Cottonwood News

An experienced politician will be elected commissioner in District 3. It might be Paul Lee, 48, a sitting commissioner first elected four years ago, who says he always votes his convictions, or voters may choose Kenneth Everett, a 69-year-old former mayor and successful businessman who has been critical of the city's spending habits.

Mayor Pat Thomas said spurring development in east and south Dothan has been difficult, but success is being achieved.

A plot of land in East Dothan was the subject of fierce debate. "That lot has been pretty much vacant since I was a child," remembers Mayor Pat Thomas.

WHAT: Dothan City Commission WHEN: 10 a.m. Tuesday, June 30 WHERE: Commission Chambers, second floor of Municipal Building on N. St.

Developer John Argo says the Cottonwood Corners project could start September 1st.

It was one of those cryptic statements that my dad would make that would occasionally drive me crazy.

Houston County commissioners are considering Brownfield Tax Abatement for the planned home of a Publix grocery store.

The developer, Aranov, discovered that the site for one of the new Publix stores at Highway 53 and Ross Clark Circle is contaminated and must be cleaned up.

Dothan city commissioners will discuss granting Brownfield tax abatement status to a large development project on Ross Clark Circle.

Union Hill Baptist Church will host a yard sale on Saturday, June 6, from 7 a.m. to noon and a car wash on Saturday, June 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. to help raise money for an upcoming youth camp on June 15.

When Rep. Bobby Bright was sworn in, he vowed to take a hands-on approach in dealing with his constituents.

Charlene Roney of the Houston County Farmers Federation Women's Committee presented to Cottonwood librarian Carolyn Wozow, the book, "Oh, Say Can You See?" The book was donated by the Alabama Farmers Federation, Sen.

On May 19, 2009 at approximately 2135 hours Cottonwood Police was dispatched in reference to a possible missing/runaway juvenile.

Nearly a dozen road construction and resurfacing projects will make city travel more difficult for the remainder of this year and much of next.

The National Weather Service has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 234 in effect until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening for the following areas In Alabama this watch includes 5 counties In southeast Alabama Coffee Dale Geneva Henry Houston In Georgia this watch includes 13 counties In south central Georgia Turner Worth In southwest Georgia Baker ...

Houston County Sheriff's investigators recently arrested a Cottonwood man on charges he threatened to go on a killing spree.

Dixieland Dirt Track is a 3/8 mile oval dirt track located in Cottonwood, Alabama that offers some of the fastest round track racing anywhere.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Emergency units are responding to the 500 block of BJ Mixon Road in Madrid.

Houston County may have gotten lucky Tuesday night, but it isn't out of the woods yet.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 118 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM EDT /1 AM CDT/ MONDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN SOUTHEAST ALABAMA IN SOUTHWEST GEORGIA THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF... ABBEVILLE... ARLINGTON... ASHFORD... BLAKELY... COLQUITT... COTTONWOOD... COWARTS... CUTHBERT... DALEVILLE... DAWSON... DOUGLASVILLE... EDISON...