Henry County News

A Dothan man is behind bars after Abbeville police seized more than 10 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $10,000 during a recent traffic stop on U.S. 431.

Thousands of vehicles travel Highway 431 each day. While it may be impossible for Henry County authorities to keep tabs on everyonea s travel plans, a new project is helping them keep their streets clean.

Henry County authorities charged a 71-year-old Level Plains man with sodomizing a 20-year-old woman at a campground near Abbeville.

The Henry County Sheriffa TMs Office and Abbeville Police Departmenta TMs Investigative Task Force a ' General Case Division arrested a suspect on sex charges late last night.

An Abbeville man faces felony drug charges after Henry County authorities found a marijuana plant and illegal steroids in his home.

Landmark Parka s annual a oeHeritage Forums,a a series of guest speakers offering programs on state and local history, begin on Sunday, July 5 at 3 p.m. with a oeThe Circumstances Surrounding the Creation of Houston County,a presented by T. Larry Smith.

The Cawthorne family of England is a very old one, which can be traced back to Yorkshire where the ancient village of Cawthorne may be found.

A new plan to combine three law enforcement agencies in one Wiregrass county is raising concern over the fine print.

Durell Whiddon peruses the documents in the red folder as he stands near the bench in the courtroom of the Henry County Courthouse.

Alabama's unemployment rate jumped to 9.8 percent last month but dothan's rate is lower by 2 percent.

Law enforcement officers in Henry County took thousands of dollars worth of cocaine off the streets.

Those who responded to a deadly Henry County shootout in April involving police were honored Monday.

Henry County Sheriff's Office arrested Sharon Marshall March for forging perscriptions of hydrocodone.

State authorities arrested a former Headland police officer Thursday on charges he improperly used the state police records system.

Henry County Sheriff's deputies have arrested a 21-year-old Headland man and charged him with manslaughter in the death of his 19-year-old girlfriend.

A former law enforcement officer was arrested on Thursday for the illegal use of state computer databases.

Henry County Sheriff's deputies served a grand jury indictment against a Henry County teenager charged with manslaughter in a fatal wreck nearly two years ago.

The town of Headland doubled in size over the past couple years. It leaves the Headland Police Department with double the ground cover.

Alabama law enforcement agencies reported a decrease in homicides across the state in 2008, including the Wiregrass, with the exception of Troy and Henry County, which each rose by one over the past two years.

Abbeville Police Chief Mike Jones says Thursday night's marijuana bust was the third marijuana trafficking arrest just this year.