OPELIKA, AL (WTVM)- Tuesday afternoon, we
confirmed a total of four police reports have been filed alleging harassment at
the Dandyland Day Care Center.

Allegations children were
hit with rulers and wet towels continue to follow the day care center owned and
operated by East Alabama Medical Center.

A Department of Human
Resources report obtained by News Leader 9 states on February 21, DHR visited Dandyland
after the center's director reported two staff members had used prohibited
discipline in their classroom.

OPELIKA, AL (WTVM)- For the first time in 22 years, the City of Opelika has named a new Chief of Police.

After reviewing 52 applications for the position, Mayor Gary Fuller decided to bring in Opelika native and veteran of the Opelika police force, John McEachern.

"It was not an easy decision, but I think I made the right decision with John and he'll do a great job," explains Fuller.

Chief McEachern was with the Opelika police department from 1974 to 1988 serving in various positions on the force, before joining the Federal Bureau of Investigations for 24 years.