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A Bay Minette man with a long criminal record was convicted of manufacturing methamphetamine and, as a habitual offender, faced a minimum of life in prison, Baldwin County prosecutors said.
Retired prosecutor David Whetstone became the latest to take up the tangled Nodine file, named a special prosecutor by the attorney general to pursue a murder theory despite a grand…
South Alabama legislators warned that Gov. Bentley's proposed special session on Jefferson County's debt was dead on arrival unless it also addressed the coastal homeowners insurance crisis.
Retired Navy commander Pete Riehm updated his congressional campaign as he challenged incumbent Rep. Jo Bonner in the Republican primary, while Bonner collected a national pro-business award in Mobile.
After a nearly three-week trial in Bay Minette, a Baldwin County jury deliberated just 75 minutes before convicting David Coombs of capital murder in the 2009 robbery and shooting of…
A wave of maneuvering reshaped judicial politics across Mobile and Baldwin counties, with a Mobile attorney challenging a sitting judge and a contested probate race taking shape in Baldwin.
A Baldwin County grand jury dramatically reduced the charge against Stephen Nodine to criminally negligent homicide, a misdemeanor, in the death of Angel Downs, drawing sharp reactions from all sides.
The Alabama Affordable Homeowners Insurance Commission scheduled a public forum in Mobile, and Sen. Ben Brooks urged a strong coastal turnout on the anniversary of Hurricane Katrina.
Baldwin County defense attorney John Beck signed on without charge to assist in defending former commissioner Stephen Nodine, as the defense pointed to new evidence in the death of Angel…
An attorney for Stephen Nodine demanded scrutiny of a theft of evidence drugs from the Baldwin County coroner's office, seeking to link it to the medications of Angel Downs as…