It’s unlikely anyone will walk a considerable distance to vote today, let alone ride a donkey.

Each time we spoke, I came away with the same feeling: how could such a soft-spoken man be involved in the slaughter of hundreds of Vietnamese?

OZARK - Monday was the first time in a while that only three Dale County commissioners sat at a table to make decisions. Gov. Bob Riley’s press secretary, Todd Stacy, said there is no set time table to appoint a fourth after the death last week of Commissioner Glenn Grantham.

An attorney asked the Geneva County Commission on Monday to give her client’s job back as the county’s administrator, and apologize for unjustly terminating her from the position.

Instead of having just two choices at lunch — a standard school lunch or a brown bag option — Dothan High students now have six types of food from which they can choose.

Local business owners looking for a way to give back to the community have a new way to do so.

Henry County Sheriff’s investigators arrested an Abbeville police officer on Monday, based on a criminal complaint that he choked a 15-year-old boy until he passed out.

Houston County adopted a building code for county residents on Monday, which does not assess any new fees or taxes, or limit construction in unincorporated areas of the county, except in the flood plain.

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — This is the new formula for methamphetamine: a two-liter soda bottle, a few handfuls of cold pills and some noxious chemicals. Shake the bottle and the volatile reaction produces one of the world’s most addictive drugs.

LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County coroner’s officials found lethal levels of the powerful anesthetic propofol after examining Michael Jackson’s body, according to a search warrant affidavit unsealed Monday in Houston.

The trial for a Fort Rucker soldier charged with the involuntary manslaughter of his infant son has been moved to October, according to authorities.

PINE HILL (AP) — Dereck Autry always thought he would spend his entire career like his father at the Weyerhauser wood products mill outside this tiny backwoods town. It was steady work and his dad told him: “You can raise a family there.“

A new metal fabrication company is expected to locate in the Wiregrass in the coming months, though officials are providing minimal information about this pending project which is expected to bring 35 jobs.

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama has moved more forcefully than ever to abandon Bush administration interrogation policies, approving creation of a special White House unit for questioning terrorism suspects, as Attorney General Eric Holder weighs whether to reopen and pursue prisoner abuse cases.

NEW YORK (AP) — Investors held on to their optimism about an economic recovery, extending the stock market’s latest rally.

Shannon Caroline Flatt just doesn’t have time for the same old song and dance when it comes to her high school education.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Millions of older people face shrinking Social Security checks next year, the first time in a generation that payments would not rise.

An Echo man shot and killed by police Saturday after he fired a handgun at them had previously made threats to kill his girlfriend’s livestock and could be heard shooting a gun on voicemail messages to her, according to authorities.

EDGARTOWN, Mass. (AP) — Hurricane Bill taunted the New England coastline from a distance Sunday, after closing beaches and setting off a string of safety warnings for weekend boaters, swimmers and surfers along the eastern seaboard.

I know for a fact that top-quality, fully equipped computers can be assembled, installed and guaranteed by local businesses for no more than $2,000 each. That leaves $1.15 million for the building, which would occupy the only library parking spaces that do not require crossing a public street.

As a lifelong Democrat I can’t imagine comparing any office-serving Republican to Hitler or proclaiming their wish to euthanize the elderly.

We do not envy the task of Dr. Nichols and other school administrators who must cut millions of dollars in costs while trying to maintain the quality of schooling our youngsters receive. It makes us wonder how the voters of our community could reject — overwhelmingly, a few years back, as we recall — a proposed increase in our picayune ad valorem tax to help fund our schools.

Why can’t our politicians learn from our mistakes?

My point, if I have one, is that judging others gets a bad rap, but really it’s a very helpful practice.

A Dale County man was killed Saturday night after opening fire on police dispatched to a domestic call, according to authorities.

When police charged Freddy DeLeon Perez with taking the lives of an Enterprise couple in a traffic accident earlier this year, it became more than a local criminal case.

It’s not easy being green — it takes a lot of hard work and attention to detail — but according to Jason Schmidt, it’s worth it.

Former Dothan High football coach Harry Wayne Parrish and Dothan City School Board member Gayla White will face off in a city-wide runoff for the school board chairman’s seat Tuesday.

The Papa John’s Pizza restaurant at 2004 Ross Clark Circle was robbed at gunpoint late Friday night.

Three Wiregrass counties reported double-digit unemployment rates for July, according to figures just released by the Alabama Department of Industrial Relations.