Oil Reached Baldwin County Beaches Again in June 2010
A 2010 WKRG report documented new oil reaching Baldwin County beaches while volunteers planted sea oats near Bon Secour.
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Oil Spill, Day 50: Containment Cap Pulls Thousands of Barrels a Day
Fifty days into the Gulf disaster, the cap fitted over the failed blowout preventer was recovering more than 10,000 barrels a day, but engineers were still venting oil into the…
Federal Defenders Withdraw From Nodine Case; Private Attorney Appointed
A conflict of interest forced the federal defenders' office to step aside from representing Stephen Nodine on a federal gun charge, and veteran Mobile attorney Gordon Armstrong was appointed in…
Judge Defers Ruling on Nodine Bond as Federal Gun Charge Takes Priority
A Baldwin County judge put off a decision on reducing Stephen Nodine's $500,000 murder bond, ruling that the question would wait until federal authorities held a detention hearing on a…
Defense Lawyers Second-Guess Nodine’s Missteps After Murder Indictment
With Steve Nodine jailed on a $500,000 bond, Mobile criminal defense attorneys, speaking anonymously, listed the choices they say a suspect should never make.
‘Be a Man’: Stranger Confronts Nodine in Mobile County Courtroom
A well-dressed man described as a rival for the affections of Angel Downs called on Commissioner Steve Nodine to admit what he did, moments after a preliminary impeachment hearing adjourned.
Lawyers Expect Nodine to Resign Rather Than Face an Impeachment Trial
Legal sources said Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine would almost certainly leave office rather than testify in an impeachment case while a possible murder charge hung over him.
Storms, Sold-Out Sets and an Oil Spill in the Background: Inaugural Hangout Fest Rocks Gulf Shores
The inaugural Hangout Music Festival packed the beach in Gulf Shores with big sets from the Black Crowes, Gov't Mule, The Roots and Trey Anastasio, surviving a Sunday lightning evacuation…
Nodine Retains New Defense Team as Impeachment Trial Is Set for June 8
Criminal defense attorneys Dennis Knizley and John Williams were retained to lead the defense of Commissioner Steve Nodine, whose impeachment trial was set before Circuit Judge Sarah Stewart.
Mobile County Grand Jury Recommends Nodine’s Impeachment Over Drug Abuse, Domestic Violence Findings
A special Mobile County grand jury has recommended impeaching Commissioner Stephen Nodine, citing drug test results, a multistate painkiller prescription scheme and alleged domestic violence against Angel Downs, whose death…