Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Mobile County 911 Board has agreed to purchase the county EMA's decades-old McGregor Avenue facility, a move meant to help finance a long-planned new Emergency Operations Center nearby.
Documents produced during the city's deficit crisis show 100 employees earning between $63,127 and $161,333. The public works director tops the list, ahead of the police and fire chiefs.
An anonymous website urged Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine to challenge Mayor Sam Jones in 2009. Nodine said flatly that he would not run, and his allies accused the mayor's…
Archived WKRG coverage shows the Mobile City Council unanimously authorized a 2008 special election on a disputed annexation proposal.
A class action brought by businesses just outside the Mobile city limits could force the city to refund an estimated $85 million in gross receipts taxes and license fees collected…
The Mobile Area Citizens Political Action Committee blew past its $75,000 goal, reporting $81,575 in contributions as the city campaigned for its west Mobile annexation vote like a political race.
Mobile's attorneys sought summary judgment the same day a lawsuit challenged the Sept. 18 annexation vote, arguing the four areas reflect real neighborhoods and that courts should not second-guess an…
Mobile Mayor Sam Jones' 2005 campaign raised more than $832,000 in cash and spent nearly $936,000 to win a four-seat race, according to the annual year-end financial report filed in…
In October 2005, Mobile attorney and Republican stalwart Doug Anderson was in line to take over the Mobile County Commission's legal work, succeeding Larry Wettermark, who followed Sam Jones to…