Palmetto Community: “Storm Together to Make a Difference”

Christopher Bryant of Gordo has been selected as an Honors College ambassador at The University of Alabama for the 2018/2019 school year.

Aliceville native, Dr. Brant Gentry, was named one of The Tuscaloosa News’s top “40 Under Forty” Business Professionals.

Mrs. Pamela Brasher and the late Jeffrey Brasher announce the engagement and upcoming marriage of their daughter Jennifer Leigh to Matthew Allan, son of Ronny Madison and the late Rosalyn McDaniel.

During the week of April 8-14, the member libraries of the Pickens County Cooperative Library System – Aliceville, Carrollton, Pickens County Cooperative, Reform, and Ruth Holliman/Gordo – will join libraries nationwide in celebrating the many ways libraries lead their communities through the transformative services, programs, and expertise they offer. 

Gary Scott Peaks, a resident of Lamar County, Alabama was arrested Friday March 23 on warrants out of Lowndes County for felony aggravated assault and warrants out of Lamar County for fugitive from justice. 

In November of 2016, Christopher H. Gordon, a Corrections Officer at FCI Aliceville, was pulled over in the city of Reform for driving 73 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per-hour speed zone. He immediately identified himself as a Federal Officer working with the Marshal service.

The Alabama People Against A Littered State (PALS) campaign will be coming up officially from April 21-April 28. However, looking at the sides of the highways and county roads and their littered conditions, you realize this is a year-round problem that needs year-round solutions.

At the Aliceville City Council meeting on Mar. 28, council members heard from committee spokesman, Donny Sanders, regarding the committee’s recommendation for a new full-time Chamber-City Liaison Director and Industrial Recruiter.

Dixie Nann Griffith, the only daughter of Andy Griffith, will be coming to Gordo’s Mayberry Sock Hop, April 21, from 7-10 p.m. in the Gordo Elementary School Auditorium. Ms. Griffith was gracious enough to talk with me via phone call last Thursday night, Mar. 29, from her home in Colorado.