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Headland 12U team celebrated for World Series victory
HEADLAND, Ala. (WTVY) - A hard working group of softball players rode into the city of Headland in style Wednesday after winning the world series championship for the city’s 12U team. The team’s head coach Keith Simon said the trip to Tennessee proved nothing more that there is great softball to come in the city.
Something ‘a-fowl’ in Brundidge
There’s an old saying that “There’s something rotten in Denmark.” Well, there’s something rotten in the vicinity of the transfer truck parking lot just off S.A. Graham Blvd. in Brundidge and across for the Dollar General. On Saturday morning, several shoppers leaving the Dollar General noticed a foul odor. Donna Hogan, of Brundidge, was among […] The post Something ‘a-fowl’ in Brundidge appeared first on The Troy Messenger.
Alabama taps state and federal agencies to address crime in Montgomery
MONTGOMERY (AP) — A coalition of Alabama officials announced a new task force that will use state and federal resources to address crime in the state’s capital, amid a persistent staffing shortage in the Montgomery Police Department. The Metro Area Crime Suppression unit will use resources from the...
‘I Was Willing to Wait Because I Knew She Would Be My Wife [And] It Happened Right on Time’
Met: Pine Valley in the summer of 1982 when both were teens. Joy remembers visiting the park (located just outside of Trussville) when she was 12 and Robert was 13. Joy went on a family trip with her cousin Rhonda Briggins, who was also a close friend throughout elementary (McElwain Elementary and Woodrow Wilson Elementary and middle school (Putnam Middle School) in Birmingham. They enjoyed the trip and toward the end of it “as we were getting back on the bus to leave Pine Valley, Robert and I noticed each other,” recalled Joy. “Not knowing it then, but I learned later that Rhonda and Honey Bee (Robert) were cousins.”
Dothan Police Asking for Community’s Help with Murder
(DOTHAN, Ala.) On July 20, 2024, Dothan Police responded to reports of a stabbing near the intersection of West Powell and Linden Street. When officers arrived, they located the victim, identified as Damon Goodson (53) of Dothan, lying in the roadway with a stab wound to his upper torso. Goodson was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. Goodson, after undergoing surgery, was placed on life support. On July 21, 2024, Goodson died from his injuries. The Dothan Police Department is asking for the community’s help in solving this case.
2 new arrests made in Blakely shooting investigation
BLAKELY, Ga. (WALB) - Two more suspects have been arrested following at July 17 shooting. WALB previously reported that a 17-year-old was arrested after gunshots were fired at a home on Palmetto Avenue. On Wednesday, July 24, Blakely police announced the two other suspects connected to the shooting were in...
Pet of the Week: Joyful Jude
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Energetic, playful and curious - News4 presents: Joyful Jude!. Jude is a special little boy from the Dothan City Animal Shelter who would love to make your acquaintance. He is a rambunctious 3-month-old, orange and white short-haired tabby kitten who likes to explore and never quits...
Families describe assaults and deaths behind bars during hearing on Alabama prison conditions
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — Deandre Roney told officials at the Alabama prison he was incarcerated at that he feared for his life because another inmate had been threatening him, his sister said. On June 8, months away from his scheduled release date, the 39-year-old was stabbed to death. Money the family had saved to help […]
ADSFR Results Show Evidence of Flounder Rebound
Nobody was more pleased when the 91st Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo (ADSFR) added flounder to the CCA Alabama Live Weigh-In competition than Dr. Sean Powers, head rodeo judge and Director of the Stokes School of Marine and Environmental Sciences at the University of South Alabama. Powers watched the southern...
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