Richard Everett

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala. (WDHN) -- The cause of an early Tuesday morning fire that destroyed a Western Houston County bar and lounge is under investigation. Sometime before 6:00 a.m., Houston County Office deputies and units from three local fire departments responded to a fire at the River Lounge at 3042 Highway 92 in Daleville. The bar’s owner Donald Rice arrived on the scene shortly after emergency units. He says investigators have ruled out electrical issues as the cause of the fire, which he be…

HOUSTON COUNTY, Ala (WDHN) -- A mental evaluation and youthful offender status hearing has been ordered for a homeless man accused of beating an elderly Houston County man to death in his front yard late last year. Justin Ryan Ammons is charged with one count of capital murder-robbery in the death of 70-year-old Durwood Ard. Ammons’ attorneys requested their client undergo a mental evaluation and IQ test early Tuesday morning. Judge Todd Derrick granted the request nearly an hour later. The ass…

Alabama woman accused of torturing children with blowtorch pleads guilty

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) -- A 15-year-old girl from Alabama has been moved to another hospital in hopes of having prosthetics fitted following a bull shark attack while in the Florida panhandle waters. Lulu Gribbin was one of three women attacked by a bull shark in Walton County waters last Friday. While the first two victims, an unidentified 45-year-old woman and a friend of Gribbin’s, 17-year-old McCray Faust, walked away with relatively minor injuries, Lulu’s attack resulted in the loss of her lef…

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla (WDHN) — An Alabama teen who was one of three attacked by a bull shark on Walton County beaches is recovering despite her extensive injuries. The first victim at Waters…

DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) -- A Dothan businessman took his life last month after finding out his arrest was imminent on charges he allegedly sent sexually explicit letters to a woman, the Houston County District Attorney’s Office confirmed. Houston County Russ Goodman told WDHN that Sam Robinson, owner of Dixie Fence Company, died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his business on May 22. According to Goodman, shortly before his death, DPD obtained 14 arrest warrants for Robinson on charges of hara…

UPDATE: DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) - A couple wanted for the murder of a Houston County man were arrested over the weekend. 33-year-old Courtney Ingram and 31-year-old Richard Bishop Jr. were taken into custody Saturday night by Eufaula Police. Following their arrest, Ingram and Bishop Jr. were taken to the Dothan Police Department. They are both charged with Murder for the death of Patrick Parrish. “He was my brother,” Parrish’s sister, Tina Parrish Price, said. “He is going to be missed daily.” Accor…

DOTHAN, Ala. (WDHN) -- An 18-year-old Dothan mom whose baby died after police say she placed him in a dumpster with a trash compactor last summer is maintaining her innocence. Jakayala Williams pled not guilty to one count of capital murder Wednesday. In the plea, Williams claimed she has a “mental disease or defect.” This comes after Williams was denied youthful offender status by 20th Circuit Court of Alabama Judge Butch Binford. Williams was arrested in late August 2023 after Dothan Police in…

HOLMES COUNTY, Fla. (WDHN) -- A Florida deputy is recovering after being attacked at the Vortex Springs SolFest by a drugged-out volunteer, according to a release from the Holmes County Sheriff’s Office. The HCSO stated James Anderson, the volunteer, attacked a deputy, biting a “chunk” out of the deputy’s head while trying to grab his gun. The deputy was on walking patrol at the festival. The HCSO release said the deputy tried to fight off Anderson and tased him before he was eventually restrain…

Florida man bites ‘chunk’ out of deputy’s head, sheriff’s office says