DOTHAN: We are a society dependant on cell phones. And today with cell service being interrupted has caused the emergency system to regroup.
Most responders use Active 911 to be notified via cell phone service to be notified of emergencies. The 17 volunteer fire departments in Houston County and 5 EMS service only have their two way radios as backup. The City of Dothan have Southern Linc service. They were testing the service today.
The hospitals have gone to backup sources because many employees and physicians depend on cell phone service.
Society has become totally dependant on cellular service. The interruption, as I have been told, is mainly Verizon and T-Mobile. And it has been odd. I have three cell phones that I keep with me, 37 total Verizon units. My air cards for cell work, not tried my Air Pad, one cell – my main phone works only when connected to my air card or WIFI. One does not work and one I can make and receive phone calls on. I am told FACETIME calls work.
Let me answer why I have 37 lines, which is STUPID probably. But the bondsman have, about to be HAD, Air pads. Family of 5 plus grandson, bondsman phones, we had problems with internet at the office because CSPIRE has sucked, so we tried Verizon internet which also sucked. And we tried Verizon ONE TALK and I do not recomend it.
So over the next few days we will be doing away with some lines.
Why do I carry 3 phones? Because of taking photos, video, livestreaming, etc. The news business is why I have the different phones and some sneaky ways I have of finding out things.
So far the emergencies have been handled. VERIZON should give a discount because a lot of people’s lives have been interrupted since they created a system where so many people depend on cell service.
DOTHAN: Dothan District 4 Associate Commissioner Dave Stock to Host Town Hall Meeting.
District 4 Commissioner Dave Stock will host a town hall meeting on Tuesday, January 27th, from
6:00-8:00 PM at the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce.
Residents of District 4, other interested citizens, and the media are cordially invited to attend. This is
a free event.
Dave Stock was elected to the Dothan City Commission on August 5, 2025.
A 1997 graduate of Saint Charles West High School in St. Charles, Missouri, Dave enlisted in the US Army to serve our Nation as an intelligence analyst in 1998 and soon after graduated from US Army Basic Combat Training at Fort Leonard Wood. Dave went on to graduate from The U.S. Army Airborne Parachutist School at Fort Benning, The U.S. Army Aviator Qualification Course at Fort Rucker, The Army Aviation Safety Officer Course, The Army Instructor Pilot Course, The Army Maintenance Test Pilot Course, and numerous other Army education and training courses. Stock graduated Magna Cum Laude from Embry Riddle Aeronautical University with a Bachelor of Science in Professional Aeronautics and a minor in Management.
Dave Stock retired from active duty as a Master Army Aviator after serving over 23 years in uniform. He received numerous awards and decorations from his Service during peacetime and combat operations and was stationed at numerous stateside and overseas locations. Stock also started a local flight school in 2017 to help aspiring pilots learn to fly. He sold the flight school in 2023, having grown it from one instructor and airplane to 4 instructors and 5 airplanes with over 60 students. Dave then started Kay Wayso LLC, a real estate development company, and The Forum LLC, an event venue in Downtown Dothan. Dave is still supporting Army Aviation in his duties as a Senior Vice President with B3 Enterprises LLC. B3 is responsible for providing aircraft refuel support to all Army aircraft at Fort Rucker and the surrounding training sites.
Dave is the former President of The Wiregrass Chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association. During his tenure, they constructed a new aviation education center at the Dothan Regional Airport and flew hundreds of local students in their young eagles flight program. Stock is also a member of The Dothan Tuesday Rotary club where he enjoys supporting his fellow members and local charitable organizations. Dave is proud to be a lifetime member of The Veterans of Foreign Wars (Dothan Post 3073), The Disabled American Veterans, and the Army Aviation Association of America.
Dave is married to Jennifer Townsend Stock and they have two children. They’ve called Dothan home since 2012 and are active members of Ridgecrest Baptist Church.
Commissioner Stock enjoys flying airplanes and taking family and friends on local area flights. He also enjoys riding motorcycles, boating, hiking, and traveling to new places.
Dave Stock is proud to call Dothan home and his goal as District 4 Commissioner is to support our residents and make their lives better while helping to grow our city responsibly.
FROM ORLANDO FLORIDA TO NEW JERSEY there has been a cell phone outage. It has been odd, because I have three cell phones. One I could hit internet, one was on SOS mode and one would work.
VERIZON said some work and some do not but a wide spread outage from Orlando Florida to New Jersey.
I went from south of Dothan to Abbeville and nothing. Now my primary phone works, one still does not and one has been operational all morning.
But one thing I know for sure. VERIZON will not give a discounted service for the time thier phones had no service!!!!
Our lives have become dependant on cellular and wireless technology.
A Dothan man described by authorities as “crazy” will spend decades behind bars after pleading guilty to vehicular murder stemming from a deadly wrong-way crash.
Jeremy Jones was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the 2019 crash that killed Paul Roberts, 63, on Ross Clark Circle.
According to charging documents, Jones was fleeing police when he drove the wrong way around the circle after allegedly robbing, assaulting, and attempting to kidnap multiple victims during a violent crime spree.
At the time, then–Dothan Police Chief Steve Parrish condemned Jones’ actions, calling them “outright mean, vicious, selfish, [and] ruthless,” adding that investigators were convinced Jones knew exactly what he was doing. Parrish also referred to Jones as “crazy” during remarks made the day after the fatal crash.
In addition to the vehicular murder charge, Jones pleaded guilty to multiple related offenses from the same night. He received 40-year sentences for each charge, all to be served concurrently with the murder sentence.
Prison records indicate Jones was already serving multiple sentences at the time on unrelated burglary and escape convictions. Court proceedings in his other cases had been delayed several times while Jones underwent mental health evaluations.
