Goodyear Blimp Flies Over Dothan (Dothan): I received a phone call this afternoon from a friend telling me to go outside our office and look up. As I did, the Goodyear blimp was almost directly overhead. Possibly on it's way back from the Alabama vs. Florida game, the blimp seemed to slowly make progress fighting the wind. - -Dothan Eye News-...

Tax free weekend in Florida Today, August 13th through Sunday, August 15th is tax free days in Florida. A lot of people from the Dothan area go down to the Graceville outlet, Panama City, and Destin to do shopping, so for those people, this weekend is a good time to go. Staci Hartzog, Dothan Eye News...

Tropics Update The National Weather Service in Tallahassee Florida has put together a video briefing on the tropical system in the Southeast Gulf of Mexico. To view the video briefing, you can visit the following link,  http://www.srh.noaa.gov/media/tae/briefing/player.html. For updates to the briefing, you can go call 850-942-8833 or go to the National Weather Services website, http://www.srh.noaa.gov/tlh - At 2 p.m. ET, The National Hurricane Center indicated the disturbance has a 70 percent chance of becoming a tropical system in the next 48...

UPDATED: No Tax Weekend Starts Tomorrow The start of school is just around the corner. With families struggling to make ends meet any little discount on supplies helps. The tax free weekends do just that. Buy your school supplies and pay no tax. Here are some dates to remember and some links to help answer your questions. Alabama tax free weekend is August 6th-8th, 2010 Florida tax free weekend is August 13th-15th, 2010 - http://www.revenue.alabama.gov/salestax/STholiday.htm http://www.revenue.alabama.gov/ http://dor.myflorida.com/dor/tips/tip10a01-04.html Staci Hartzog, Dothan Eye News...