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Stockton's John McMillan led the Republican field for Alabama agriculture commissioner in the June 1 primary and said his home counties on the coast supplied the margin that carried him…
A conflict of interest forced the federal defenders' office to step aside from representing Stephen Nodine on a federal gun charge, and veteran Mobile attorney Gordon Armstrong was appointed in…
Baldwin County District Attorney Judy Newcomb, eliminated in the primary, prepared to back David Green over her former chief assistant Hallie Dixon in the July 13 Republican runoff.
The Baldwin County Commission has approved a five-day Festival of Musicians for July 8-12, 2010, at Bicentennial Park in Stockton after the event lost its original permit in Foley just…
A 2010 WKRG report documented oil reaching Fort Morgan's bay-side shoreline during the Deepwater Horizon spill.
With oil still pouring into the Gulf of Mexico, engineers worked to shear off a broken riser pipe a mile below the surface and seat a containment cap over the…
As tar balls turn up near Dauphin Island and businesses from the coast to Loxley report falling revenue, Mobile Baykeeper's Casi Callaway urges residents to document local waters ahead of…
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…
A Baldwin County judge put off a decision on reducing Stephen Nodine's $500,000 murder bond, ruling that the question would wait until federal authorities held a detention hearing on a…
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…