Invited guests gather for lunch and presentations from community leaders before the ribbon-cutting ceremony at the Pickens County College and Career Center.
FCI Aliceville Warden, Patricia Bradley, spoke to the Aliceville Rotary Club at their weekly meeting April 24.
The winning poster for the 4-6 grade category was created by Carly More of Pickens Academy. Miss More and her teacher, Mrs. Sara Cracker, were both on a field trip in Washington D.C. at the time of the award presentations.
On behalf of the Health Resources Services Administration’s Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), and Delta Regional Authority (DRA), The National Rural Health Resource Center (The Center) is excited to announce Pickens County Hospital has been selected to participate in the Delta Regional Community Health Systems Development (DRCHSD) Program.
Through the DRCHSD Program, the DRA and FORHP have partnered to support nine rural communities with an opportunity to receive intensive technical assistance (TA).
McCool/Dunn
Attendees missing from the photo include: Ernest Colvin, Vern Gavin, Ida G. Goff, Horace Hughes, Nannie H. Jones, Willie C. Lanier, Linda H. Stanton, Eddie Sterling, Mary J. Turnipseed, Linda P. Wilder.
On April 5 thirty members of the R.J. Kirksey High School, Class of 1968 met in Aliceville to celebrate their 50th Class Reunion. The event was held at, and catered by, Judi’s Café (formerly Savory Solutions II).
The formal reunion program featured presentations by classmates on the history of the school, a memorial tribute, reflections on the life journeys and noteworthy experiences of the participants, singing of the alma mater, and communal fellowship. It was a heartfelt and humbling experience.
Stacy Jones
At 8:38 a.m. on April 21, 911 received a call regarding a collision on Hwy. 82 Westbound at mile marker 2 in Ethelsville. The collision involved a Dodge Ram truck and a farming tractor.
William Douglas Wilcox, 77, the driver of the tractor, died at the scene. The tractor was not overturned but knocked off the road and into the ditch.
Forrest and Liberty Fire Departments, Pickens County Ambulance, Pickens County Sheriff, Pickens County Coroner, and Alabama State Troopers were all on scene. The collision is still an ongoing investigation.
The Gordo Elementary School fourth graders are shown on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery. Fourth grade teachers are Karen Booth, Shelley Holliday, LaBrandy Murphy, and Linda Evans.
Pickens County Superintendent of Education, Jamie Chapman, speaks to parents and students at PCHS's parent/teacher meeting on April 12.
Residents on Bradford Road in Aliceville will be getting a new bridge over Beaver Creek.
Noticeable are the playing fields spread with fresh dirt and the grass cleanly cut.
Floyd the Barber will be DJing for the Mayberry Sock Hop on Saturday.
Pickensville Mayor Donald Sherrod cuts the ribbon on Pickensville's first-ever chain store.
The Pickens County College and Career Center located in Carrollton.
