The last time an emergency special needs center drill was done in Dothan was in 1997. And with the recent hurricane destroying much of the northeast, emergency officials decided it was time to have another one.

Announcement from University of Alabama President Guy Bailey

Ronnie Gilley will have an extra two weeks before reporting to prison.

The National Peanut Festival (NPF) Board has fully endowed the National Peanut Festival Scholarship with a check for $16,867.31.

Officials with the Salvation Army say their organization never under any circumstances solicits door-to-door.

Workers will be replacing pipes under the pavement between Ross Clark Circle and South Beverlye Road.

An Alabama town is facing a financial crisis as its revenues are nearly depleted.

Two local volunteers with the American Red Cross are on the way to New Jersey to aid in Hurricane Sandy relief.

A press conference in Columbia Alabama gets city officials heated.

Four of the justices who served on the Alabama Supreme Court with former Chief Justice Roy Moore are among 10 bipartisan former and current justices who have signed a letter endorsing Moore's opponent in the Nov. 6 chief justice election.

Country Crossing casino developer Ronnie Gilley is asking a federal judge not to make him report to prison next week.

A store clerk was robbed at gunpoint in the middle of the day.

SCOTTSBORO, Ala., Oct. 30, 2011 – Unique retail tourism destination, Unclaimed Baggage Center, will host its 31th annual Winter and Ski Event on November 3rd with shoppers camping out in the parking lot to make sure they have first dibs on top winter and ski brands and equipment, including over 4000 coats and jackets.

A reward for your hard work isn’t always promised, but the Dothan Police Department made sure it happened today for a special group of students.

Despite the recent cold weather, now is one of the most dangerous times for wildfires because of the wind that comes along with it.

It's not always what goes bump in the night that scares many people during Halloween. Those scary costume prices may do the trick as well.

School children in Alabama and across the country are encouraged to branch out from their normal group of friends and sit with somebody different at lunch.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham will receive $3.1 million in federal grants that officials say will help put hundreds more nurses and teachers into Alabama's workforce.

The suspect wanted in a murder case in Troy was taken into custody in California on Monday evening.

On October 26, 2012 the Dothan Police Department cancelled a wanted status for a man with active warrants for three felonies.

On October 26, 2012 the Dothan Police Department received information from the Gainesville Police Department in Gainesville, Florida concerning a murder in their jurisdiction that had occurred at an ATM in the early morning hours of October 26, 2012.

Etowah County Sheriff Todd Entrekin says 12 gambling devices have been seized in a raid at a Gadsden VFW Post.

The Alabama Education Association plans to lobby to get teachers a 10 percent raise over the next two years if the money is available

Police say a teenage student driver wasn't to blame for a wreck that killed an elderly woman last week.

Some animal shelters in Alabama say they're not offering black cats for adoption this week because of fears they'll be abused during Halloween.