Five Years Later, Mobile Bay Still Feels the Weight of the BP Oil Spill
Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, coastal Alabama scientists and residents reflect on how the oil spill changed Mobile Bay's waters.
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Five years after the Deepwater Horizon disaster, coastal Alabama scientists and residents reflect on how the oil spill changed Mobile Bay's waters.
A Mobile-area professional wrestler was denied bail this week on a murder charge tied to a Spanish Fort man's death years earlier.
Foley's retail growth along Highway 59 continues with a new Moe's Original BBQ location, part of a wave of openings in the Baldwin County city.
Two men suffered non-life-threatening injuries when a light aircraft crashed while landing at Gulf Shores' Jack Edwards National Airport.
Mobile County deputies seized hundreds of cases of beer and liquor from a truck on Interstate 10 headed toward Gulf Shores for spring break.
State Rep. Napoleon Bracy filed a bill to raise Mobile County's minimum wage to $10.10 an hour, above the federal floor, starting in 2016.
More than 200 runners tackled mud pits and obstacles at Foley's Graham Creek Nature Preserve for the YMCA's third annual mud run fundraiser.
Baldwin County commissioners promoted Deputy EMA Director Reggie Chitwood to lead the agency, replacing retiring director Mitchell Sims.
Baldwin Bone and Joint's 12th annual Many More Miles campaign is collecting shoes for homeless outreach programs in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
A transmission failure near Belforest knocked out five Riviera Utilities substations, cutting power to thousands of Eastern Shore customers in Baldwin County.