DOTHAN: Last week at the Dothan School Board Special Called Meeting, four of the seven ELECTED Dothan School Board Members voted against every faculty member of the Dothan City School system.
In a 4 to 3 vote, elected school board members Brett Strickland, Melanie Hill, Franklin Jones and Brenda Guilford voted for the qualifications for the next Dothan School Superintendent to have a doctorate and prior experience as a School Superintendent in order to apply. NO ONE in the current system has experience as a School Superintendent.
RSN does not know how this was list was voted on. The seven-member school board denied any participation in preparing these qualifications. These are not the qualifications in the last three advertisements according to School Board Chair Scott Childers. The current Superintendent, Dr. Dennis Coe, made it clear he had no part of it. Well the School Board is the governing authority and since no one knows where the qualifications list came from RSN is unclear how they voted on it. Might file a Violation of the Alabama Open Meetings Law and place each Board Member on the witness stand to get someone to tell the truth!!! RSN has done it before and will do it again.
Elected School Board Member Brett Strickland DOES NOT SEND his children to Dothan City Schools. Melanie Hill has no children.
In attempts to press Melanie Hill to express her reasoning she refused except to say she had phone calls for two weeks and was voting for these qualifications. Hill was very snarky and ran at the speed of light out the back door before she could be caught and asked one-on-one on camera.
If you want your opinion known then Tuesday March 18, 2025, call Melanie Hill at 334-596-9145. Her number is not listed on the school web site. So a lot of people do not know how to contact.
If you want your opinion known then Tuesday March 18, 2025, call Brett Strickland at 334-701-8947. His number is not listed on the school web site. So a lot of people do not know how to contact.
The elected members have a meeting tomorrow night, March 18, 2025, at the old Honeysuckle Middle School where Central Office is located.
The speakers have failed before when people have signed up to speak. RSN is keeping a close eye on those in case they do not work and will be calling the ones responsible out.
The school board members are up for election August 5. Please sign up and run because it is obvious Strickland, Hill, Jones and Guilford are against someone within the system or even in Dothan/Houston County from being the next Dothan School Superintendent.
You know, none of these were ever school board members until they were elected. School Board Member Melanie Hill is the field rep for U.S. Senator Katie Britt. Until Hill was appointed she had never been a field rep for a U.S. Senator. How does one gain experience as a School Superintendent. Well, the same way Strickland and Hill gained experience as Dothan School Board Members and Hill obtained experience as a field rep for a U.S. Senator.
DO NOT SLAP the men and women of the Dothan City Schools as you 4 have. You opening the qualifications as they have always been does not mean you can not select someone with a doctorate. But having a doctorate does not mean you have all of the answers. Sometimes to much means you lack common sense!!!
Ashford Fire and Cowarts Fire are responding to a fully involved structure fire in Weeks Trailer Park in Ashford.
Units say the neighboring trailer is also involved.
Units reported explosions being heard.
UPDATE: A neighbor got the homeowner out safely without injury. The fire is reported to have been started from the bottom of the refrigerator.
Wiregrass Electric Cooperative Prepared Ahead of
Severe Weather Threat HARTFORD, Alabama-As severe weather approaches our area, Wiregrass Electric Cooperative (WEC) wants members to know we are fully prepared to respond to potential outages and restore power as
quickly and safely as possible. AIL WEC linemen are on standby and ready to respond, and we’ve added two contract construction crews to support restoration efforts if needed. Should the storm’s severity require additional resources, WEC will coordinate with fellow Alabama electric cooperatives through our statewide mutual aid
network to bring in more assistance from unaffected areas. “We always prepare for the worst and hope for the best,” said Stevie Sauls, WEC Vice President of Member Services and Communication. “Our top priority is keeping members safe and restoring service
as quickly as possible after a storm.” Members are encouraged to stay weather-aware and report any outages they experience. WEC’s outage map is available online and updates in real time. For updates, outage reporting, and storm safety tips, visit our website at www.wiregrass.co.p. You can also view the outage map directly at
www.wiregrass.coop/outage-map.
Please continue to monitor trusted weather sources and stay safe.
### Wiregrass Electric Cooperative is an electric distribution system located in southeast Alabama with more than 3,500 miles of power lines providing reliable and affordable electricity and energy solutions to approximately 26,000 homes and businesses in Houston, Geneva, Covington, Dale, Henry and Coffee
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Preliminary information a subject was shot in the upper torso.
At this time no further information is known.
Enterprise Police is in charge of the investigation.
Anyone with more information or scene pictures TEXT RICKEY 334-790-1729.
UPDATED@ 10:40 PM
On March 15, 2025, at 6:26 PM, the Enterprise Police Department responded to the 900 block of Rucker Blvd., Liberty Gas Station parking lot, on a shooting call between numerous subjects. Patrol Officers arrived on scene and located a subject with a gunshot wound to the chest. The victim was transported by ambulance to the hospital. EPD Detectives are actively investigating this shooting. There is no active threat to the public and no additional information will be released at this time.
The Enterprise Police Department Criminal Investigation Division (CID) is investigating this shooting and asks that anyone with additional information to contact us at (334) 347-2222 or leave a tip at www.enterprisepd.com.
Dothan Fire is responding to a report of a four-vehicle wreck at West Main Street and North Park Avenue.
Most lanes are reported to be blocked and possible entrapment is reported. At least one person is complaining of pain. Airbag deployment was possibly reported.
UPDATE:
Entrapment was confirmed.
Authorities reported one yellow patient, one red, one green.
UPDATE:
Main Street beside CVS is blocked. Expect extreme delays in the area.
At least one critical injury was reported.
At least three patients were transported to the hospital.
ENTERPRISE: 5:56 PM. Enterprise 911 dispatched a firearm assault at 921 Rucker Blvd.
