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5:00 PM Ariton Woman Shoots Husband: Judge Sends her to Mental Health Facility
DOTHAN, A Dale County woman accused of fatally shooting her husband as he slept has been ordered to undergo treatment at a state mental health...
4:10 PM Death Row Inmate in 1989 Cove Murder Scheduled for Execution
PANAMA CITY: A man convicted of killing a Panama City woman more than three decades ago is set to be executed Tuesday. Mark Allen Geralds was found...
4:01 PM Thousands Worldwide Rally Behind Cottonwood Boy Battling Brain Tumor
COTTONWOOD: A 13-year-old Cottonwood boy is facing a fight no child should ever endure — but thanks to thousands of strangers, he’s not facing it...
3:40 PM Inmate Found Unresponsive at Coffee County Jail
COFFEE COUNTY: On the evening of December 8, 2025, an isolated incident occurred inside the Coffee County Jail involving an inmate who was...
3:30 PM Statewide Trucking Operation Leads to 82 ICE Detentions
DOTHAN: Alabama officials say 82 people were detained during a recent joint operation with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), part of...
3:09 PM Body Cameras Coming to Birmingham Fire & Rescue in 2026
BIRMINGHAM Birmingham Fire and Rescue Service will soon begin using body cameras for certain personnel after the City Council approved a $173,000...
3:44 PM Jury Gender Bias Claim Revives Debate in Petersen Murder Case
DOTHAN Petersen was convicted in the three-week Teasers Hard Rock Cabaret murder trial — the longest in county history — but fewer than half of the...
2:55 PM Christmas Week Sanitation Schedule
Christmas Week Sanitation Schedule Update The City of Dothan will adjust garbage and trash pickup the week of Christmas. Please review your updated...
2:00 PM 🚨 MISSING PERSON – JACKSON COUNTY
JACKSON COUNY: The Jackson County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help in locating 37-year-old Nicholas Lee Jones, who was last seen on...
UPDATED @ 10:55 PM. 12:56 PM Child With A Gun On Campus On At Abbeville High School
ABBEVILLE-HENRY COUNTY: 12:31 PM ALL KIDS ARE OK! ALL KIDS ARE OKAY! NO ONE WAS INJURED! This morning at Abbeville High School a student...
11:03 AM Montgomery Man Sentenced to 40 Years in Deadly Gas Station Shooting
MONTGOMERY | RICKEY STOKES NEWS A Montgomery man has been sentenced to 40 years in federal prison in connection to a deadly 2025 gas station...
10:46 AM Headland Police Department Honored With Community Gemmy Award
HEADLAND | RICKEY STOKES NEWS The Headland Police Department has been honored with the Community Gemmy Award, recognizing the department’s...
UPDATED @ 10:08 PM 10:02 PM Firearm Assault Reported on Santolina Drive in Dothan
DOTHAN: 9:50 PM Dothan 911 dispatched a firearm assault in the 500 block of Santolina Road in Dothan. Persons reporting a gunshot wound to a...
2:46 PM Retirement Celebration For Dothan Fire Chief Larry Huey Williams
DOTHAN: Today leaders of the Dothan area, family, friends, staff and co-workers, former Dothan Fire...
Boiled Peanuts
Come on down rob South State Hwy 109 and Hwy 605 and pick you up some fresh Green Boiled Peanut I and down...
10:26 AM – BONIFAY ATM RINGLEADER SENTENCED: Thief Who Beat Technician Gets 15 Years
BONIFAY, (Rickey Stokes News) One of the ringleaders behind a violent ATM theft in Holmes County is headed...
UPDATED @ 11:20 AM. 10:20 AM Firearm Assault – Clayton – Barbour County
CLAYTON - BARBOUR COUNTY: 10:20 AM One person is dead on the scene in Clayton from a firearm assault....
Dothan City Commission Meeting Tuesday, is the reason more roads do not get paved!!!
Tuesday’s Dothan City Commission meeting was all about the establishment and not the people. The city...
9:40 AM HCSO Brings Real-World Forensic Experience to Wicksburg High School
WICKSBURG, RSN A huge thank you goes out to the Houston County Sheriff’s Office (HCSO) for spending time...
08:37 AM WANTED For Domestic Violence – Strangulation
HOUSTON COUNTY: Houston County Sheriff Department has issued a BOLO ( Be On Look Out ) for white male...
08:32 AM Pedestrian Struck By Motor Vehicle – WalMart North Dothan
DOTHAN: 08:09 AM Dothan 911 dispatched Dothan Fire Engine Company 6 ( Napier Field Road ), Pilcher...
