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DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) — City officials today provided an update on ALDOT's roadway expansion project along Ross Clark Circle, saying the project is nearing completion. But, it comes with a traffic pattern change they say will streamline the travel headaches that have characterized the corridor. According to officials, there are several new changes, including traffic signal placement, median barricading, and truck detours. A full list of changes ca…

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New traffic configuration coming to Ross Clark Circle October 20

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A sewer replacement project will close lanes along South Oates Street for five days.  According to the city of Dothan, contractors will work on the replacement project from Sunday, October 20, to Friday, October 26, each day from 7:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. Lane closures and shifts will occur during this time, and digital arrow signs will be placed to direct drivers.  The work will take place along South Oates Street, between We…

Nightime sewer work will close lanes on major Dothan road

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A portion of a heavily traveled road in Dothan will be closed most of Thursday.  The eastbound lane of Main Street at Roosevelt Drive closed Thursday at 9:00 a.m. and is expected to reopen at 5:00 p.m.  The closure is so crews can work to repair a water leak.  Drivers on Main Street are asked to use caution when traveling through the area.

Dothan road closed for water leak repair

ENTERPRISE, Ala (WDHN) -- An Enterprise man has been sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on charges claiming he illegally owned guns as a convicted felon.  In July, 43-year-old Steve Allen Grubbs, Jr., pleaded guilty to illegally possessing firearms as a felon.  According to federal prosecutors, in the summer of 2019, law enforcement began an investigation into suspected drug trafficking at a home in Daleville and, in August of that year, ex…

Enterprise man heading to federal prison on gun conviction

COFFEE COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- A Wiregrass community is begging for its voices to be heard after state and federal leaders ignored years of flooding and damage.  The Shiloh community has sent a letter to John Cooper, the head of the State Department of Transportation, urging a community meeting before they begin the improvements to fix flooding promised in the voluntary resolution agreement reached with the federal highway administration weeks ago…

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Flooded Shiloh residents ask for community meeting after unfair agreement, years of being ignored 'It's a patch up job'

DALEVILLE, Ala (WDHN) -- The criminal case against a man accused of shooting and killing his wife in the drive-thru line of a McDonald’s is moving forward with a recent grand jury indictment.  Ricky McCray was indicted in late September on one count of murder. He is charged in the death of his wife, 37-year-old Stephanie McCray.  According to Daleville Police, Ms. McCray was shot three times, once in the chest and twice in the face, in the drive…

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Husband accused of killing wife in drive-thru indicted on murder charge

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- Four new sports will be added to the Wallace Community College Athletic Program. The announcement was made during a press conference Wednesday morning.  These additions include men's and women's golf and men’s and women’s cross country. All five programs will begin competing in the fall of 2025. According to WCC, these new sports could add 51 scholarship athletes to the program. Men’s and women’s golf can each have eight sc…

Wallace Community College unveils four new sports

The content and footage in this CBS 42 Special Report may be disturbing to some readers BESSEMER, Ala. (WIAT) — So far this year, nearly two dozen people have died at Donaldson Correctional Facility -- raising the question: What's going on inside the prison? Evening Anchor Carly Laing examines the prison's rising number of deaths in this CBS 42 Special Report. Over the last several months, CBS 42 has interviewed families about the conditions and…

Special Report: Inside look at violence and conditions at Donaldson Correctional Facility

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DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A young girl was shot while trying to leave Rip Hewes Stadium after a Friday night football game, Dothan Police confirm.  According to Dothan Police Lt. Scott Owens, the girl was hit by gunfire inside a car while attempting to leave the parking lot. The injuries are reported to be non-life-threatning. Police did not give the girl's exact age but said she was under the age of 16.  Lt. Owens says investigators on the scene be…

Girl shot while leaving Dothan football game

WIREGRASS, Ala. (WDHN) -- Organizations and nonprofits gathered at Wiregrass Research and Extension Center in Headland early October 18 to discuss grant funding benefits over the year. They each shared their progress within their organization with Wiregrass state legislators and members of the Wiregrass Resource Conservation and Development program, which awarded $80,000 in grants to groups in Houston and Henry counties over the last year. One s…

Wiregrass RC&D gives $40,000 in grants  Houston/Henry County organizations

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- Two workers at the Southeast Alabama Diversion Center, a lockup for juveniles in Dothan, were indicted on child abuse charges in early October by a 16-person Houston County Grand Jury.  Christopher White, 54, and 49-year-old Bernard March were both indicted by the grand jury on October 3. The two men were arrested in May 2024 and charged with one count each of wilful abuse of a child. 
	
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