Houston County News

THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES WEST OF HARTFORD... OR 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF GENEVA... AND MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

Dothan city commissioners tentatively agreed to a road swap deal with the county Tuesday, which will do away with the problem of dual maintenance on county roads that have been annexed into the city.

Dothan: Today, a new law went into effect that authorizes the flying of the P.O.W. flag at state facilities.

Dothan City Commissioners today in a 4 - 3 vote approved a 1.3 million dollar brown field tax abatement for the developers of the proposed Cottonwood Corners project.

Two people have been charged in connection with the armed robbery of a person at a Dothan apartment complex Monday evening.

Houston County and the City of Dothan have been in negotiations to firm up a deal for which entity will be responsible for road maintenance and traffic control for several road in the city and the county.

A Rehobeth man died sometime late Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning after a fire engulfed his home at 503 S. Highway 109.

Dothan experienced a widespread disruption of phone service Wednesday morning and technicians are still trying to find the cause of the problem.

A house fire near Rehobeth claimed the life of a young man early this morning. According to family members one brother came home early this morning to see firefighters fighting a blaze at his home just before hearing the news that his older sibling passed away in the fire.

Someone needs to remind Houston County Commissoner Francis Cook that she is a "COUNTY" Commissioner.

Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd says a 61-year-old woman has died of heatstroke in her hotel room.

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

A raccoon found inside the Dothan city limits has tested positive for rabies. The incident was reported on Bradberry Drive in Dothan just behind the BBQ Shack at the corner of Fortner Street and Brannon Stand Road.

Houston County Sheriff Andy Hughes is speaking out about a letter sent to the Alabama Attorney General.

Houston County Sheriff's investigators arrested a Dothan pair Tuesday on felony drug charges.

Last March, severe weather flooded most of the Wiregrass, causing millions of dollars in damage and money that FEMA needs to pay out.

Houston County Sheriff's investigators arrested a 54-year-old Ashford man Saturday and charged him with felony first-degree sex abuse of a woman.

A Dothan teenager pleaded guilty to using a brick to rob a pizza delivery man. Khiry Beachum, 19, became the second person to plead guilty to the robbery of a Hungry Howie's Pizza delivery man.

A 72-year-old Dothan man has died after he was hit by van while trying to cross a street.

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.