WASHINGTON (AP) _ About 2 million Americans get a raise Thursday as the federal minimum wage rises 70 cents. The bad news: Higher gas and food prices are swallowing it up, and some small businesses will pass the cost of the wage hike to consumers.

Saying they dont want to tie their own hands, Jackson County Commissioners on Tuesday refused a request to wait for a grassroots committee’s input before taking any action on a proposed toll road through Jackson County.

The following people were booked into the Houston County Jail from July 15-20 on felony charges. They have not been convicted.

Business licenses issued in Houston County July 14-18.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of July 14-21.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of July 14-21.

Kevin Phipps knows what it’s like to be the new kid.

ARITON — More than $1,000 will be saved in Ariton for the third time in a row because of one of the most unusual election situations.

Dothan City Schools officials put the trailer before the pickup recently by placing 10 portable classrooms on Dothan High School grounds without going through the proper channels with city planning and zoning staff.

Eating large amounts of some Wiregrass fish could pose a health risk to children.

The City of Dothan has re-opened the 4100 block of Fortner Street. The section of Fortner Street between Wimbledon Drive at Laver Hills subdivision and Ironwood Way at Greystone subdivision were closed to allow for replacement of a storm drainage culvert.

While portions of their pledges are similar, some parts are quite different.

The following is a listing of public records from Houston County for the week of July 14-21.

Drivers appeared to suffer minor injuries in a two car accident at the intersection of West Adams and Oates streets Wednesday afternoon.

A raccoon which attacked a resident on Garden Lane in Dothan on Monday has tested positive for rabies.

BROWNSVILLE, Texas (AP) - Hurricane Dolly churned into a Category 2 storm as its eye neared the Texas-Mexico border Wednesday, bringing fierce winds and heavy rains that blew down signs, damaged an apartment complex and knocked out electricity to thousands.

A Dothan man was likely restrained as he traveled inside a Houston County Sheriff’s transport van in the moments before the van crashed into what authorities have called a dump truck. But it’s unclear whether Terry Lamar Irvin, 39, was wearing a seat belt during the crash that took life Tuesday night.

Dothan Police arrested two local men Wednesday morning and are searching for a third in connection with the Tuesday morning shooting in Dixie of Marzine McMillian of Elba.

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

Houston County Commissioner Bobby Snellgrove had the right idea about the effect of rising fuel costs on the county budget.

An inmate is dead and a Houston County corrections officer has been hospitalized after a Houston County Sheriff’s van was involved in a three-vehicle wreck in Montgomery.

Some local parents have differing views of a proposed uniform policy for city school students.

A Dale County grand jury indicted a mother and a man who were charged with severely abusing a 7-year-old boy earlier this year.

For the second time in two weeks, police responded to a shooting in the Dixie community involving a non-Dothan resident who was the victim.

ENTERPRISE — Former Enterprise daycare owner Julie Watkins, 32, who pleaded guilty in June 2007 to first-degree assault on an infant, petitioned a Coffee County court for a new trial Tuesday.

Representatives from the Alabama Department of Environmental Management met with local gas station owners Tuesday in Dothan to discuss new federally mandated regulations designed to ensure safety in underground fuel storage tanks.

A new grant is welding high school and community college together to provide benefits for students and local industry.

Dothan’s only Blockbuster movie rental store has closed its doors.

Dothan Public Works Director Jerry Corbin stood in front of the old city jail on North St. Andrews Street Monday afternoon and acknowledged that demolishing this downtown icon is difficult. Corbin is not necessarily talking about the building’s position in the community, but rather, its proximity to the Dothan Opera House.

You’ve been listening to Pollard and KC in the mornings on WTVY-FM 95.5. Well, a lot of you have, but not anymore.