Columbia News

A church was lost to a fire Friday night in Columbia. Elizabeth Church was engulfed when the Columbia, Pansey and Webb volunteer fire departments arrived on the scene just after 9:33 p.m. Friday, according to Columbia EMS Director Clay Hamm.

It was a fun-filled morning Saturday in downtown Dothan. Hundreds of wiregrass residents watched as the 66th annual National Peanut Festival parade marched down Main Street.

I Mr. Robert C. Robbirds was employed as a Nuclear Security Officer at the Southern Nuclear Operating Company, Inc's Joseph M. Farley Nuclear Plant in June of 2008.

The Southern Nuclear Company in conjunction with the Dothan/Houston County Emergency Management Agency, will be conducting testing of the Farley Nuclear Plant Prompt Notification System, Thursday, Nov.

Renovation work on a historic building in the wiregrass wrapped up recently. A local group has been working to preserve the old Gordon depot which now stands in the town of Columbia.

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has issued an order to Robert Robbirds banning him from involvement in NRC-licensed activities for three years.

If you are ready a scare this Halloween check this out. As you knock on the door of this old house the Manor Keeper greets you.

Alabama ranks near the bottom of the country in eight-grade mathematics. A report released Wednesday by the U.S. Department of Education shows that the eighth-graders in Alabama public schools increased the average score on the National Assessment of Educational Progress math test by three points to 269.

County Administrator Bill Dempsey says there is a growing need for burial sites for the counties desceased that are listed as indigent.

HOUSTON COUNTY: You will be placed in a cardboard container, a hole dug and placed in a hole to rot, courtesy of: Houston County Commissioner Chairman Mark Culver, Commissioner Rev.

Houston County Commissioners will consider establishing a pauper's cemetery on county-owned land near Columbia.

A man was killed early Thursday morning while walking on a county road east of Headland.

Alabama State Troopers are investigating the death of a 19-year-old man in a traffic incident on County Road 22 in Henry County.

Michael Hamm worked patiently Wednesday to repair the bridle for a horse. But Hamm wasn't just working with any horse.

John Pitchford was always a runner. But he hurt his knee while working and had orthoscopic surgery to repair the damage.

On Thursday, August 13, 2009 at approximately 11:03 p.m. Dothan Police Vice Units conducted a traffic stop in the 200 block of Alma Drive.

Emmanuel Temple Church, a member of the United Covenant of Our Lord Jesus Christ of the Apostolic Faith Inc., located at 314 Doris Lane in Dothan provides a community outreach program between the hours of 9 a.m. and noon for anyone in need.

The Women's Missionary Union of Ridgecrest Baptist Church in Ozark is sponsoring a "That's My Pan" and Rada knives fundraiser for landscaping part of the church yard.

Houston County Sheriff's investigators recently charged five people in connection to several burglaries, including a Columbia teenager who was caught after he led deputies on a short foot chase.

Houston County authorities have arrested a number of suspects in connection with some area burglaries.