Sometimes the mountain does come to Mohammed, if the mountain is Dothan, and Mohammed is Harry Wayne Parrish.

The following people have been arrested by the Dothan Police Department and are charged with a felony. None have been convicted. Information provided by the Dothan Police Department.

A Wicksburg man accused of sexually abusing a teenager almost four years ago is expected to appear in a Dale County courtroom this week, according to court records.

Changes may be made to a bill that would remove the state sales tax on grocery food items in hopes of garnering more Republican support, but some local Republicans remain skeptical.

Alabama will receive about $1 billion in education funding from the federal stimulus bill, which will help the state stave off the worst effects of proration.

A review by Alabama Wireless Board members Monday showed 911 operators for the Dothan/Houston County area can not track the exact location for some wireless customers.

Christopher Brackett massages the gold medal around his neck and says, “That’s what we’re going for.”

Dothan police responded to separate armed robbery calls to Dothan convenience stores over the weekend. No one was reportedly injured in either of the robberies.

An Enterprise man died early Monday morning in a single-vehicle crash on U.S. 84 West in Dothan.

LUBBOCK, Texas — With hundreds of thousands of Americans out of work and the economy in a nosedive, the U.S. peanut industry expected sales to soar this year.

A 22-year-old Dothan man faces two felony charges after police arrested him Thursday during a drug investigation.

Dothan police investigators arrested a 21-year-old Dothan man on Wednesday and charged him with felony assault in connection to a 2007 shooting.

Houston County Sheriff’s investigators arrested a 27-year-old Webb woman Thursday and charged her with felony child abuse.

Dothan police arrested a Wal-Mart employee on Friday and charged him with making a terrorist threat as part of a bomb threat investigation at the northside Wal-Mart in Dothan.

The following people were arrested by the Dothan Police Department and charged with a felony crime. They have not been convicted. Information was provided by the Dothan Police Department.

The symbolism of the election of America’s first black president was not lost on Johnny Smith. Substantively, however, Smith wonders if the election will mean anything to impoverished Dixie, Baptist Bottoms, Young America or other predominantly black areas in Dothan.

In recognition of Presidents’ Day, Northview High School teacher Abigail Barnes leads a discussion among the students in Advanced Placement U.S. History Friday morning.

It’s the third Monday in February and regardless of how the days fall, Presidents’ Day will never be celebrated on either of the birthdays of the presidents it was meant to honor.

The subject of this week’s column will be improving communications between generations of Americans.

Local community college and high school students recently completed a project to preserve the Wiregrass’ segregation era history, documenting the experience of students who attended segregated schools and saw the dawn of integration.

Two Florida men were critically injured after rear-ending a semi-truck Friday as the trucker was attempting to make a left-hand turn onto the interstate in Jackson County.

Eleven Special Olympic cheerleaders made some noise at Dothan Harley Davidson Saturday morning for the annual Valentine’s Day Sweetheart Ride sponsored by local law enforcement agencies as part of their Torch Run for Special Olympics.

Two Cottonwood men were arrested Friday and charged with possessing cocaine and marijuana with intent to distribute, after leading officers on a chase through Jacob, Fla., as authorities sought another suspect wanted for the sale of drugs.

NEW YORK — Nearly two dozen guitars are scattered on the floor and sofa in Conan O’Brien’s office in Rockefeller Center, most of them gifts from musicians like Eddie Van Halen, Los Lobos, Les Paul and Brian Setzer.

MONTGOMERY, Ala.  — Alabama stands to get about $3 billion from a federal economic stimulus package that was opposed by eight out of nine members of the state’s delegation in Washington.

Todd and Melody Bland have only owned All Occasions Flower and Gift Shop for a little over a year, but they’ve already seen the onslaught of customers Valentine’s Day brings.

Ozark’s only cable company announced Thursday its plans to file a prearranged Chapter 11 bankruptcy by April 1.

A Blakely, Ga., man has pleaded guilty to the robbery of a Dothan Wachovia bank last summer.

A Houston County Circuit Court judge sentenced a 22-year-old man to serve 18 months in prison for his involvement in an alcohol-related crash in Webb that left a Georgia woman severely injured.

WASHINGTON – Rep. Bobby Bright voted against the economic recovery package, one of only seven Democrats to cross party lines and vote against the package.