HOUSTON COUNTY: Houston County Sheriff Deputies have Flournoy Moore Road blocked at Hodgesville Road and Middleton Road. Multiple Houston County Sheriff Deputies and Houston County Sheriff Criminal Investigator on the scene.
UNCONFIRMED, but as RSN understands, calls of shots fired came into 911 in the early hours this morning. Do not think any person struck, unknown if any vehicles or structures struck.
There are reports of shell casing’s found and units investigating.
UPDATED @ 07:52 AM
UNCONFIRMED by law enforcement, but citizens report there was a house party at the trailer park on Flournoy Moore Road. Someone got sprayed with mace at the party. Soneone returned and fired shots.
HOUSTON COUNTY: 6:03 PM Houston County 911 dispatched Rehobeth Fire – Rescue, Hodgesville Volunteer Fire and Cottonwood Rescue to a 5 car collission on Highway 231 South near Smithville Road.
At 6:30 PM one Rehobeth Ambulance transported one patient, non emergency, to southeast Health and two patients, trauma alert to Southeast Health.
ALEA Troopers has been dispatched to investigate the accident. The northbound lanes of traffic was turned to a two lane to get the southbound traffic moving. The accident was in the southbound lanes of traffic.
After emergency units arrived it was determined only 4 vehicles involved. Subject to change, but preliminary a sub contractor for XFINITY lost his ladder from the roof of his van. He is alleged to have stopped in the roadway to retriece his ladder.
A Toyota stopped and was struck from behind by a silver SUV, which was then struck by a Cherolet 2500 truck. The ones in the silver SUV, from Kentucky, had to be extricated.
All EMS, fire and law enforcement all worked together.
ALEA Troopers are on the scene handling the investigation.
6:42 PM Cottonwood Rescue transported one patient, non emergency, to Flowers Hospital.
HEADLAND: 07:59 AM. Headland – Henry County 911 dispatched Headland Police, Headland Fire – Rescue and mutual aid requested Kinsey Volunteer Fire Department.
On arrival of Headland Police they reported this was a working structure fire. One person is reported to have some burns and smoke inhalation.
This is a working structure fire, smoke and flames visible.
DALE COUNTY: Today marks forty years since I first stepped into the funeral home back in 1986, not knowing a thing about what the future held. I was young, unsure, and had no idea how much this calling would shape my life. Over the years, I’ve been blessed with incredible mentors who guided me, encouraged me, and helped mold me into the funeral director I am today. I will always be grateful for their wisdom and kindness.
With a lot of prayer, faith, and the support of those who believed in me, I’ve grown in ways I never could have imagined. It has been one of the greatest honors of my life to serve this community—first as a funeral director and now as the coroner of our county.
Forty years later, my heart is still in this work, and I look forward to many more years of serving the people who mean so much to me.
John Cawley, with the assistance of the Dale County Commission, has one of the most modern Coroner’s Office in Dale County. They have a office, a morgue equipped to hold six bodies, a viewing area that is peaceful and decorated in a peaceful setting if a family has to come in and identify the deceased. They have two Coroner cans, one in Ozark and one in Daleville. Dale County pays off duty law enforcement officers to transport bodies to Montgomery and leaves one van in the county if any deaths happen while van gone. One van remains in Daleville and a Deputy Coroner there so response time is not long. Coroner JOhn Cawley has several Deputy Coroners who assist and are only paid on a per call basis.
With the volume of calls handled by the Dale County Coroner’s Office, he is paid as one of the lowest paid Coroner’s, however has the most professional office’s. The county commission has funded the office to make it very professional.
