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ADOC correctional security guard arrested for promoting prison contraband
A correctional security guard with the Alabama Department of Corrections has been arrested. ADOC officials tell Action 8 News that Lashonnon Belser has been charged with Promoting Prison Contraband III. Belser worked at the Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County. Belser is currently in the Barbour County Jail. ADOC officials...
Alabama prison employee charged with giving cell phone chargers, food to inmate
An Alabama state prison employee was arrested after authorities say she supplied contraband to an inmate. Lashonnon Zibrica Belser, 39, is charged with third-degree promoting prison contraband. That charge is a misdemeanor crime. Belser was taken into custody Thursday morning at Ventress Correctional Facility in Barbour County where she was...
One shot in Abbeville, suspect in custody
ABBEVILLE, Ala (WDHN)– An investigation is underway in Abbeville after a shooting Wednesday night. The shooting occurred around 7:30 p.m. in the 100 block of Girard Street. According to Abbeville Police, the victim suffered a non-life-threatening gunshot wound to the leg and was taken to a Dothan hospital for treatment.
Two Cuthbert residents want to save the home of a jazz legend
The pair seek to restore the childhood home of a legendary figure in jazz — Fletcher Henderson — as well as memorialize the man who raised him. GPB's Orlando Montoya reports. An effort is underway in Southwest Georgia to restore the childhood home of a legendary figure in...
Memorial for fallen veterans rebuilt in Henry County
HENRY COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) — Henry County citizens can once again pay respects to fallen war veterans. Abbeville unveiled its brand new War Dead monuments at Veterans Memorial Park after a tornado swept through the area last year, destroying the five existing monuments. Since the tornado, Henry County has...
$12M grant puts shuttered Georgia hospital one step closer to reopening
U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff has provided $11.8 million in federal funding to Randolph County (Ga.) Hospital Authority, which could support reopening efforts for the shuttered Southwest Georgia Regional Medical Center in Cuthbert, Ga. The 25-bed critical access hospital closed in October 2020 due to financial troubles that were intensified by...
Dense fog advisory affecting Pike and Barbour counties until Tuesday morning
The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory at 4:34 a.m. on Tuesday in effect until 9 a.m. for Pike and Barbour counties. The weather service adds, "Visibility one quarter mile or less at times in dense fog." "Low visibility could make driving conditions hazardous," states the weather service....
Holy Trinity baseball charity game to benefit Marcus Maye Foundation
Saturday will mark the fourth consecutive year the Holy Trinity baseball program has hosted a charity game. And while the charities for the Step Up to the Plate event have changed each year, there’s one thing that hasn’t. “They’re fun. It’s a bigger atmosphere,” Holy Trinity senior pitcher...
Alabama school systems delay opening Thursday, April 11, due to severe weather
Some school districts in southeast Alabama are delaying the start of school after rain and severe weather hit the area Wednesday. Flood watches are in effect for parts of Alabama and up to four inches of rain is possible in those areas through Thursday evening. The National Weather Service expects...
Wynonna Judd’s daughter arrested in Alabama for reportedly exposing herself
The daughter of country music star Wynonna Judd was arrested in Alabama last week on indecent exposure charges, a local TV station reported. Grace Kelly, 27, of Eufaula, Alabama, was arrested Friday after she reportedly exposed herself at a busy intersection in Millbrook, WSFA-TV reported. The TV station reported that...
First Alert Weather Day | Rain, storms return this evening
ATLANTA, Ga. (Atlanta News First) - Rain and storms are making their way back into north Georgia this evening. Embedded within the steady rain, a couple thunderstorms could become strong or severe. Today and tomorrow are First Alert Weather Days. Under increasing clouds, temperatures are topping-out in the low to...
MORRIS: God created a world for our pleasure
In the tradition of Hebrew and Christian literature, it was on the third day of creation that God said “Let the earth sprout vegetation, plants yielding seed . . . and it was so. And the earth brought forth vegetation, plants yielding seed after their kind . . . and God saw that it was good” (Gen. 1:11-12).
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