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Back to School 2024: Wiregrass student start dates
DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Summer is flying by; before you know it, it’ll be time to head back to school. Below you will find a list of start dates for Wiregrass area schools. Southwest Georgia Academy K5-12 - Thursday, August 15th. Southwest Georgia Academy K3 & K4 - Wednesday,...
Multiple holdups cause delays for Wiregrass mental health center
DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN)—After multiple years since its announcement, the Circle City is still waiting for the state’s latest mental health center. In December of 2022, it was announced that SpectraCare Health Systems, a local behavioral healthcare facility, would be opening a crisis diversion center; just the sixth in the entire state.
Local athletes compete in AHSAA All-Star Week
Homewood’s Annie McBride (11) attempts a pass as Mountain Brook’s Sophie Hicks (16) blocks the ball during a Class 6A second-round playoff game at Waldrop Stadium on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney. The Alabama High School Athletic Association held its annual All-Star week in...
Alabama Executes man For 1998 Cherokee Co. Murder
A man convicted in a 1998 murder in Cherokee County, Alabama was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. According to court records, Keith Edmund Gavin was convicted of murder in Illinois on June 9, 1982. In February 1998, just months after he was released from prison, he and his cousin, Dewayne Meeks, traveled to Fort Payne, Alabama, to pick up girls, and for Gavin to get away “because he had been gone a long time.” ...
Ready for fall? Here’s the Farmers’ Almanac’s 2024 autumn forecast for Alabama
Is it too soon to be ready for fall? Fall-feeling weather (cooler temperatures, less humidity) typically arrives in Alabama much later than the official first day. Meteorological fall begins Sept. 1, and astronomical fall will be Sept. 22, or the day of the fall equinox. What does the weather have...
Time now to plant pumpkins for Halloween
Halloween season starts in July, at least according to gardening standards. For those wanting to grow their own pumpkins for spooky jack-o’-lanterns or festive fall centerpieces, early to mid-July is the time to get those pumpkin seeds in the ground. Getting Started Bethany O’Rear, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System home grounds, gardens and home pests […] The post Time now to plant pumpkins for Halloween appeared first on The Brewton Standard.
Prominent Republican leader hopeful for GOP upset in closely watched Alabama congressional race
Republican Caroleene Dobson is running in a congressional district that was drawn last year “for a Democrat” but which could be competitive for Republicans, according to the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Richard Hudson, chair of the NRCC, in his first public comments about the 2nd...
JD Vance came to Alabama in 2018 to talk about money and opportunity
Six years ago, when JD Vance came to Birmingham, he was simply a well-known figure in venture capital with a bestselling book under his belt. Now, of course, he’s the Republican senator from Ohio and his party’s nominee for vice president. But back in May of 2018, Vance...
Henry Co. paraplegic man found dead; questions rise over mental health struggles of the disabled
HENRY COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) — After police recovered the body of a missing paraplegic man in Lake Eufaula, questions are arising about mental health and people with disabilities. Experts say when it comes to mental health research and awareness, people with physical disabilities often do not get adequate attention.
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