Tuesday Storms Knock Out Power to Thousands Across South Baldwin County
Afternoon thunderstorms cut power to more than 5,000 south Baldwin County customers and brought minor flooding and lightning damage.
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Afternoon thunderstorms cut power to more than 5,000 south Baldwin County customers and brought minor flooding and lightning damage.
Ten years after Hurricane Ivan slammed into Baldwin County's beaches, the storm's record-setting surge and unusual second life still resonate along the Alabama coast.
Gulf Shores police are trialing automated license-plate reading cameras on a patrol car, scanning tags for stolen vehicles and expired registrations.
A liquor license request for the Wynnsong 16 theater in west Mobile has sparked community opposition over alcohol access near teenagers at the multiplex.
A Foley man's felony theft charge in a Gulf Shores hotel robbery will be dropped once he pays restitution under a deal with Baldwin County prosecutors.
Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft outlined a plan for a joint high school and Faulkner State campus aimed at easing crowding and traffic on Ala. 59.
State crews begin a two-month dredging project at Little Lagoon Pass in Gulf Shores to restore storm-eroded beach near the ongoing bridge rebuild.
Weeks before a September 2014 referendum, Orange Beach and Baldwin County school officials remained split over enrollment counts and funding projections for a proposed city-run school system.
Strong Labor Day bookings and rising tax collections point to a fourth straight record tourism summer for Alabama's Gulf Coast.
Baldwin County school officials are phoning hundreds of parents to gauge support for new buildings and a possible property tax increase amid growth.