Floyd the Barber will be DJing for the Mayberry Sock Hop on Saturday.

A ribbon cutting was held for Dollar General in Pickensville on April 7.

The Pickens County College and Career Center will host a ribbon cutting at 12:30 p.m. on April 25.

Chief Anthony W. Durrah completed 240 hours of training in the Certified Law Enforcement Executive Program.

The Alabama Department of Transportation’s (ALDOT) District Administrator, Jonathan Anderson, spoke to the Reform City Council at their regular meeting on Apr. 3. regarding the intersection of State Road 17 and U.S. Highway 82.

At their meeting on Apr. 2, the Gordo City Council received the final results of the city’s audit report.

The Mayberry Sock Hop is coming up in Gordo on April 21. Tribute artists impersonating characters from the town of Mayberry will be there along with Andy Griffith’s real-life daughter, Dixie. But I learned from our Gordo friend and Otis Campbell impersonator, Kenneth Junkin, the Festus character from the “Gunsmoke” series will be crashing the party. So, of course I had to give him a call.

Attorney General Steve Marshall announced final passage of the Alabama Data Breach Notification Act, (SB 318), which cleared the Alabama Senate 30 to 0 on Tuesday, April 3.

Seven Corners, Inc. was selected by the Federal Bureau of Prisons to continue as the Comprehensive Medical Services contractor for inmates housed at the Federal Correctional Institution (FCI) in Aliceville.

 The Town of Gordo donated $12,000 to schools last week.

The towns of Gordo and Reform were recently awarded a Gold Risk Management Award by the insurance divisions of the Alabama League of Municipalities.

MONTGOMERY— Governor Kay Ivey on Wednesday awarded a total of $300,000 in grants to provide primarily low-income persons and senior citizens with improved access to healthy and fresh foods.

On behalf of the Pickens County Heart Committee, we would like to thank everyone who participated in the 2017 Heart Walk held at Gordo City Hall in the fall.  

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.