*UPDATE* The Jemisons have been located, and are safe. They were located a Selma Hospital. They are back with family members. *PREVIOUS STORY* Prattville police are looking for an elderly couple who have gone missing. Authorities say that 78-year-old Annie Mae Jemison and 80-year-old Walter Jemison were last seen Tuesday morning around 9 a.m. They believe the Jemisons are…
(Source: National Peanut Festival)DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – An event that bills itself as the world’s largest celebration of the peanut is under way in Alabama. The National Peanut Festival opened Friday in Dothan and continues through next Saturday with rides, exhibits, music and agricultural competitions. Now in its 76th year, the festival began in 1938 as a three-day event with…
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – A 20-year-old Alabama man accused of shooting a friend to death at a pool party last year has pleaded guilty to manslaughter. The Dothan Eagle reports Fisher Corbin Shipes entered his plea Monday. A Houston County grand jury indicted him in September 2018 in the death of 19-year-old Christian Mullins. Dothan police have said they responded…
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – A southeast Alabama 2-year-old has been found dead in a car parked at his family’s home. Dothan Police Capt. Will Benny says a preliminary investigation suggests the child entered the car on his own sometime on Friday. Houston County Coroner Robert Byrd identifies the child as Castiel King. Byrd says King was declared dead at a…
From Alabama State Troopers: DOTHAN POST – A vehicle crash at 12:25 a.m. Sunday, Jan. 6, has claimed the life of a Newton man. Joseph A. Tilghman, 24, was killed after being struck by a 2004 Jeep Cherokee driven by Casey Allen Dobbs, 23, of Enterprise. Dobbs was treated and released at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries. . The…
Police in Alabama have arrested the mother of a baby whose body was found inside a freezer in a hotel room. News outlets report 36-year-old Amanda Gail Oakes is charged with manslaughter and corpse abuse in the death of 6-month-old Curtis James Oakes. Police previously charged her 28-year-old boyfriend, Carlton James Mathis of Gainesville, Georgia, with murder in the child’s…
Alabama State Troopers say a 25 year old Dothan man was killed in a single vehicle accident early this morning. They say the 2007 GMC Truck being driven by Christopher Lee Arnold ran off Alabama Highway 605 about a dozen miles South of Dothan and hit a utility pole just before 6:00 AM. Arnold was thrown from the vehicle. He…
An Alabama photographer has pleaded guilty to more than 175 counts of possession of child pornography. Todd Wayne Fye was scheduled to go on trial Tuesday, but entered his guilty plea last week. Fye owned a photography studio in Dothan. Houston County Sheriff’s Office Capt. Bill Rafferty said at the time of Fye’s arrest that police do not believe the…
Alabama Law Enforcement Agency is giving credit to two state troopers who likely saved lives Wednesday night. Corporal Drew Brooks and Senior trooper Justin Vann pulled over a motorist going 116 miles per hour down U.S 231. This is according to a post made on ALEA’s Facebook page. They found 19-year old Wyatt Craig Bishop with a blood alcohol content…
DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) – Authorities say windows seem to have been shot out at three Christian schools and one church in Dothan. Dothan police say the buildings were closed and unoccupied when the damage occurred over the weekend. Authorities believe the damage was caused by gunfire. News outlets report that Emmanuel Christian School, Providence Christian School and Northside Methodist Academy…
