Alva Review-Courier -

DOTHAN, Ala. (AP) — Eight years, 142 chemotherapy treatments to date, multiple surgeries and procedures, and an ongoing battle with Stage 4 pancreatic cancer have not stopped one Dothan man from viewing the future as one filled with opportunity.

Defeating grim odds, Mark Williams, director of technology services for the Dothan City School system, has long outlived the 18-month prognosis his surgeon delivered toward the beginning of his diagnosis.

"There's a difference in planning to live and not planning to die," he said. "I want to be here for a while. You don't know what tomorrow may bring."...