By Donna Bain
Staff Writer

Mayor Mickey Walker’s Cajun Fryer fish cooker was stolen from Carrollton Baptist Church on Tuesday, August 8, 2023. The church members had cooked a meal for all the football players and athletes in Pickens County on what they call Kick-Off Sunday. The mayor left the fish cooker close to the Fellowship Hall near the parking lot to cool. He didn’t pick it up the next day because he was working.

By Felicity Holman
Managing Editor

CARROLLTON- The Pickens County Board of Commissioners meeting occurred on August 8, 2023. Chairman Jody McGee called the meeting to order.

Commissioner Drew Elmore made a motion, seconded by Commissioner Jill Noland, to approve the consent agenda. This motion was approved.

By Donna Bain
Staff Writer

The Pickens County Board of Education held its monthly meet- ing on June 12, 2023, at the Central Office. After the invocation and the Pledge of Allegiance, the Board approved the minutes with a motion from Board member Dr. John Brandon and a second from Board member Gene Dawkins. The May minutes were approved with a motion from Board member Dr. Brandon and a second from Board member Sam Wiggins.

The audit report was given by Mrs. Shelley Patrenos, State Auditor.

By Felicity Holman
Managing Editor

CARROLLTON- The Pickens County Board of Commissioners meeting occurred on June 13, 2023. The meeting was called to order by Chairman Jody McGee. Commissioners Jerry Fitch and Drew Elmore were not in attendance.

The meeting began with a motion from Commissioner Jill Noland to approve the consent agenda. Commissioner Nancy Ray seconded the motion, and it was approved.

By Donna Bain
Staff Writer

An old-time popular restaurant has opened its doors again in Pickensville, Alabama. Janice Brown has opened Down Yonder with the slogan “Let’s All Eat.” She has always been in food service. She learned to cook at home, and then she was a cook in the army for ten years and worked in the food service industry at a school district in Indianapolis, Indiana. She continued her work as a cook at the Department of Corrections in Indianapolis.

ALICEVILLE- The Aliceville City Council meeting occurred on May 24, 2023. The meeting was called to order by Mayor Terrence Windham. Council members Rebecca Gilliam and Thomas Wilkins were not in attendance.

The council approved the minutes of the May 9, 2023, meeting.

By Doug Sanders Jr
News Correspondent

The Gordo Town Council amended a 1990 ordinance at its June 5 meeting that will impose stricter guide- lines on maintaining the property in the town limits.

By Donna Bain
Staff Writer

The residents of Al- iceville Manor Nursing Home enjoyed many festivities and events the week of May 14- May 20, 2023, because it was National Nursing Home Week. The theme for this week was “Cul- tivating Kindness.”

It all began on Sun- day, May 14th when the nursing home held its annual Mother’s Day Tea. The female residents of the nursing home were treated to a manicure and given a special gift.

By Donna Bain
Staff Writer

The Pickens County Medical Center closed in the spring of 2020, leaving the citizens of Pickens County without emergency room care for the last three years. To get emergency medical care, citizens must make the more than 30-mile trip to either Columbus, Mississippi, or Tuscaloosa, Alabama.

A dedicated leader with a diverse background in education will pursue the office of Superintendent of Education in the Republican Primary in March 2024. Jeff Campbell is a product of the Pickens County School System and has worked in the field of education for the past 17 years. Campbell started his teaching career in the Muscle Shoals City School System before accepting a position in the Tuscaloosa County School System where he worked for 13 years as a teacher, assistant principal, and principal.