Downtown Dothan businesses participate in Small Business Saturday

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -It’s Soup-er Bowl season in the Wiregrass!. The Wiregrass Area Food Bank’s Soup-er Bowl drive is a push during the winter months to provide canned soup to senior citizens. The food bank’s brown bag program gives extra groceries to over 1,000 senior citizens in Houston, Henry, Dale, Coffee, Geneva, and Barbour counties in Alabama.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Last year, News4 visited a different Wiregrass city each Friday in July. This year, the News4 team is excited to announce that Hometown Tour is back and better than ever. We will be broadcasting live in five cities, starting in Geneva, AL on April 28th. Next,...

Celebrating Our People: Rochester Johnson Jr. Rochester Johnson Jr. is honored by the legacy of his late father, Rochester Johnson, Sr. That legacy included being a minister at First Missionary Baptist Church and founder of the Interdenominational Ministerial Alliance and Leadership Coalition (IMALC) to bring together all walks of faith and race.

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The Lady Raiders are just weeks away from their season opener against Emmanuel Christian, but Saturday they took time to practice with others and give back to the community. Subscribe to our News 4 newsletter and receive the latest local news and weather straight to your...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The release of the Tyre Nichols video sparked outrage, and has led many to wonder what police training actually looks like. For Wiregrass-area officers, they are trained to handle violent situations with some unique technology. The Wiregrass Public Safety Center is a state-of-the-art facility where officers...

Get ready to let the good times roll with the Mystics of Solomon Park's adorable Mardi Gras Parade. The Alabama College of Osteopathic Medicine is hosting a free health fair in Ozark. Celebrating Our People: John Glanton. Updated: 4 hours ago. News4 had the privilege of learning about Mr. Glanton's...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - A person riding a horse was shot along the Florida line south of Dothan on Saturday and a Madrid, Alabama man faces charges, according to the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office. The victim was among a group riding along the U.S. 231 at the state line...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan City Schools announced their Teachers of the Year nominees for the 2023-2024 school year. The winners will represent the District Elementary and Secondary Teacher of the Years in the Alabama Teacher of the Year Program. The Alabama Teacher of the Year Program seeks nominees annually...

TROY, Ala. (WSFA) - If you want to keep up with almost 84-year-old Luther Messick, you better be moving. He’s usually in the lead. His son calls his dad a freak who loves to compete. “Yes, sir,” said Troy resident Luther Messick. “I’ve always been, and I still do.”...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -A suspected killer awaiting trial on charges that he brutally shot a Dothan woman is back behind bars. 31-year-old Jamie Emmanuel Townes was booked into the Dothan City Jail at 5:30 Sunday morning on one count of Robbery, records reveal. A law enforcement source told WTVY that...

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) -Joshua Crawford Tew, who is serving a life sentence for the brutal murder of a Houston County woman, has pleaded guilty to another felony charge. Tew, who is 34, received a three-year-sentence last week for possessing illegal weapons, but it is a sentence that means little. The...