Look for a beautiful weather day today, but by tomorrow, and on until Monday, rains and storms may be in south Alabama.
Wednesday looks to be a repeat of sunny Spring-like weather we enjoyed yesterday.
With brilliant sunshine, temps should top out close to 80 degrees. The morning started cool with lows in the 40s, but full sunshine should push temperatures up rapidly.
But all good things come to an end, and by Thursday much wetter weather should move into the area. Future radars indicate Thursday by noon heavy rains may arrive and waves of heavy downpours are possible through the day and into the night. No cold weather is expected through Monday.
Friday should see brief clearing, but the clouds and storms likely will return by Saturday when we may have the possibility of severe weather.
Houston County leadership visited Winford Woodham Field in Rehobeth Monday night to present the first ceremonial check with money from the lodging tax to benefit local recreation.
County Commission Chairman Brandon Shoupe and District Three Commissioner Ricky Herring presented Rehobeth mayor Kimberly Trotter with a check for $506,000 to revamp and renovate the local recreation area.
Every official said they had connections to the local fields, as they and their children have played on them.
“(The Rehobeth ballparks) are something that need to be upgraded to make them more appealing to the crowd,” Herring said.
He said the improvements would be more than just cosmetic.
“The future is going to be brighter for these players,” he said. “When they have these facilities to play on and get better at the sport they play, later in life some of these kids might even get college scholarships.”
Mayor Trotter said the improvements were a long time coming.
“We’ve known for quite some time that we’ve outgrown our recreational facilities,” she said. “We have over 300 players every year that sign up — if you’re ever here, you’d know this facility needs some major, major upgrades.”
She said the property was not ADA compliant, and it’s not friendly to the elderly.
Additional property was purchased to build new fields and renovate old ones, and new bathrooms and new concession areas are on the way.
“We’re really excited about this,” she said. “This is going to be a great, great start on getting things where we need them to be.”
Shoupe said these improvements thanks to the lodging tax were not only great for youth — they’re also a huge benefit to the local economy.
“We’ve never been able to put a lot of money of any significance into recreation, so for the first time and forever and on in perpetuity, we will be able to continue to reinvest in recreation facilities,” he said. “We don’t have mountains, rivers, or a beach, so whatever recreation we have is because someone has bought it and paid for it.
“I’m very thankful to the citizens for approving the lodging tax, because this money’s going to go exactly to where we told them it was going to go.”
The money is expected to become available in the next 30 days.
Other localities have check presentations scheduled in the coming weeks, including in Ashford, where a check will be presented Saturday.
The Wiregrass Area Food Bank opened a brand-new industrial freezer, which will allow them to store over 60 pallets of perishable food to help them fight hunger in the Wiregrass.
Troy Fountain and the Wiregrass Foundation, along with many generous donors, helped fund the project; it was made a reality by Engineered Systems. Board chair Linda Hiller said
Food Bank Assistant Director Julie Gonzalez said the freezer will allow the Food Bank to dedicate more resources to procuring and distributing food.
“The freezer we’re dedicating today will hold approximately two truckloads full of frozen food, and what we’re actually doing is taking food out of the trucks to put back on the road to go get more donations,” she said. “It’s just a way we can make sure that we don’t pass up any donations that can be used to serve our folks here in the Wiregrass.”
With the new freezer, the food bank is able to avoid shipping of food they can’t store.
“The last thing we want to do is waste food,” Gonzalez said. “Now this will give us more capability to bring in more donations and have a way to get it our to agencies.”
They had been using freezer trucks, so having an industrial freezer will save costs on electricity and fuel.
The weather for the next few days will be… much improved. After several very windy, grey, damp, sometimes stormy Winter-like days, today and tomorrow show a hint of Spring. High winds will calm and little or no breeze is expected until storms arrive this weekend.
Sunshine and blue skies will allow temperatures to rise to near 75 today, and tomorrow will bring even warmer temps. Few clouds, and little or no chance of rain expected through mid-week.
Rapidly changing weather conditions come Thursday and Friday and into the weekend. Thursday may be wet, but with temperatures near 80.
Friday may have lingering clouds and warm temperatures, but storm chances go up Saturday and especially Sunday.
Come Monday and early next week cooler conditions will return.
DOTHAN: These court cases are scheduled in the 20th Judicial Circuit in Houston and Henry County Alabama:
Note: Juvenile court doesn’t have Public Records. Judge Lori Collier Ingram and Judge Henry D “Butch” Binford Handle all Juvenile Cases.
Note: Domestic Violence is not always an abuse case; they could be seeking Petition for Custody and Petition to Modify.
HOUSTON COUNTY:
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT-CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE BENJAMIN LEWIS: Each morning has initial appearances. These are people who have not made a bond. They are required to be seen by a Judge or Magistrate within 48 to 72 hours of their arrest. Judge Lewis follows the law; even when on holiday he or another Judge comes to the Houston County Jail for initial appearances.
These Persons are seen via a TV screen from the jail to the courtroom.
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT-CRIMINAL JUDGE BENJAMIN LEWIS:
Has District-Criminal with 3 cases for Account Collection X 2, Misc DV Case, he
also Small Claims with 15 cases for Account County X 11, Misc SM Case X 3 and
Contract/EJMNT/SEIZU.
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY CIRCUIT-CIVIL JUDGE KEVIN MOULTON: Has
Circuit-Civil with 1 case for Small Claims Appeal. He also has Domestic Relation
with 6 cases for Misc DR Case, Petition for Custody X 3.
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT-CRIMINAL JUDGE TODD DERRICK: Has
District-Criminal with 8 cases for Sorna Violation, Possess Marijuana 2nd X 2,
Possess/Receipt Cont X 2, Trafficking X 2, Assault 1st. He also has Circuit-Criminal
with 81 cases ranging from Identity Theft, Escape 2nd, Theft of Property 3rd,
Stalking Aggravated and Porn Possess Material Minor.
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY CIRCUIT-CIVIL JUDGE HERNY D “BUTCH”
BINFORD: Has Domestic Relations with 4 cases for Petition to Modify X 3,
Contempt/Rule NISI, He also has Circuit-Civil with 1 case for Negligence Motor
Vehicle.
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY CIRCUIT-CIVIL JUDGE M JOHN STEENSLAND III:
Has Domestic Relation with 7 cases for Contested Divorce X 3, Petition to Modify
X 2, Misc DR Case, Petition for Custody.
HONORABLE HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT-CRIMINAL COURT JUDGE LORI
COLLIER INGRAM: Has Child Support with 9 cases for Child Support Case, INTR Act
Under UIFSA, Petition to Modify X 2, Contempt/Rule NISI X 5.
HENRY COUNTY:
Has No Docket Available Today:
