electronic bingo
  

  GADSDEN -- Attorney General Troy King said electronic bingo machines will be seized if they are brought into Etowah County before the current law governing bingo has been changed or successfully challenged.

• Christmas tree recycling program under way
  

  Published: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 3:17 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 29, 2008 at 3:18 p.m. It's time again for the annual Christmas Tree Recycling Program, sponsored by Keep Etowah Beautiful Inc.

• Bargain hunters storm area stores
  

  Published: Saturday, December 27, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, December 26, 2008 at 10:29 p.m. The crowded parking lots at Martin's Family Clothing, the Gadsden Mall and several other locations in ...

• Stretch of U.S. Highway 278 named for Hayes, Junkins
  

  Etowah County Probate Judge Bobby Junkins and the late Sheriff James Hayes have given more than they received and they never forgot where they came from, state Rep.

• Developers merge efforts for proposed bingo facility
  

  Published: Monday, December 15, 2008 at 12:08 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 15, 2008 at 4:09 p.m. Potential developers of the proposed charitable electronic bingo facility to be located in Etowah County ...

• What's Going On
  

  Published: Sunday, December 14, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 5:38 p.m. MONDAY 12.15 Gadsden Boy Scout Troop 54 meets at 6:30 p.m. in the Scout cabin at Noccalula Falls.

• Rainbow City police officers resign
  

  Published: Friday, December 12, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 10:19 p.m. Rainbow City Police Chief Allan Ragan is releasing few details about the resignation of three police ...

• School board OKs bid for technical facility
  

  Published: Thursday, December 11, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 10, 2008 at 10:39 p.m. The Gadsden City Board of Education approved Tuesday a $2.2 million bid from Barclay Contracting of ...

• Mayors receive waste water briefing
  

  Published: Tuesday, December 9, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Monday, December 8, 2008 at 10:51 p.m. The possibility of a regional waste water treatment plant to serve Gadsden and other cities in the county ...

• Rainbow City, AL
  

  Thursday: Mostly cloudy and storms likely. Highs in low to mid- 60s. Lows in the high 30s to low 40s.

• Shoppers flock to stores, but scale back buying
  

  Published: Saturday, November 29, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 28, 2008 at 10:42 p.m. J.C. Penney manager Joe Blansit performed two very important functions early Friday morning.

• Miss Rhodes, Mr. Smola will marry next month
  

  Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lee Smola, Sr. of Eufaula, are pleased to announce the engagement of their son, Walter John Smola II, to Cassandra Nell Rhodes, daughter of Ms.

• Today first MANNA Sunday
  

  Published: Sunday, November 23, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 22, 2008 at 8:36 p.m. The Gadsden City Council, joining with Attalla, Glencoe, Southside and Rainbow City, proclaimed today to ...

• Attalla's new mayor doesn't like location of her office
  

  Newly elected Attalla Mayor Jane Phillips wants to change the location of her office.

• Developers receive bingo agreement
  

  Published: Saturday, November 15, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 14, 2008 at 11:26 p.m. It may all come down to the rent.

• Teacher at Gaston High charged with harassment
  

  Published: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 4:46 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 11, 2008 at 4:47 p.m. A Gaston High School teacher charged with harassment of a Gaston High female student has been placed on ...

• Civil War soldier honored
  

  Published: Friday, November 7, 2008 at 6:01 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 6, 2008 at 9:47 p.m. A Civil War soldier will be remembered Sunday during a Confederate memorial service at Old Harmony ...

• Police investigate apparent murder-suicide
  

  The Rainbow City Police Department is investigating an apparent murder-suicide that occurred early today at a residence on West Grand Avenue, Police Chief Allan Ragan said.

City Description

Rainbow City is a city in Etowah County, Alabama, United States. It is part of the Gadsden Metropolitan Statistical Area. Rainbow City is located at 33°56′38″N 86°3′42″W / 33.94389, -86.06167 (33.943964, -86.061546). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 25.3 square miles (65.6 km²), of which, 25.1 square miles (65.1 km²) of it is land and 0.2 square miles (0.4 km²) of it (0.67%) is water. As of the census of 2000, there were 8,428 people, 3,586 households, and 2,517 families residing in the city. The population density was 335.3 people per square mile (129.5/km²). There were 3,824 housing units at an average density of 152.1/sq mi (58.8/km²). The racial makeup of the city was 93.09% White, 3.51% Black or African American, 0.34% Native American, 1.45% Asian, 0.51% from other races, and 1.09% from two or more races. 1.45% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race. There were 3,586 households out of which 30.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 56.9% were married couples living together, 11.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 29.8% were non-families. 27.0% of all households were made up of individuals and

City Contained By:

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• Alabama
• Etowah County

Timezones:

• Central Time zone

Size:

• 65.5266991915 km squared

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