Dothan Eagle

12 hours ago | dothaneagle.com | Jon Johnson

Houston Academy girls soccer coach Tom Renshaw had an inkling this year’s team could be something special. “The way this team was developing, I saw that we had a credible chance to make a run … and we did make a run,” Renshaw said. Did they ever. For the first time in school history, the HA Lady Raiders made it to the Class 1A-3A Final Four in Huntsville before bowing out in the semifinals during a 3-1 loss to eventual state champion Lee-Scott Academy.

2 days ago | dothaneagle.com | Eileen Ogintz

Let’s hear it for ambitious kids!A 12-year-old boy named Hussein was desperate to get a job on Englishman Howard Carter’s archaeological dig in Luxor, Egypt. It was 1922 and Carter was struggling. For years, he’d been searching unsuccessfully for the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun, the “boy king,” who died as a teenager. His patron, George Herbert, the fifth Earl of Carnarvon, and an avid collector of Egyptian antiquities, told Carter he was cutting off his funding after the season.

2 days ago | dothaneagle.com | Jon Johnson

In his first year as head varsity boys soccer coach, Richie Morton led Providence Christian to its greatest achievement in program history, while Nate Selig set the Houston Academy single-season record with 75 goals to cap off his high school career. The two earned top honors for the Dothan Eagle Super 12 boys soccer selections with Morton being named Coach of the Year and Selig chosen Player of the Year.

3 days ago | dothaneagle.com | Steve Flowers

The recently completed 2025 Regular Session has concluded successfully. Anytime you record solid balanced budgets, you have succeeded. Both the Education Budget and General Fund Budget are sound, thanks to the good work of the Budget Chairmen. Senator Arthur Orr (R-Decatur), Representative Danny Garrett (R-Trussville), Senator Greg Albritton (R-Escambia), and Representative Rex Reynolds (R-Huntsville) have done yeoman work.

3 days ago | dothaneagle.com | Jon Johnson

Winston Howell, a longtime competitor and staunch promoter of 5K road races in the Wiregrass, passed away in his lifelong hometown of Hartford on Monday at age 83. While he ran world-renowned marathons in Boston, New York and Atlanta, it was throughout this area that Howell made his mark, which included overseeing an annual road race bearing his name in Hartford which raised money for many local organizations, including the local Boys Scouts troop.