Mobile and Baldwin County News
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The Coastal Conservation Association pressed Alabama lawmakers to ban commercial gill nets in April 2008. State Rep. Spencer Collier, the netters' champion, wanted science and a voluntary buyout instead.
Archived WKRG coverage reported that a vehicle fire damaged a Theodore home on General Lee Avenue in 2008.
Mercy Medical therapists in Baldwin County used Nintendo Wii games in 2008 to help patients with weakness, brain injuries and spinal conditions.
Mobile Police said two armed, masked men robbed the Azalea City Credit Union on Dauphin Street on April 21, 2008, according to an archived WKRG update.
Archived WKRG coverage reported that a three-year-old child died after an apartment fire in Mobile in 2008 and that the child's mother was arrested.
Our critic, who once lived in New Orleans, made the case that the city 140 miles west remains the best restaurant town in America — and named the three tables…
A 2008 WKRG report noted the tax filing deadline for Mobile-area residents and outlined possible penalties for filing late.
A University of South Alabama meteorologist relayed word that the 2008 hurricane season would likely run above normal, with elevated odds of a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast.
A 2008 WKRG report previewed Fairhope's first film festival, a three-day showcase of independent movies, documentaries and shorts.
A Baldwin County man was arrested after a March 2008 police pursuit from Loxley into Fairhope, according to WKRG.