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08:16 AM     Sanitary Dairy Road Wreck – Houston County

08:16 AM Sanitary Dairy Road Wreck – Houston County

COWARTS – HOUSTON COUNTY:      07:33 AM     Houston County Sheriff 911 dispatched a motor vehicle accident at 1560 Sanitary Dairy Road in Cowarts.

Responding to the scene, Ashford Rescue, Cowarts Volunteer FIre, Houston County Sheriff Deputies and ALEA – Troopers.

Reports a two vehicle accdient, vehicle verses a trailer.

On arrival of emergency units it appears one person was injured. Ashford Rescue checked the patient and transported, non emergency, to a Dothan hospital.

ALEA – Troopers are in charge of the accident investigation.

12:20 AM. TUESDAY.   Message From School Board Chairman Scott Childers

12:20 AM. TUESDAY. Message From School Board Chairman Scott Childers

DOTHAN AL.:    

District 5 voters, please patiently read this:

A vote for Ashley Davis tomorrow is a vote for Dothan! Not her, me or anyone else. Please vote Tuesday!

It would be easy to neglect importance of voting tomorrow, after so many months of noise. I get it.

I also know it’s easy to neglect voting for anything Dothan City Schools because we’ve been so many decades with issue.

Please know this vote will not benefit any individual that is asking you for it. This vote is for Dothan. This vote removes your schools and tax dollars from control of the establishment. The establishment of people that seek financial benefit over our teachers and children.

Please recognize those people and the amount of money they are using to stop our effort. That tells you everything you need to know about what’s going on. Make a mental note of who they are and remember it.

How many of them have even mentioned our schools in the last 4 years? I will tell you that none of them have ever reached out to me, and I have been the school board chairman! So where do they get their opinion from?

Why are they against us? It’s about control, it’s about money, it’s about continuing the status quo that benefits them while our schools and this town continue to suffer.

Wait, are you not supposed to actually call that out in Dothan?!!!!

You see it throughout this country. I didn’t think it happened here until I got on the school board. Now I know better than all of you! This place must be cleaned up. Everyone will take a loss if we become Montgomery. We must care about DCS.

If you’ve had someone tell you that I’m the problem, have you ever reached out to me? No blame, I know it’s easy to believe their narrative. Did you ask them if they reached out to me? They didn’t. I’ve been amazed at how much slandering discusion goes on behind my back.

Many people tell me thank you for hanging in there against all this. And I tell them that I don’t care about me or any of that, it’s just an effort to get us where Dothan needs to be. But I can’t think of a single time where someone came directly to me for an opposition discussion. That crowd prefers to manipulatebehind the scenes.

I clearly don’t need anything this position offers. I don’t need a public persona to better my income or family. All of this only takes away. I wasn’t created with an imbalance of selfish ambition, and I would rather serve others with any blessings I have. I will not honor myself in saying this, but if more people with this quality would choose to lead, we could fix so much of the political garbage that plagues us.

If Ashley does not win tomorrow my current state of mine is likely to resign (I’d rather be selfish than loose to a board majority for 4 more years) and take my fight to a higher level of service. Could being Mayor of Dothan be a better position for fixing this?

Twenty-five years of Dothan City School students and most of the current DCS faculty could propel a wave of momentum for us to go anywhere that real change could happen!

Mostly, that was just a statement for the establishment crowd to leave us alone, or recognize that we could become a bigger threat to them later. I would sure rather stay in the position I was called to be in.

Back to Ashley, the real answer for us!…

Ashley Davis has four kids currently in this system. She has spent over $30,000 of her own money, for this position and $277 a month. She has no aspirations of upward mobility into the political ranks which is why the establishment has not been able to leach onto her.

Her biggest supporters are board members BoardChair Childers, Amy Hunter Bonds(outgoing), Aurie Bailey Jenkins, and Julie Mullins-Turner (plus a massive crowd of teachers and staff).

If you support us with this vote tomorrow, I encourage you to hold us individually accountable to the future of Dothan City Schools. We will humbly accept that. Because we know that every decision will be for Dothan, its teachers, and our students. That will always make us immune from “real” public scrutiny.

Tomorrow. A big day for Dothan City Schools, and an even bigger day for The City of Dothan.

For the last time…Fix your school board and fix Dothan!

12:13 AM TUESDAY.    Message From Covington County Sheriff

12:13 AM TUESDAY. Message From Covington County Sheriff

COVINGTON COUNTY AL:      On September 12, 2025, a traffic stop that lead to an arrest of a local in the early morning hours was reported to the Covington County Sheriff’s Office. After investigation, it was discovered that an officer with the Sheriff’s Office did not follow proper procedure and responded in a manner that does not represent the Sheriff’s Office, our law enforcement comrades’ and our community well. The matter is being investigated, with corrective action forthcoming.

As Sheriff, I take complaints with our office and employees very seriously and I welcome the public to communicate with us to ensure that our officers have a true servant’s heart. Most incidents can be handled with counseling and training. Our officers are human, but we are held to the highest standard. We will continue to offer our best.

Communication is the key. Facebook or messenger is not the way to report an issue to the Sheriff’s Office. These sources are not monitored constantly, and a complaint can be delayed or not taken at all. Contact the Sheriff’s office on Monday thru Friday, 8am – 5pm at (334) 428-2641 for non-emergency concerns. If the concern is urgent, please call (334) 427-4911 for our dispatch and a supervisor will contact you forthwith.

1:41 PM     TERROR Coming To Columbia

1:41 PM TERROR Coming To Columbia

COLUMBIA:       TERROR is coming to Columbia Alabama!!!!

Beginning Friday, September 19, 2025, COLUMBIA MANOR will open. Between September 19 and Halloween there are 13 nights of TERROR scheduled in Columbia.

The location will be 306 South Main Street in Columbia. Traveling east on Highway 52, get to the red light, turn right and travel the road to TERROR. A place where your darkest fears become reality!!!

http://www.columbiamanor.com      Web site for additional information.

9:51 PM DANGER POSTS and ACTIONS Of Candidate District 3 – Associate Commissioner

DOTHAN:     On Tuesday, September 16, the registed voters of District 3 will go to the polls to vote for District 3 Associate Commissioner for the City of Dothan.

Incumbent Associate Commissioner Bradley Bedwell almost made it without a runoff. But he is being challenged by David Haight.

As RSN has looked into David Haight we have found some alarming items which makes RSN to be very blunt. First, if you do not stand for something you will fall for anything.  And I have great concerns.

DAVID HAIGHT FACEBOOK:     There are a lot of captions on pictures of politics on his facebook. The captions are those apparently made by David Haight. A drive through customer and fast food worker  captioned “did she ever work a real job…or just a gubmit?”  It is a male in the drive thru and female in the car. Working at fast food restaurant is a hard job, one where you work under extreme pressure, dealing with often times public that are not so nice. These employees learn quick how to work under pressure with customers with attitudes. And his comments show a lack of respect for common people.

And the below pictures are only a few of may posted in his FACEBOOK.

HOME OWNER’S ASSOCIATION:       David Haight was on the home owner’s subdivision in the area he lives. At a recent home owner’s association meeting, while wearing his campain T-Shirt, David Haight made it clear no one was allowed to talk or comment but their home owner association dues were increasing. And the home owner’s had no say in the matter and no choice but to pay what a selected few had made the decision on. This angered many in the subdivision. Since being pointed out and exposed about this dictatorship style, David Haight attempted to get the fellow board members to re-consider and when that failed he resigned. But that does not undo what he did in the initial meeting. NO ONE allowed to talk but the “chosen ones” on the board and the residents who reside in the subdivision just had to pay what the board decided. When exposed and realized this truth was going to have a negative impact on him as a candidate Haight apparently attempted to do damage control. But that shows what he was doing to his neignbors, with that in mind, what will he do to the citizens of Dothan Alabama if elected as D-3 Associate Commissioner? This is very dangerous for the citizens of Dothan with someone with a record of not listening or allowing the people to speak.

This, the United States of America, just went through a terrible week. People’s voice needs to be heard. And Haight has shown he has no intentions to listen.

With that in mind, it is very important to re-elect D3 Bradley Bedwell as Associate Commissioner. And each person needs to exercise their vote which is at the Houston County Farm Center. A placed saved by D-3 Bradley Bedwell, D-4 John Ferguson and D-5 Gant Pearce.