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November 14, 2007
A year later, Hamilton Crosssroads residents move on after tornado
HAMILTON CROSSROADS - Doug Miles was having lunch with his parents one year ago today when a tornado turned over this small community.Man gets life in prison for rape of child
A judge sentenced a Dothan man to serve a life sentence in prison Wednesday for a rape conviction involving a 9-year-old girl.City commissioner says Rip Hewes press box a safety issue
Is half a million dollars too much to spend on a new press box for a high school football stadium? And with all the city’s needs, should a press box be so high up the city’s priority list? Bob Gentry thinks not.Downtown gears up for holiday festival
Go ahead. Dream of a white Christmas. But expect it a little earlier.Fort Rucker Child Care children exposed to dangerous gas leak
A natural gas leak at the Fort Rucker Child Development Center on Wednesday resulted in 79 people, many of them children, being transported to Medical Center Enterprise and Dale Medical Center in Ozark.Enterprise residents respond to tax hike proposal
ENTERPRISE – Some business owners here are expressing concern that a proposal made Tuesday night to levy an additional 1 cent sales tax to help rebuild Enterprise High School and Hillcrest Elementary School could hurt businesses.Rate increase questioned
Semantics
Justice and the 102-year sentence
Is the sentence unreasonable? if one could expect inmates to serve even a third of their sentences, perhaps.Bad luck with garbage cans
‘Where does the money go?‘
Marianna city manager resigns
Marianna City Manager Louy Harris announced his resignation during a special meeting of the city commission Wednesday night.$6 million cocaine bust in Barbour County
Authorities arrested an Atlanta man during a traffic stop and seized 37 kilos of cocaine worth between $5 and $6 million.Man charged with felony first-degree sex abuse
A Henry County man is behind bars after he was recently charged with felony first-degree sex abuse.Fort Rucker Child Care children exposed to dangerous gas leak
FORT RUCKER - A natural gas leak at the Fort Rucker Child Development Center on Wednesday resulted in 79 people being transported to Medical Center Enterprise and Dale Medical Center in Ozark.Man gets life sentence for rape of 9-year-old
A judge has sentenced Heath Jerome Miller to life in prison for raping a 9-year-old girl.It works in Eufaula
‘Holy Spirit’ is better
Bored by ‘bashing’
Curious about GOP committee
Buying into state retirement system costing city millions
The city continues to play catch-up with its retirement plan, contributing $9.4 million a year to the Retirement Systems of Alabama to wipe out a shortfall in funding.Iran’s vice squad
A very young nation — estimates are that close to half of all Iranians are under 15 — are ruled by an insular caste of aging clerics.Grant helps school purchase health-related bookds
Amy Pruitt’s third-grade class heard a familiar story on Tuesday afternoon as Pruitt read from a handmade book at Heard Elementary School.Dale County School Board still debating improvements
Parents and residents sat under a 20-year-old roof in the G.W. Long Elementary cafeteria on Tuesday to hear the more than $7 million proposed construction plans that have been at the core of debate in Dale County School Board meetings at least since last month.Middle school burglarized
For the second time in a month, Girard Middle School was burglarized with money reportedly stolen from vending machines inside the Dothan school.Carwash worker robbed
A Dothan carwash employee suffered minor injuries during an armed robbery early Tuesday morning, according to a statement released by the Dothan Police Department.Enterprise superintendent asks for one-cent sales tax to rebuild schools
ENTERPRISE — Enterprise City School Superintendent Jim Reese said he needs $101.7 million to build a new high school and elementary school. He has about $63 million on hand.November 13, 2007
News editor Christie Kulavich guides you to fun events happening in the Wiregrass.
Sports writer Drew Champlin writes about the latest sports news from Troy University.
Reporters Lance Griffin and Debbie Ingram write about latest news released on the country music development planned for Houston County.
