Local youth footballer travels U.S. playing favorite sport
BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Managing Editor
brian@pcherald.com
Gordo
Lady Waves defeat ACA for first win since 2019
The Gordo Lady Waves win their first game in two years with a 49-43 win over American Christian Academy on Senior Night last Thursday.
GORDO - The Gordo Lady Wave defeated American Christian Academy 49-43 on Thursday for their first win of the season on senior night.
The Gordo fans filled the stands, showing support for seniors Emily Bryant, Taylor Clegg and Kaylee Quimby and the rest of the Lady Wave.
Missing elderly Gordo man found safe
GORDO - The Pickens County Sheriff’s Office reported on Friday that an elderly Gordo man. who had been reported missing, was located off a dirt road in the Gordo area Thursday night by Pickens County Sheriff’s Office deputies, City of Gordo police officers and Pickens County Coroner Chad Harless. The elderly gentleman had been missing for several hours and with the weather deteriorating, family members contacted the Sheriff’s Office and a search began immediately.
Gordo wins tough game against Northside 27-13
Hunter Oglen (3) leaves the Northside defense in the dust on a punt return.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Managing Editor
brian@pcherald.com
A.J. Burns: Gordo’s new celebrity remains humble
A.J. Burns and Gordo Coach Ryan Lolley. Burns was named a team captain for the Gordo vs. Oak Grove game and scored his first career touchdown on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Managing Editor
brian@pcherald.com
Gordo overcomes slow start, routs Oakman 48-19
Ben Capps (17) celebrates as Izayah Edwards (4) goes into the end zone for a touchdown in Gordo’s 48-19 win over Oakman.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Managing Editor
brian@pcherald.com
It looked as if Gordo’s season opener with Oakman may get delayed or even postponed, as a violent thunderstorm swept through the area just around an hour before kickoff.
However, when the clock struck 7 p.m., the weather was all clear and there wasn’t as much as a rain drop during the contest.
Gordo played sloppy early offensively and gave up big plays on defense, but settled in before halftime to build a 34-13 lead at intermission, in route to a 48-19 win.
Municipal Election Results
By Brian Hamilton
Reform - Mayoral Race
Melody Davis 47%
Charles Hagan 36%
Bennie Harton 16%
* Davis and Hagan will have runoff October 6th.
Aliceville - Mayoral Race
Terrence Windham 61%
Mitch Cockrell 25%
Marva Gipson 14%
Aliceville Council - Council District 1
Thomas Wilkins 61%
Algene Strickland 32%
Aliceville Council - Council District 2
Talya Ball 61%
Warren Lavender II 39%
Gordo resident unhappy that commission has not cleaned up Easter storm damage
Gordo resident Frank Zimmerman complains that the commission has failed to clean up storm damage.
BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Managing Editor
Gordo resident Frank Zimmerman spoke before the Pickens County Commission during the Tuesday, June 23, 2020 meeting regarding the Easter storm damage on his property.
“I’m complaining about the Easter Sunday storm clean up at my house in Gordo on Gordo-Reform Road,” Zimmerman said. “I’ve owned that property 50 years and I just feel like somebody ought to come see me about it.”
Zimmerman said Commissioner Drew Elmore had told him that he was going to do something about the damage, but hasn’t.
Pickens County schools set graduation dates
BY BRIAN HAMILTON
Editor
After much deliberation, Pickens County Schools Aliceville, Gordo, and Pickens County finally set dates for graduation ceremonies and for the first time in recent memory, they will not all be on the same night.
“We threw out some parameters and we let the school make that decision because of everything that was going on,” Pickens County Superintendent Jamie Chapman said.