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4:30   Message From Josh Chapman – Candidate Dothan Commission District 4

4:30 Message From Josh Chapman – Candidate Dothan Commission District 4

DOTHAN:      A message from Josh Chapman, candidate for District Four, Dothan Commission.

Josh Chapman is running for Dothan City Commission, District 4.  Josh has been in Dothan since the Spring of 2015.  He is married to Hannah (Warren) Chapman who was born and raised in Dothan, and who is a 2005 graduate of Northview High School.  Josh and Hannah have two young boys, Mac (8) and Tully (6). 

Josh is 38 years old.  He has a degree in Civil Engineering, and was a licensed Professional Engineer for the first 10 years of his professional career.  During that time, he focused on site design, stormwater and utility design, and project management.  Three of those 10 years as an Engineer, Josh worked for the City of Dothan in the Engineering Services Division where he oversaw plat review, residential development review and management, managed the resurfacing budget each year, and many other duties within the Engineering Services Division.  In 2021, Josh stepped away from Engineering to focus on a new passion of real estate investment.  Josh owns and manages a portfolio of rental properties as well as owns a property management company.  He is passionate about helping address the issues we face locally concerning affordable housing.  

Josh, as well as his wife Hannah, has a servant’s heart.  He has served on many non-profit boards and has been the chairman of many of the boards he has served on.  Namely, he currently serves on the board at Wiregrass Rehabilitation Center where he is the immediate past Chairman, he previously served on the board at Wiregrass Habitat for Humanity where he served as Chairman for 2 years, he has been a Dothan Rotarian for 8 years where he has served on the board for 6 years and is the immediate past President of Dothan Rotary Club.  His wife, Hannah, is the director for Dothan Meals on Wheels and serves on the board at Wiregrass Hope Group.  Both Hannah and Josh lead Children’s Sunday School classes at their Church, and Josh also serves on multiple committees at their local Church.  

Mr. Chapman has both the professional experience and the civic desire to be an effective City Commission in Dothan.  He and his family care deeply about the future of Dothan, and he wants to serve all 72,000 citizens.  Josh prides himself on being available.  He wants to listen to all citizens which is why he is publicly giving out his telephone number.  You can call or text Josh at 334-232-9455.  He wants to hear your ideas, your questions, and the issues you are struggling with.  

Vote Josh Chapman for District 4 City Commissioner on August 5th.  Josh wants to build a better Dothan… TOGETHER.

UPDATED @ 9:29 PM.    6:43 PM.  DEVELOPING.   Two Shot At Biltmore Estates – Dothan

UPDATED @ 9:29 PM. 6:43 PM. DEVELOPING. Two Shot At Biltmore Estates – Dothan

DOTHAN:      6:37 PM.    Dothan 911 has dispatched two firearm assaults at Biltmore Estates in the 2800 block of Fortner Street.

Biltmore Estates is an apartment complex on Fortner Street outside the Ross Clark Circle.

Reports are one person is shot in the foot and one in the chest. One person is not breathing. Dothan Police Patrol have applied a tourniquet.

Dothan Fire Engine 10 ( West Main Street ), Pilcher Ambulance, Dothan Fire Battalion Chief, multiple Dothan Police Officers are on the scene.

Dothan Police Patrol Lt. Jason Adkins has called for Dothan Police Criminal Investigation Division to respond.

All units are on the scene. A suspect has already been identified.

Anyone with scene pictures TEXT RICKEY 334-790-1729

UPDATED @ 6:57 PM

Dothan Fire and Pilcher Ambulance have left the scene, trauma alert, enroute to Southeast Health.

UPDATED @ 7:03 PM

Pilcher Ambulance, Dothan Fire, Dothan Police arrived at Southeast Health. Expect the Emergency Department to be on lockdown because of the firearm assaults at Biltmore Estates patient.

Both patients at Southeast Health.

UPDATED @ 9:29 PM  

This is a domestic related shooting. There is no suspect on the loose. 

The police can not prevent domestic related instances. UNPREDICTABLE. And this “Dothan” apartment complex does not have much law enforcement activity so not many times police are called there.

09:05 AM.    Wreck With Injuries – 84 East – Cowarts – Involving A Deputy

09:05 AM. Wreck With Injuries – 84 East – Cowarts – Involving A Deputy

COWARTS – HOUSTON COUNTY:        09:06 AM.    Houston County 911, either by the Houston County Sheriff Deputy or a 911 caller, responded multiple Houston County Sheriff Deputies to a wreck with injuries.

The accident was at Highway 84 East and Sanitary Dairy Road.

The wreck involved a Houston County Sheriff Patrol unit and a truck, There was entrapment in the wreck.

Cowarts Volunteer Fire Department, multiple Houston County Sheriff Deputies, ALEA – Troopers responded. The scene was the jurisdiction of Ashford Rescue.

According to sources both the deputy and person in the vehicle sustained injuries, possible broken leg.

ALEA – Troopers are in charge of the accident investigation.

UNCONFIRMED but the truck pulled into the path of  the Deputy Sheriff.

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11:50 AM   Livestock Market Report – Dothan Livestock and Auction

11:50 AM Livestock Market Report – Dothan Livestock and Auction

Livestock Market Report

Report Date July 29, 2025

Receipts this Week  648

Receipts last week 835

FEEDER CLASSES

STEERS & BULLS (MEDIUM & LARGE 1 & 2 )
150-300 Lbs. up to 515.00

300-400 Lbs. up to 500.00

400-500 Lbs. up to 435.00

500-600 Lbs. up to 380.00

600-700 Lbs. up to 333.00

          700-800 Lbs. up to 316.00

HEIFERS (MEDIUM & LARGE 1 & 2)

150-300 Lbs. up to 525.00

300-400 Lbs. up to 455.00

400-500 Lbs. up to 395.00

500-600 Lbs. up to 350.00

600-700 Lbs. up to 313.00

700-800 Lbs. up to 295.00

SLAUGHTER CLASSES

COWS

High Dressing up to 176.00

Breakers up to 168.00

Lean up to 163.00

Bulls up to  196.00

Replacement  Classes

                                                          Bred Cows  2,600.00

Cow Calf Pairs  N/A

Slaughter cows steady with bulls 3 to 6 lower. Replacement bred cows steady with no pairs to report. Calves and feeder cattle trading steady to another 4 dollars higher !! We have a very solid and strong market and the future is looking good ! Fed Cattle in the West 230 to 235 with Iowa auctions to 248 !!

Thank you all for your business and friendship !! And remember, we are not here just to sell your cattle, we are here to do what ever it takes to get every penny we can for your cattle.

 GOOD COUNTRY COOKING BREAKFAST AND LUNCH!!!

NEW RESTAURANT HOURS:

MONDAY 6AM UNTIL

09:38 AM       Judge sanctions Alabama lawyers over fake AI citations in filing

09:38 AM Judge sanctions Alabama lawyers over fake AI citations in filing

Three Alabama attorneys were reprimanded and removed from a case after submitting court documents with fake citations generated by ChatGPT.

Three private attorneys representing Alabama’s prison system have been sanctioned and removed from a federal case after a judge found they submitted court filings containing fake case law generated by ChatGPT.

In a sharply worded order issued Wednesday, U.S. District Judge Anna Manasco reprimanded Matthew Reeves, William Cranford and William Lunsford of the Butler Snow law firm for citing nonexistent legal cases, what she called “hallucinations” produced by the AI chatbot.

“In simpler terms, the citations were completely made up,” Manasco wrote.

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Wreck – Sunday – Coffee County

Wreck – Sunday – Coffee County

COFFEE COUNTY:       10:41 AM.    A two vehicle accident in Coffee County on Sunday. Thhe location was Highway 84 and 141.

Coffee County 911 dispatched Coffee County Sheriff Department, Enterprise Rescue, ALEA – Troopers ( I assume outside city limits but UNCONFIRMED. )

Enterprise Rescue dispatched Enterprise Rescue Air Transport.

The motorcycle driver was airlifted to aa Florida trauma center.