Ashford News

Firefighters from Ashford and Cowarts were called to put out a number of outdoor fires Tuesday.

Ashford Fire and Rescue and Cowarts Fire were dispatched to outdoor fires on Ashford Rd.

An Ashford man faces three felony charges after Houston County Sheriff's deputies arrested him as part of a burglary investigation.

When Dr. James C. Jones saw the trauma alert, he knew his expertise was needed for an important medical situation.

The heart of a small town is in its stomach. There's a few things that can make a small town become a real community instead of just being a few houses clumped together in a rural area.

Houston County Sheriff's investigators arrested a 54-year-old Ashford man Saturday and charged him with felony first-degree sex abuse of a woman.

A 15-year-old boy from Pansey has been hospitalized in critical condition after falling into an auger machine at an Ashford business.

A trauma team from a Dothan hospital is at an accident at Summerford Pallet in Ashford where a person has been injured in a piece of equipment.

As Alabama's unemployment rate climbs near double digits and plant closings and layoffs dominate the news, one Wiregrass employer has been adding to its workforce for months and plans to continue hiring.

On May 30th at approximately 2:37 a.m., Ashford Police Department arrested Benjamin James Reffett, 29 years of age from Auburn, AL.

If you live near the Farley Nuclear Power Plant in Dothan officials want to give you notice that a maintainance test is planned.

Federal Emergency Management Agency community relations teams are working across Southeast Alabama, reaching out to people affected by the March 25 to April 3 storms.

The following people have been arrested by the Dothan Police Department and are charged with a felony.

Houston County Sheriff's Capt. Antonio Gonzalez said investigators arrested Jimmy Ray Shelley, 49, of Cosby Road, and charged him with felony domestic violence and felony possession of a sawed off shotgun.

The National Weather Service has issued Severe Thunderstorm Watch 234 in effect until 8 PM EDT /7 PM CDT/ this evening for the following areas In Alabama this watch includes 5 counties In southeast Alabama Coffee Dale Geneva Henry Houston In Georgia this watch includes 13 counties In south central Georgia Turner Worth In southwest Georgia Baker ...

Houston County's second rabies case in 2009 was discovered on North County Road 55, inside the Ashford city limits, on April 27.

A Headland police officer was killed and a deputy wounded Friday east of Headland.

Dave Ramsey's Town Hall for Hope meeting will be simulcast live as several local churches on Thursday, April 23, at 7 p.m. The event will focus on what's happening with the economy, how we got here and where we're going.

Call it a spring spruce-up for folks in Ashford just wanting to make one beloved place a little prettier.

Claudia Meadows plans to trim a few shrubs and clean out some flower beds. Meadows will join dozens of other people across Houston County on Saturday morning working as part of the Spirit of Service initiative to help improve their streets and parks.