New Federal Courthouse Designed as ‘Bridge’ for Downtown Mobile
Architects unveiled plans for an $89.3 million federal courthouse meant to connect downtown Mobile's business district with the De Tonti Square Historic District.
SBI Asked to Investigate Possible Marijuana-Laced Brownies at Baldwin County Courthouse
Two employees at the Baldwin County District Attorney's Office fell ill after eating brownies, prompting a request for a state investigation.
Facing Talk of a Challenger, Probate Judge Don Davis Rallies Legal Support
Mobile County Probate Judge Don Davis moved early to fortify his political position, enlisting a consultant and a sprawling committee of attorneys as talk of a 2012 challenge circulated in…
A Senator for the Defense: Richard Shelby Gets Appointed to a Mobile Drug Case
A clerical mix-up in Mobile County District Court assigned U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby to represent an indigent defendant. The senator called the judge himself to sort it out.
As Qualifying Closed, Career Employees Lined Up to Run the Offices They Worked In
The license and revenue commissioner races filled with insiders — a chief clerk, a longtime appraiser, a commissioner's secretary — while a former sheriff's candidate weighed one more run.
Alabama’s Longest-Serving Judge to Leave the Mobile Bench Three Months Early
Circuit Judge Ferrill D. McRae, appointed by George Wallace 41 years earlier and the longest continuously serving judge in Alabama history, planned to step down from the Mobile bench on…
A Courthouse Ceremony for Judge Sarah Hicks Stewart, and a Season of Kickoff Rallies
Mobile County's newest circuit judge was set for a public investiture at the courthouse, and a string of campaign kickoffs signaled that the 2006 election season had arrived at Government…
District Judge to Brief Young Republicans as a Circuit Seat Opens Up
Mobile County District Judge George Hardesty was set to address the Mobile County Young Republicans on judicial developments, with a circuit judgeship coming open after 40 years on the bench.