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Criminal defense attorneys Dennis Knizley and John Williams were retained to lead the defense of Commissioner Steve Nodine, whose impeachment trial was set before Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart.
The inaugural Hangout Music Festival packed the beach in Gulf Shores with big sets from the Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, The Roots and Trey Anastasio, surviving a Sunday lightning evacuation…
Peter Gounares carried his challenge to U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner across five counties, Bradley Byrne called a news conference in Orange Beach, and Luther Strange lined up Mobile money.
A special Mobile County grand jury has recommended impeaching Commissioner Stephen Nodine, citing drug test results, a multistate painkiller prescription scheme and alleged domestic violence against Angel Downs, whose death…
In a single day, Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine left a psychiatric ward, was impeached by a grand jury, was named the sole suspect in a murder investigation and was…
Sources said Commissioner Stephen Nodine could face ethics charges within days, even as Baldwin County detectives searched for a missing bullet in the shooting death of Angel Downs.
Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine was under psychiatric care at Mobile Infirmary as Baldwin County detectives worked to determine how Angel Downs died outside her Gulf Shores townhouse.
As the Deepwater Horizon oil spill spread across the Gulf, organizers of the brand-new Hangout Beach, Music and Arts Festival in Gulf Shores announced all profits from its inaugural weekend…
Days before the first Hangout Music Festival opened in Gulf Shores in May 2010, organizers replaced the Flaming Lips, sidelined by multi-instrumentalist Steven Drozd's illness, with the Roots — a…
Republican gubernatorial candidate Bill Johnson called for mobilizing Alabama's KC-135 refueling wing to drop chemical dispersant on the Gulf oil slick. A state general dismissed the idea in two words.