Predawn Fire Destroys Two Homes in Orange Beach’s Bear Point Neighborhood
A fire reported at 2:20 a.m. on Bayshore Drive North leveled one Bear Point home and spread to a neighboring house. Two vehicles were destroyed, a family dog died, and…
Eight-Year-Old Vivian Dunnam Becomes Youngest Golfer Ever to Ace a Hole at Orange Beach Golf Center
Vivian Dunnam, 8, holed her tee shot on the eighth hole at Orange Beach Golf Center on June 25, becoming the youngest player ever entered in the course's book of…
Orange Beach Garden Club Names Winners of First Great American Mailbox Challenge
Forty-five Orange Beach mailboxes were nominated in the city's first Great American Mailbox Challenge, a patriotic beautification contest tied to the nation's 250th birthday. All three winners came from East…
Sea Turtle Nesting Reaches Its Annual Peak Along Alabama’s Beaches
Volunteers with Alabama's Share the Beach program have documented 55 sea turtle nests so far this season as nesting activity reaches its June and July peak along the Gulf Shores,…
Rubber Ducks and Murder Creek: East Brewton Closes Out a Fourth of July Weekend on the Water
The winning duck in East Brewton's annual Fourth of July duck race was plucked from Murder Creek on Saturday afternoon, capping two days of Independence Day celebrations across the Escambia…
All Aboard for a Whodunit: Atmore’s Community Theatre Stages ‘Murder on the 518’
The Greater Escambia Council for the Arts opens its summer murder mystery in downtown Atmore, with performances across two weekends, twelve-dollar tickets, and a train car full of suspects.
Flomaton Asks to Be Placed in the West End as Escambia County Splits Its Health Care Authority
The Flomaton Town Council has adopted a resolution asking to be included in the western service area when the Escambia County Health Care Authority is divided in two, a decision…
Brewton Teen Gets $350,000 Bond in Shooting Into Occupied Vehicle Case
An Escambia County judge set a $350,000 bond for an 18-year-old Brewton woman charged with attempted murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle, after testimony revealed a dispute over a…
Leroy Man Held Without Bond After Brutal Atmore Hotel Beating Leaves Wife on Ventilator
A 53-year-old Leroy man accused of attempted murder in the beating of his wife at an Atmore hotel will remain jailed without bond after an Aniah's Law hearing. His wife…
Thomasville’s Chloe Drinkard Champions the Stage That Shaped Her
Thomasville High graduate Chloe Drinkard has spent nearly two decades with the Thomasville Arts Council, and she now argues that community theater is essential infrastructure for a rural town, not…