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08:05 AM. Blooms and Breezes

08:05 AM. Blooms and Breezes

DOTHAN, AL – Dothan Leisure Services is excited to bring back Blooms & Breezes, Presented

by Brightspeed. This family-friendly event will take place on Saturday, May 16th, from 9:00 AM

– Noon at Kiwanis Playground Park (800 Deerpath Road, Dothan AL 36303).

Moms and mother-figures of all kinds are invited to celebrate a morning of family and

togetherness at Blooms & Breezes. Guests can enjoy a variety of activities including:

• Complimentary mini-bouquets for the first 200 attendees, made possible through the

support of Brightspeed and distributed by local flower truck Thistle’n Dixie

• Nature-inspired crafts

• Shopping with local artisan vendors

• Self-guided nature walk along Kiwanis Trail

• Self-guided scavenger hunt

• Local coffee truck, Libby Lu’s

• Mother’s Day themed photo booth, with staff available to take photos using guests’

phones

Participants are welcome to arrive any time during the event hours and experience activities at

their own pace.

For more information, contact Helen Wu at 334-615-3778 or hwu@dothan.org

For more information about Dothan Leisure Services programs and facilities, please contact us

at 334-615-3700, visit us on the web at www.dothanleisureservices.org, or Like and Follow us

on Facebook and Instagram.

07:55 AM. Wreck On Highway 84 – Wicksburg

WICKSBURG:   Wicksburg Fire-Rescue, Houston County Sheriff Deputies and ALEA-Troopers are on the scene of a two vehicle accident with injuries.

Houston County 911 dispatched the emergency units reporting all west bound lanes of Highway 84 are closed. The location is 14602 Highway 84.

Anyone with scene pictures TEXT RICKEY 334-790-1729.

Wicksburg Rescue has reported two patients to be transported.

06:47 AM     Geneva County Sheriff Candidate Forum

06:47 AM Geneva County Sheriff Candidate Forum

HARTFORD – GENEVA COUNTY:    04:00 AM     Recently the Geneva County Republican Party held a candidate forum for Alabama State Senator and Geneva County Sheriff. This is the forum for Geneva County Sheriff.

Candidates David Hall and Tim Forehand gave opening statements and then answered some questions. At the close each candidate was allowed closing statements.

You will hear candidate Tim Forehand mention RSN and attempt to call RSN out. A comment was made by RSN concerning Forehand’s record. After the debate Forehand came to Stokes and some man acted like he was attempting to hold Forehand back from jumping on Stokes.The comment made by Stokes was something like Forehand had more baggage than a airplane. Forehand made a comment towards Stokes and my reply was that I was not running for Sheriff. Forehand then walked off.

Weeks ago, somehow, Candidate David Hall found out that RSN had information on Forehand and this information was about  to be published. Hall contacted RSN and asked us not to publish any negative information on Forehand. RSN honored David Hall’s wish. So Forehand claims that David Hall was spreading information on Forehand is totally false, without merit, and RSN can comment first hand about that.

To the people of Geneva County, you  do not need Tim Forehand as your Sheriff. Forehand commented that I needed to stay out of the Geneva County Sheriff race. For the record, my mother was from Geneva County, my parents met in Geneva County. My grandfather was Walter Helms who taught school in Slocomb. I have relatives in Geneva County and they have roads named after them in Geneva County. And I have a business in Geneva County.

 

8:28 PM.  Geneva County Traffic Death

8:28 PM. Geneva County Traffic Death

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Donny Adkinson

Geneva County Coroner

Ruth Lynn Brown, 82, of Bonifay, Florida died from injuries sustained in a single-vehicle motor vehicle accident on County Road 4 in the Fadette community of Geneva County.

Agencies responding to the scene included Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA), Slocomb EMS, Slocomb Police Department, Geneva County Emergency Management Agency, and the Geneva County Coroner’s Office.

ALEA is overseeing the investigation.