Mobile and Baldwin County News
With the presidential race too close to call, Republicans in Southwest Alabama were already trading names of possible candidates to become the next U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of…
Warden Trey Oliver said the Mobile County Metro Jail set an all-time population record of 1,806 inmates, far above its designed capacity, as summer heat and rising numbers strained the…
A wave of personnel changes reshaped the investigative ranks of the Alabama attorney general's office and the Mobile County district attorney's office as new officeholders prepared to take charge.
Veteran prosecutor Ashley Rich prepared to be sworn in as district attorney of Mobile County, becoming the first woman and the first Republican in more than 30 years to hold…
For 84 years John Tyson Sr. had known only one party. This month, to back a candidate for Mobile County district attorney, the veteran Democrat did something he had never…
Ashley Rich routed Mark Erwin, Vivian Figures turned back Herman Thomas, and Baldwin County's incumbent district attorney failed to make her own runoff, as local observers assessed a night of…
Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis reported light voter participation at polling places from Citronelle to Saraland as Alabamians voted in party primaries, while campaigns readied election night gatherings across…
Days before Alabama's June 1 primaries, a panel of lawyers, lobbyists, former officeholders and consultants offered their forecasts on the governor's race, two district attorney contests and the fight over…
With Alabama's June 1 party primaries days away, campaigns across Mobile and Baldwin counties raced to stack up endorsements, rallies and receptions, from a Battleship Park fish fry to a…
Republican candidate Ashley Rich is campaigning for Mobile County District Attorney on 14 years of prosecutorial experience, including service on the office's murder team and leadership of its drug-court program.