Alabama State

Dothan, AL

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - News 4 takes a look at what’s going on in the community. Join us each week at 3:00 p.m. to share a casual look at what’s trending online and what’s happening this weekend. If there’s a community event going on that you want...

News4Now: Wiregrass Weekends

Samson, AL

Safety and time are two of the most important factors when police respond to a call and Samson Police Department just addressed both. Judge to consider evidence suppression in McCraney case. Updated: 3 hours ago. A judge has serious issues to decide before the man accused of murdering two Dothan...

Trojan Tour to start this Saturday

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan Leisure Services will close the pond at Eastgate Park on Monday, April 3, and it will remain closed to the public until Monday, May 1. This closure is due to repairs being made to the pier that require the water level to be lowered significantly.

Eastgate Park pond to close for renovations

Geneva close to funding beginning of city wide mural project. The murals will pay tribute to the city’s history and first responders. The funds will go towards equipment, expenses and medical runs. New mural coming to downtown Dothan. Updated: 20 hours ago. A new mural, honoring the large veteran...

Police: Man murdered in Dothan bar parking lot

Geneva, AL

GENEVA, Ala. (WTVY) - The city of Geneva is getting closer to their financial goal for an artistic project. After receiving a grant, Geneva is still short $6,000 to complete the first murals proposed. Two locations, Merle Norman Cosmetics along Commerce Street and the old fire station along Town Avenue,...

Geneva hoping to start city wide mural project

Iowa State

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Aaron McCreight, praised for boosting Dothan tourism to unparalleled heights, reported to a federal prison on Tuesday to serve his 18-month bank fraud sentence. The Bureau of Prisons website shows McCreight is in Montgomery at the Maxwell Air Force base minimum security facility. While Visit Dothan...

Former Dothan tourism guru in prison

Houston County, AL

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - It’s been quite a stormy stretch these last days of March throughout much of the Wiregrass. Severe storms Saturday brought bad weather, including an EF0 tornado in Houston County near Ashford. Some of the storms brought big hail stones, and off and on heavy showers. Those downpours, however, closed the rainfall deficit at the Dothan Airport for the month of March.

Recent heavy rainfall impacts the Wiregrass

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - UPDATE: According to Dothan Utilities, all power outages have bee fixed and customers have power now. Tuesday’s storms have caused several power outages across the City of Dothan according to Dothan Utilities. A powerline has fallen on West Selma between Bell and Stadium Streets, which...

Power has been restored in Dothan

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Two people have been arrested after a Dothan bar shooting occurred Thursday morning. The shooting took place at the Pearl Lounge and Grill at around 1:30 a.m. According to the Dothan Police Department, they learned that a verbal altercation broke out inside the bar before turning...

Two arrested in connection with Dothan bar shooting

Enterprise, AL

The murals will pay tribute to the city’s history and first responders. A new mural, honoring the large veteran population in the Wiregrass, is the latest addition to the mural city. Geneva using ARPA funds for rescue team. Updated: 4 hours ago. The funds will go towards equipment, expenses...

Mayor of Enterprise honors Vietnam veterans

Dothan Police are looking for the person who lied to them about a teenager getting shot on Tuesday night. New equipment upgrades for Samson Police Department. Safety and time are two of the most important factors when police respond to a call and Samson Police Department just addressed both. Judge...

Dothan police officers are searching the Stonebridge neighborhood

GENEVA, Ala. (WTVY) - Ten downtown businesses in Geneva are preparing for another Stop & Shop event. The event will be April 14 and 15 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Businesses will have door prizes, refreshments and other unique sales. Participants who visit all participating stores and get their...

Local businesses in Geneva preparing for stop & shop event

Dothan Police are looking for the person who lied to them about a teenager getting shot on Tuesday night. A judge has serious issues to decide before the man accused of murdering two Dothan teens goes on trial. Fires around the Wiregrass. Updated: 9 hours ago. The Dothan Fire Department...

New equipment upgrades for Samson Police Department

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The Dothan Area Chamber Foundation presented the Grandview Initiative with a check to assist in adding a garden at the old Grandview Elementary School, in partnership with Aunt Katie’s Community Garden. The school is currently under renovations for the first NFL turf field in the...

Grandview Initiative receives funds for needed improvements

Auburn, AL

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The Dothan Tuesday Rotary Club welcomed a Wiregrass native back home to celebrate a new step in his career. Charles Kelly, an Ozark native and G.W. Long and Auburn graduate, is headed to the University of Colorado under head coach Deion Sanders to be the newest defensive coordinator.

Ozark native returns home to celebrate new promotion

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Colorectal cancer is the third most common cancer in the U.S. in both men and women, according to the American College of Gastroenterology. This is why Southeast Health Medical Center and the Alabama Gastro Society are putting education about colon cancer at the forefront. However, their way of teaching is more than handing out the average brochure.

Doctors encourage early screening during Colorectal Awareness Month

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - The Dothan Fire Department responded to a call at 11:30 Tuesday morning to a structure fire at a hotel on Ross Clark Circle. Howard Johnsons by Wyndham Hotel had visible flames and smoke when the first engine arrived on scene. Firefighters went into the building to...

Dothan hotel damaged as multiple fires erupt

ENTERPRISE, Ala. (WTVY) - Medical Center Enterprise is honoring nurses with the DAISY Award for Extraordinary Nurses. The latest DAISY Award recipient is Emily Freese. In a press release from Medical Center Enterprise, they said she is “inspiring, caring, and compassionate.”. Freese cares for each patient with diligence and...

Extraordinary nurse recognized in Enterprise

DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) - Dothan police responded Tuesday night to a shooting report that turned out to be false, the second time this has happened recently. “We received a call at 7:06 that a person had been shot, but that report proved to be untrue,” Lieutenant Ronald Hall told News4.

Bogus shooting claim latest in string of false reports

Kinsey, AL

Cowarts, AL

Taylor, AL

Avon, AL

Webb, AL

Rehobeth, AL

Headland, AL

Midland City, AL

Ashford, AL

Malvern, AL

Pinckard, AL

Cottonwood, AL

Newville, AL

Pansey, AL

Newton, AL

Slocomb, AL

Columbia, AL

Gordon, AL

Campbellton, FL

Hartford, AL

NewsBreak

Celebrating Our People: Rochester Johnson Jr.

David Kirkland was born and grew up here in Dothan. From making his own radio station to his current work with Scenic Cable Network, he's...

Celebrating Our People: Rochester Johnson Jr.

Comments / 0