As Mobile River Bridge Plan Takes Shape, Officials Weigh Tolls to Cover the Cost
ALDOT officials are eyeing tolls to help fund a new Mobile River bridge project, with cost estimates ranging from $800 million to $1.8 billion.
Cheryl’s Café in Spanish Fort Expands Dining Room, Adds Homemade Ice Cream
Cheryl's Café in Spanish Fort has added roughly 600 square feet of new dining space and is introducing homemade ice cream this summer, as the popular lunch spot works to…
Spanish Fort teacher, husband face charges after teens drank alcohol at post-prom party
A Spanish Fort High School teacher and her husband are facing charges after Baldwin County Sheriff's Office investigators said the couple hosted a post-prom party where teenagers were given alcohol.
Baldwin County’s Beach Alcohol Restrictions Credited With Calmer Spring Break Season
Gulf Shores and Orange Beach officials say a temporary beach alcohol ban and closer screening by rental owners helped produce a calmer, less crowded spring break season along Baldwin County's…
Spanish Fort 12-Year-Old to Perform at Benefit Concert Ahead of National Country Music Competition
A 12-year-old Spanish Fort singer-songwriter will headline a free benefit concert this Saturday at the Spanish Fort Community Center to help fund his trip to a national country music competition…
Strange Courts Mobile County GOP as Senate Speculation Builds
Attorney General Luther Strange courted Mobile County Republicans on Monday night in one of his first campaign-style appearances for the U.S. Senate seat expected to open if Jeff Sessions is…
What Baldwin and Mobile County Voters Need to Know About the 2016 Alabama Amendments
Baldwin and Mobile County voters weighed 14 statewide constitutional amendments and five Baldwin-specific measures Nov. 8, covering everything from Gulf State Park funding to golf carts on city streets.
Baldwin County Publisher Goes Into Hiding as Alabama’s Expungement Law Faces First Test in Daphne Court Fight
A Baldwin County online publisher is wanted in Daphne after refusing to fully comply with a court order tied to Alabama's 2014 expungement law, a case now drawing First Amendment…
Third-Party Talk and Courthouse Upsets: More Super Tuesday Winners and Losers
In a second round of post-primary analysis, the area's political observers weighed a possible third-party fall campaign and a Mobile County courthouse shake-up, and named winners in an unpredictable year.
Fire Heavily Damages Island Dunes Condominiums in Orange Beach
A predawn fire tore through the Island Dunes condominiums on Perdido Beach Boulevard in Orange Beach, leaving 21 of the complex's 36 units uninhabitable.