Emmanuel Christian Academy has been serving the Wiregrass for four decades, and like a lot of 41-year-olds, it’s getting bigger around the middle.

Call it the working poor, or the poor working, and the fact remains the same: people like Shirley Boykin are among millions in the country who are employed but still can’t afford health insurance.

TROY — Overtime. Four minutes.
Four extra minutes of screaming and jumping and shooting and rebounding and cheering. God, isn’t sports wonderful? 

Three bills dealing with veterans’ issues, and sponsored by Wiregrass legislators, breezed through the Alabama Senate on Thursday, moving one step closer to becoming law.

Airport officials in Dothan were not surprised that the number of people flying in and out of Dothan decreased last month when compared to the same time last year.

County officials are following Dothan’s lead in putting forth a public vote on Sunday alcohol sales in order to maintain the status quo.

Brian Lee Carroll, 26, of Enterprise was indicted in June of last year.

On Saturday, Feb. 21, beginning at 7 a.m., the section of Columbia Highway between Range Street and First Avenue will be closed to through traffic until Tuesday morning, Feb. 24, 2009.

WASHINGTON—With President Barack Obama urged by some to reinstate the Federal Emergency Management Agency to separate cabinet-level status, a new federal report argues that such a move would hurt the nation’s homeland security “apparatus.“

MARIANNA, Fla.—The federal government has sent representatives from at least two agencies to Marianna this week in connection with UNICOR, a prison-based computer recycling program that has sparked multiple lawsuits.

In short, the current trend away from personal debt is good for both the individuals and the economy in general.

President Obama says that he will spend $825 billion to create 4 million new jobs. I have an idea that will actually work, and maybe even increase the income of the government.

We can complain all day long about our elected leaders. But guess what? We put them there.

What are we to make of unanimous passage of a request for annexation that came before the Dothan City Commission last week?

A former U.S. Postal Service employee recently pleaded guilty to the theft of a package containing prescription medication.

U.S. Rep. Bobby Bright, D-Montgomery, said he doesn’t know of anything that could have prepared him for his first trip to Iraq and Afghanistan.

Development plans for a portion of the Dothan Village retail project on U.S. 84 East, received approval from members of the Dothan Planning Commission on Wednesday.

Authorities say Yahnna Holland went to check on her parents Tuesday afternoon only to find their slain bodies in the bathroom of the home they shared, just south of Dothan.

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Legislation to remove the state sales tax on groceries could be doomed if the support doesn’t expand beyond the party line vote it received Wednesday in a state Senate committee.

A second civil lawsuit has been filed against a former Dothan emergency room doctor who is also facing multiple criminal charges for sexual abuse.

Despite an increased opportunity to get their children accepted into magnet schools, parents aren’t quite applying to the schools in the droves which Dothan City Schools officials expected.

Severe weather is expected to move into the Wiregrass between 5 and 6 p.m., according to the National Weather Service in Tallahassee.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Seeking to tackle “a crisis unlike any we’ve ever known,“ President Barack Obama unveiled an ambitious $75 billion plan Wednesday to keep as many as 9 million Americans from losing their homes to foreclosure.

The following were booked into the Houston County Jail from Feb. 3-16. None have been convicted.

The deaths of a local businessman and his wife inside of their home on Tuesday have been ruled a murder/suicide by the Houston County Sheriff’s Office.

The following were booked into the Houston County Jail from Feb. 3-16. None have been convicted. Name, age, address, charge, date.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of Feb. 2-12.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of Feb. 2-12.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of Feb. 2-12.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of Feb. 2-12.