Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of First Amendment from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
An Orange Beach council meeting drew 2,000 livestream viewers and a packed City Hall before public comment devolved into accusations between the mayor, a council member's husband and residents.
Orange Beach City Schools pushed back publicly against rumors circulating on social media that Superintendent Randy Wilkes had been dismissed, confirming that he continues to lead the Baldwin County school…
Frustrated residents of Chickasaw took their complaint to the streets: they say they have been shut out of speaking at their own city council meetings for three years. Citizens rallied…
A federal appeals court has thrown out portions of a lower court ruling against a Mobile Buddhist meditation center, sending the group's religious freedom lawsuit over a denied zoning request…
A Northwest Florida chapter of the Bikers for Trump group scheduled a flag drop event for Saturday morning in Pensacola, and organizers expected candidates and officeholders from around the state…
While the national March for Life drew thousands to Washington, D.C., dozens of demonstrators held their own march and rally in downtown Mobile on Friday morning. The local gathering began…
The performer at the center of Mobile’s first Drag Queen Story Hour says he isn’t letting planned protests rattle him ahead of the September 8 event at the Ben May…
A Baldwin County online publisher is wanted in Daphne after refusing to fully comply with a court order tied to Alabama's 2014 expungement law, a case now drawing First Amendment…
National church-state watchdog groups pushed back on Mobile County's approval of an 'In God We Trust' plaque within days of the June 2014 vote.
The Mobile County Commission's 2-1 vote to display an 'In God We Trust' plaque drew a rebuke from a national watchdog group and touched off passionate debate among residents on…