Beginning Monday, January 13, 2025, multiple railroad crossings will be closed for maintenance. The closures will last 2 to 3 days per crossing depending on the amount of maintenance required at the crossing. The affected crossing are:
• Westgate Pkwy between Bishop Ct. and Technology Dr.
• Murray Rd. between Warehouse Dr. and Industrial Rd.
• Headland Ave. between Railroad Ave. and Depot St.
• N. Cherry St. between Railroad Ave. and E. Powell St.
• Lake St. between Vogel Dr. and Bayshore Ave.
Beginning Tuesday, January 14, 2025, multiple railroad crossings will be closed for maintenance. The closures will last 2 to 3 days per crossing depending on the amount of maintenance required at the crossing. The affected crossing are:
• Burdeshaw St. between Sunset Dr. and Bloom St.
• N. Beverlye Rd. between Kelley Dr. and Columbia Hwy
Motorists are requested to exercise caution when traveling in this area.
Several railroad crossings in Ashford was closed this morning as crews have been working on railroad crossing arms.
According to Dothan Houston County EMA, the crossing at North Broadway Street will be closed until around Wednesday evening. It seems other crossings in Ashford were also affected by the repairs.
Surrounding railroad crossings in the area were also closed Monday morning, leading people to drive around the arms; railroad crossings with arms down should not be crossed. Drivers should find alternate routes.
Reports indicated railroad crossings at 8th Avenue, Pleasant Grove and Weeks Trailer Park were still accessible.
HENRY COUNTY: After being found GUILTY on December 4, 2024 by a jury of 12 in Henry County Alabama, Jerry Temples of Shorterville was sentenced.
Sentencing occured this past Friday in Henry County Circuit Court before 20th Judicial Circuit Court Judge Butch Binford.
On December 29, 2022 Temples was arrested and charged with Child Abuse and Sexual Abuse. After a trial on December 4, 2024, the jury found Jerry Temples GUILTY of Child Abuse. The allegations against Temples that he threw the 14 year old female “off back porch, striking her in the face, picking her up by the hair, slamming her on the ground, pulling her back in the house and grabbing her by the throat”. A jury of 12 men and women found Jerry Temples GUILTY.
Temples was also charged with Sexual Abuse. A jury of 12 aquitted Temples of that charge.
The Sexual Abuse charge, a class C felony.
On Friday Judge Binford Sentenced Jerry Temples to serve in the Alabama Department of Corrections for one year and one day ( which means day for day in Alabama Department of Corrections ), followed by three years of supervised probation. Judge Binford ordered Jerry Temples in immediate custody of the Henry County Sheriff.
Jerry Temples will wait in the Henry County Jail to be transferred to the Alabama Department of Corrections, prison, where he will serve the one year and one day in custody.
A brave 14 year old girl when this journey began stuck to her testimony which resulted in the conviciton by 12 men and women of Henry County Alabama.
DOTHAN: 03:39 AM Dothan 911 dispatched a structure fire at 103 Sandy Springs Road. This road runs between Selkirk Drive and Pantation Drive.
Dothan Fire Engine Companies 3 ( Whatley Drive ), Engine Company 8 ( Highlands ), Engine Company 6 ( Napier Field Road ), Rehab 1 ( Lakewood ), Battalion 2 ( West Main ), Pilcher Ambulance, Dothan Police rolled.
At the time of dispatch the information was audible alarm and smoke visible.
By 3:46 AM Dothan Fire Engine Companies on the scene and determined it was the fireplace that had rekindled and no structure fire. All incoming units were returned to service and Dothan Fire Engine 3 remained on the scene to clear the smoke.
Dothan Fire has a ISO ratings of 1. Notice, the call came in at 3:39 AM and by 3:46 AM, 7 minutes, Dothan Fire Engine Companies on the scene and had determined the source of the smoke and returning units to service.
Press release Geneva County Coroner Donny Adkinson
Barbara Carmichael, age 77, died in a fire at her home on Rose Avenue in Hartford and will be transported to the Alabama Department of forensic science for an autopsy. The fire is under investigation by the Alabama Fire Marshal.
SCENE INFORMATION:
The body of Ms. Carmichael was reported to have been found this afternoon. The fire is expected to have possibly taken place during the night. The fire was contained to the residence and investigation reveals possibly extinguished due to lack of oxygen.
Family had attempted to contact Ms. Carmichael this afternoon. When calls were unsuccessful, family went to check on her. That is when the fire and her subsequent death were found.
Alabama State Fire Marshals, Hartford Police Department, Geneva County Coroner and Alabama Department of Forensic Sciences are investigating.
