BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
Four teachers within the Pickens County School System and one Aliceville Police Officer have been arrested recently for child sex abuse material- related crimes. Three Aliceville High School teachers and one Aliceville Elementary School teacher are among those arrested.
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BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
The Pickens County Board of Education held its monthly meeting on February 18, 2026, at Aliceville Elementary School.
The Board was welcomed by Aliceville Elementary School students and enjoyed an entertaining perform- ance by the 5 th and 6 th Grade Elementary Student Band. The students did a fabulous job playing upbeat music and received a standing ovation from the audience.
BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
Two boaters went missing on February 6, 2026, near Vienna.
The two men left their vehicle around 5 a.m. and had not returned by 8 p.m. that night. Deputies were dispatched to the Vienna Boat Ramp to look for them. They were joined by ALEA, Alabama Game and Fish, the Carrollton Police Department, and Pickens County EMS.
BY Doug Sanders Jr.
News Correspondent
The Gordo Town Council is going to negotiate hiring an engineer to deal with potential road projects, it was decided at the Feb. 9 meeting, which also learned that there will be more neighborhood patrolling by the Police Department, and a call for local churches to help cut the grass at the town’s park.
Furthermore, the town’s utility board got good news about its water system in a meeting held after the council meeting.
BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
The Carrollton City Council held its monthly meeting on February 5, 2026. The meeting began with an invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance.
BY Doug Sanders Jr.
News Correspondent
Anthony Thai, a seventh grader from Aliceville High School, correctly spelled the words “depots” and “parachute” on Feb. 6 to win the 2026 Pickens County Spelling Bee.
BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
Once a bustling town on the Tombigbee River, Memphis, Alabama, was founded by James Williamson Wallis in 1845. Memphis once had a steamboat port, eight stores, saloons, hotels, casinos, a race-track, and was a port along the river used to ship cotton from the port of Memphis to Mobile. The town began to decline after the railroad came through Aliceville in the early 1900s, and shipping by steamboats was replaced by shipping by rail.
BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
A math teacher at Al- iceville High School was arrested last week and is in the Pickens County Jail after being charged with Child Pornography. Roderick Granger, age 41, was booked by the Aliceville Police Department on January 30, 2026, with possession of Child Pornography, dissemination of Child Pornography, and solicitation of Child Pornography. He is being held on a one- million-dollar bond.
BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
BY DONNA BAIN
Staff Writer
The Aliceville City Council held its meeting on January 27, 2026, at City Hall. Mayor Terrence Windham called the meeting to order and led the council in the invocation.
