Gordo News

Larry Blakeney, who has led and advised Troy University football players for almost 20 years, shared life lessons with the members of the fall graduating class Friday in Troy.

Published: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. Last Modified: Friday, November 20, 2009 at 11:48 a.m. GORDO Two brothers were charged Wednesday in a burglary at Gordo High School earlier this month.

Published: Thursday, November 12, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 11:44 p.m. GORDO Every Veterans Day for the past 12 years, the residents of Gordo have come together for a celebration in honor of their local veterans.

Published: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 3:30 a.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 at 9:55 p.m. Downtown Gordo will be the site of a two-part celebration today.

Two local bands were honored Saturday at the 32nd annual West Alabama Marching Band Festival in Gordo.

Remember going to the bank with your parents as a kid? Remember when the tellers always gave you a Dum-Dum sucker as a treat for being bored for a whole five minutes? Me, too.

Governor Bob Riley has ordered college and university presidents to notify him if elected officials attempt to hide spending in their districts by transferring money through their schools.

CERRO GORDO – U.S. Rep. Tim Johnson, R-Urbana, will hold a town hall meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the Cerro Gordo High School gymnasium.

Police believe a Gordo man found dead in a wrecked vehicle this weekend was the victim of an accidental gunshot wound.

Jet Pep Inc., a petroleum company with 104 gas stations across the state of Alabama, has increased its presence in West Alabama, reported The Tuscaloosa News .

Local schedule THURSDAY Athens 48, J.O. Johnson 6 Baldwin Co. 7, at Lee-Montgomery 0 Montgomery Aca.

Bonnie Lou Lewis didna t like to stay in one place long, said her eldest son, James Lewis.

Bonnie Lou Lewis didna t like to stay in one place long, said her eldest son, James Lewis.

One day, while sitting on a park bench, author Mark D. Jones, of Gordo, Ala., was asked by an old man, 'Why do you do what you do? Why do you work where you work?' Jones says he immediately realized that what seemed like a nonchalant question really yielded a much deeper soul-searching probe.

An Alabama man June 9 was sentenced to 25 years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter charges in the Pickens County, Ala., Circuit Court.