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VOCAL Christmas tree contested

Pat Jones recently hung a picture of her mother on a Christmas tree.

But Jones said the picture of Ella Foy Riley wasn’t just hung on any tree, but a tree placed in the lobby of the Houston County Courthouse to remember those fallen to violent crimes across the Wiregrass.

Henry County missing person investigation now capital murder case

What was a missing person's case in Henry County is now a capital murder investigation.

Apolinar "Poli" Perez, 21, was reported missing on May 7, after last being seen in the area of U.S. 431 and County Road 119, north of Abbeville. He had left on a break from his job at Dante's Pizza at Wiregrass Commons mall and didn't return to work.

Dothan man convicted of capital murder

A jury convicted Everett Morton on Friday of capital murder in a 2006 Dothan shooting, then unanimously recommended life imprisonment without parole instead of death.

Ozark woman faces murder charge in fatal crash

Ozark police have arrested a woman on a murder charge for her involvement in a fatal traffic crash that left a 78-year-old woman dead.

According to a statement from the Ozark Police Department, police arrested Ashley Dean Simmons, 25, and charged her for the death of Ernestine Barfield Pipkin, of Ozark.

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