Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Mobile County Commission issued a joint statement backing a proposed I-10 bridge over the Mobile River, calling the $700 million-to-$1 billion crossing vital to public safety and the region's…
Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood resigned in August 2008 after court and attorney-general actions affected the District 1 seat she had won in a special election.
Commissioner Stephen Nodine joined an economic development mission to Britain, Spain and France, touring EADS Airbus and CASA plants like those proposed for Mobile if the KC-30 tanker project lands…
Merceria Ludgood took the oath as District 1 Mobile County commissioner, telling a Government Plaza crowd that anyone who thought she was too nice to fight for her district should…
Democratic nominee Merceria Ludgood held a nearly 100-to-one fundraising lead over Republican Juan Chastang heading into the Oct. 9 special election to restore the Mobile County Commission to full strength.
U.S. Sen. Jeff Sessions, County Commissioner Juan Chastang and ADECA Director Bill Johnson headlined the Washington/Douglass Economic Forum, a Republican-sponsored think tank session on poverty and race.
Sources said the all-Republican Mobile County Commission did not intend to renew the contract of assistant county attorney Merceria Ludgood, a Democrat with 17 years in the legal department.
Gov. Bob Riley named Mobile teacher and Republican Juan Chastang to the county commission, filling the three years remaining on Sam Jones' term after Jones became Mobile's first African-American mayor.