Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Jerry Carl from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The day after Alabama's Super Tuesday primary, a panel of the area's savvier political hands sorted the winners and losers, from Trump's ceiling to a courthouse upset and incumbents who…
Mobile County Commissioner Jerry Carl has taken over as commission president, a rotating role that adds new board duties tied to BP settlement funds.
Fifty-five young adults completed the Mobile County Job Internship Program this summer, gaining hands-on workplace experience with about 50 local businesses and, in some cases, landing permanent jobs.
The Mobile County Commission has approved a $31.5 million loan to fund a slate of capital improvement projects, including jail upgrades, road work and additional funding for a new Emergency…
A public relations consultant testified he returned a $10,000 payment tied to Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie's corruption trial.
A $210,000 driveway expansion at Hutchens Elementary, backed by Mobile County funding, is nearly finished and aims to cut morning traffic backups.
Mobile County officials are considering a feasibility study on expanding the county jail after finance officials reported a roughly $7 million surplus.
Mobile County commissioners moved up a scheduled employee pay raise by two months and tacked on a $500 bonus after fuel savings boosted the budget.
Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood says she supports the proposed I-10/I-65 soccer complex in concept but wants firm cost figures first.
Mobile County commissioners approved a $66 million engineering report for 40 road and bridge projects, sending the 2014 Pay-As-You-Go Program to voters for final approval on Nov. 4.