A Midland City teenager was charged with four counts of sodomy in Ozark on Thursday after allegations an adult was having sexual contact with a boy less than 10 years old, according to the Dale County Sheriff’s Office.

“This bill has been rushed through Congress with little debate or opportunity to offer meaningful changes and as a result, the response from my constituents has been overwhelmingly in opposition to this bill,“ Bright said.

Dothan police investigators are looking for a man and woman believed to have been involved in a drive-by shooting on Friday morning that left a 16-month-old girl injured.

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Residences near a gas leak on First Avenue in Ashford have been evacuated while authorities wait for gas company workers to fix the problem.

A former Dothan Police Department records employee has been sentenced to three years probation for illegally accessing criminal records.

A judge barred an 84-year-old Ashford man from contacting his son over the next five years.

OZARK — A Carroll High School teacher who wants out of the school system is asking the school board and superintendent for some answers. It appears those answers have yet to come.

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

The heart-shaped papers hanging on a wall at Landmark Elementary School record kind acts by teachers and students there.

A trailer caught fire in Cowarts Thursday night, leaving a woman in the hospital and a dog dead.

Terry Key said his buildings at 150 and 164 East Main Street are dilapidated, dangerous and need to come down.

So when can a bumper peanut crop be a bad thing and salmonella-contaminated peanut products be good for peanut farmers?

OZARK – Ozark City Schools Superintendent Mike Lenhart is expected to begin the process this week toward an ad valorem tax referendum that will go to building new schools.

A Dothan police officer fired last fall for accessing secure information, said he e-mailed the data to a business owner who was seeking payment on a forged check.

Dothan police investigators made arrests in two unrelated robberies over the past three days, including a 35-year-old man charged with stealing a pair of Reebok shoes from Sears.

Dothan City School Board Chairman Steve Stokes will not seek re-election in the upcoming 2009 election.

Q. Now that the Senate has passed its version of the stimulus plan, what will happen next?

Often called the Bill Cosby of Dothan, Johnny Smith says Dothan’s black community is worse off now than it was before integration. Read Sunday’s Dothan Eagle to see what else Smith had to say.

Dothan police say a woman used a hammer to rob a convenience store late Wednesday night.

Dothan police arrested a 35-year-old man Tuesday and charged him a robbery from Sears during which, according to court records, he stole a pair of Reebok tennis shoes.

A Dothan man arrested Wednesday and charged with robbery was also sentenced to serve five years in prison Wednesday for felony drug possession.

The warrants that were issued Tuesday for Clio Rescue members Chauncey Wood, Tina Robinett Wood, Alice Robinett, Freddie Childs and Kathy Childs were withdrawn by Thursday, according to Barbour County Circuit Clerk David Nix.

WASHINGTON – The president of the peanut company accused of knowingly distributing salmonella-tainted peanut products and the manager of the company’s plant in Blakely, Ga., refused Wednesday to answer the questions of a congressional panel.

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.

With the 2008 performance report in hand, Dothan Mayor Pat Thomas said accomplishments made during the current administration have predominantly been pay-as-you-go projects.

City of Dothan Finance Director Angela Palmer sighed as she saw the December sales tax numbers.

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Dothan police investigators charged a Samson couple Wednesday with the burglary of a Dothan jewelry store and a break-in of a state Department of Correction vehicle.

Warrants have been issued for five members of Clio Rescue, Inc.