DOTHAN: 10:39 PM Dothan 911 dispatched a motor vehicle accident with critical injuries at South Oates and Ross Clark Circle.
Dothan Police, Dothan Fire and Pilcher Ambulance responded to the scene. Initially reported as a three vehicle accident, on the arrival of emergency units it was determined to be a two vehicle accident. One patient was entrapped in the vehicle.
Dothan Fire Engine Company 2, Lakewood, and Dothan Fire Truck 3, Whatley Drive, Battalion Chief Braswell responded. Am additional Pilcher Ambulance was requested, non emergency to respond.
10:50 PM Scene Command reported that extrication was complete.
Unless there are internal injuries the injury severity is downgraded from initial dispatch. Several patients were transported to Southeast Health.
Dothan Police are in charge of the accident investigation.
The citizens of Dothan would be very happy with emergency services if you heard and saw the precision of the emergency services in calls such as this. From the call hitting the 911 system, the communications staff and the information they obtain from the caller, to dispatching police – fire and EMS. All agencies coordination from dispatch providing the best information available to them to roll what is needed. Law Enforcement coordinating response, checking the patients, patrol units closing roads and re-routing traffic. Dothan Fire Engine Companies, Truck companies for extrication and where to set up on arrival as they are rolling to the scene. Pilcher Ambulance rolling one, then two ambulances. The emergency crews in contact with medical control and the hospitals knowing what is incoming. The Battalion Chief handling command so there is management to the emergency scene for fire and EMS. Dothan Police Patrol Command staff on scene coordinating the safety of the emergency crews, the injured, the scene is protected and traffic continues to flow.
While I am not medical, but from a recent documentary I saw, first order of business is stabilize the patient, then treat the injuries. So the communication from EMS to medical control is very important to allow the hospitals to have ready and waiting for the incoming patients. Today, the field EMS of fire and ambulance are the primary medical providers on the initial contact with those injured. The training and wisdom they have in the field, a lot of physicians could not work in. The difference is the physician domain is in a controlled setting of the hospital. The fire and EMS domain is unknown on every call. The fire and EMS have to adapt on the fly often times in treatment and extrication of the injured.
And all of this works like a well oiled sewing machine. And when it works as designed, I get excited.
14 ft mobile food trailer it has 3 compartments sinks , handwashing sink , on demand hot water, fresh water and gray water tank. 4 ft hood ( No Fire Suppression System Hopd hasn’t never been used )roof top A/C. Ramp door. I started putting over lay osb board on the floor to have a smooth floor to put new vinyl in , walls new to be finished. It needs to be painted or wrapped. I haven’t done it yet so you can have me done like you want it . It is a work In progress!But you couldn’t go buy a bare trailer for what I am selling this one for. $ $7,000.00. It is sitting on the corner of South State Hwy 109 and Hwy 605 below Rehobeth 334-790-4563 Terry Stokes
The team sponsored by Southern Quest Construction came in first place of the tournament. Team members consist of Dothan City Commissioner Bradley Bedwell, JYTU Blackmon, Ryan Muccio, and Kenneth Thompson. They came in first place the prior year as well.
OZARK-DALE COUNTY: 08:52 AM. Pursuit this morning in Ozark – Dale County. Before we explain let me offer a word of caution to anyone thinking of fleeing law enforcement in Dale County. While all are capable you better make sure that Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum is not working. And the problem with that question is, MASON NYNUM IS ALWAYS WORKING!!!!
At 08:52 AM a Dale County Sheriff Deputy activated his blue lights on a vehicle which was traveling south bound on Highway 231 going through Andrew’s Avenue. The vehicle was traveling at 100 miles per hour. The Dale County Sheriff Deputy called in pursuit. Multiple Dale County Sheriff Deputies, Ozark Police, and you guessed it, Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum!!!
The suspect with Dale County Sheriff Deputy traveling with blue lights and siren on came up on Walmart. The suspect was traveling 80 miles per hour. Next approaching Deese Road, suspect has red lights and blows through the red light. The suspect approached Lakeview, in the left lane, at speeds of 103 miles per hour and blows the red light. The suspect approached Highway 103 on Highway 103, struck a civilian vehicle. And then he met his worst nightmare, Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum. Sheriff Bynum pit the vehicle off the roadway and out at gunpoint. That is Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum on the far left with his weapon drawn.
The civilian struck was transported by Ozark EMS to Dale Medical Center to be checked out. The suspect, identified as Malik Tyrell Scott of Midland City was taken into custody. Reports he pushed his grandmother down this morning and stole her car. Scott was arrested in Houston County on April 5, 2026 for Obstructing Governmental Operations and entered a guilty plea on May 4, 2026 and released on time served. The obstruction of justice was that Scott refused to identify himself when asked by Houston County Sheriff Deputies. Scott was arrested and placed in Houston County Jail until his May 4, 2026 entry of a guilty plea.
Now the dumbass faces several felonies in Dale County to include Robbery.
NOTE: It is not just Dale County Sheriff Mason Bynum, the youngest Sheriff in the State of Alabama who will ram that front bumper of the Ford F-150 up your exhaust pipe, the men and women in Dale County Sheriff Department will do the same. The Late Dale County Sheriff Wally Olson had six deputies stop a chase. Now Sheriff Olson was not a happy camper because some were new cars but he was happy no civilians were injured and they ended the chase.
Mobile Food Trailer has a 4 ft hood ( No Fire Suppression ) has all the sinks , on demand Hot Water tank , A/C , 3 x 4 serving window . Ramp back door . New osb board on floor . Trailer is a work In progress . Can be seen on the corner of 109 and Hwy 605 . Asking &7,000.00 for it. Firm on the price. Call Terry Stokes @ 334-790-4563
John Holman Watson, 88, a long-time businessman and Dothan resident, passed away to be with his Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, on Thursday, April 30, 2026, at a local hospital surrounded by his loving family.
Celebration of Life services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, May 5, 2026, at Evergreen Presbyterian Church with Reverend Christine W. Herrin officiating and Glover Funeral Home of Dothan directing. Visitation will be held from 2:00 until 4:00 p.m., Monday, May 4, 2026, at Evergreen Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Evergreen Presbyterian Church, 1103 N. Pontiac Avenue, Dothan, AL 36303, or Southeast Health Foundation – Neuro Balance Center Parkinsons Program, 1922 Fairview Avenue, Dothan, AL 36301.
John was born February 12, 1938, to Absolom and Mary Outlaw Watson in Skipperville, a rural Dale County community where hard work wasn’t a virtue so much as a necessity. Friends from those days called him by his middle name, Holman, and still tell stories of a boy who walked to school barefoot because his family couldn’t afford shoes. Whether every detail has grown with the retelling, the meaning has not: Watson never forgot where he came from. As a teenager, Watson worked whatever jobs were available — delivering ice, doing carpentry, roofing — then graduated a year early from Newton High School in 1955. He dreamed of playing college football and becoming an engineer. A promising running back, he turned down a scholarship offer from the University of Alabama and chose Auburn University, where he studied mechanical engineering. He hoped to make the football team as a walk-on.
The first in his family to attend college, Watson became a co-op student, working at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville and with the Corps of Engineers at Fort Rucker. He participated in advanced ROTC and graduated from Auburn in 1960 with a degree in mechanical engineering. That same year, he married Gail Pearson of Ozark and entered the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a second lieutenant. He served on active duty in 1961 and 1962 during the Berlin Crisis. When his service ended, Watson and his wife returned to Dothan, where he took a job with Smith’s Inc., then the area’s largest mechanical contracting firm.
In 1966, he and two other employees bought an interest in Smith’s Inc. from James M. Smith. Four years later, they purchased the rest of the firm, aided by financing provided by Smith himself. Watson considered growing the company into a regional or national powerhouse. Instead, he made a choice that reflected both business instinct and personal priorities: he would diversify, protect against the economy’s swings, and stay close enough to home to be present for family. The experience of building Smith’s alongside trusted partners also shaped his approach to business for decades — he sought ventures with people he liked, respected, and believed added real value.
Over time, Watson became connected to a wide portfolio of enterprises. Among them were Engineered Systems, Inc., a general contracting and design firm focused on negotiated projects and design/build work for shopping centers, office buildings, warehouses and industrial facilities. In 1998, Engineered Systems worked with Auburn University to design and build the Auburn Indoor Football Practice Facility.
Those ventures, people said, were never just about profit. Watson’s greatest asset was the ability to evaluate risk and reward — and when he believed something could work, to bring in friends and partners, spreading opportunity as widely as possible. He was often described as selfless, soft-spoken and deeply concerned for others. That concern extended beyond the marketplace and into the community’s institutions. Watson served as a trustee and elder at Evergreen Presbyterian Church and served on boards including Houston Academy, the Dothan Boys Club, the Alabama Research Institute and Alabama Industrial Relations. He was named the 1996 President’s Council Volunteer of the Year for the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind and served on the institute’s board. He chaired the Dothan Area Chamber of Commerce in 1988 and was a graduate of Leadership Alabama. In 1998, he received Troy State University Dothan’s Community Service Award. John also received several Paul Harris Fellow awards through the Rotary Club.
He is preceded in death by his parents; his two brothers, Franklin D. Roosevelt Watson, and James Lamar Watson.
He is survived by his wife of almost 66 years, Gail Pearson Watson of Dothan; his daughter, Abby Jo Watson Downs (Jed) of Dothan; his son, John “Ron” Ronney Watson (Leslie) of Dothan; his loving twin sisters, Mary Andrews of Pinckard, and Martha Pate (Blann) of Newton; his six grandchildren, Watson Downs (Kendall) of Dothan, Mary Grace Downs O’Connor (Tate), James Downs of Fort Worth, TX, Sara Watson of Redding, CA, Hanna Watson of Sarasota, FL, and Rachel Watson of Dothan; his seven great-grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Serving as pallbearers will be Bobby Boone, Mark Chambers, Hayne Hollis, Jim Kelly, Jim Knighton, Wayne Palmer, Tom Parks, Dwan Pilcher, Felton Woodham.
Glover Funeral Home and Crematory has been entrusted with the arrangements. (334) 699-3888.
