Pastors for Peace routed its 22nd Friendshipment Caravan through Mobile, staging a rally against U.S. travel and trade restrictions on Cuba as part of a monthlong national tour.
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Coverage of local news from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
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Investigator Shuffle Follows Elections at Alabama AG and Mobile DA Offices
A wave of personnel changes reshaped the investigative ranks of the Alabama attorney general’s office and the Mobile County district attorney’s office as new officeholders prepared to take charge.
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March Special Election Looms for House District 105 as Collier Joins Bentley Cabinet
A special election to fill the House District 105 seat in south Mobile County was expected in March after Rep. Spencer Collier left to join Gov.-elect Robert Bentley’s cabinet, drawing a large field of prospects.
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Baldwin Judge Charles Partin Calls Retirement Rumors Premature
Baldwin County Circuit Judge Charles Partin, a 25-year veteran of the bench who recently presided over the Steve Nodine murder trial, said talk of his imminent retirement was at least premature.
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West Mobile Couple Acquitted in Washington County Horse Cruelty Case
A west Mobile couple with a long history of keeping animals was found not guilty of cruelty charges tied to a horse that died in Tibbie, closing a case that had lingered for more than a year.
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Kim Pettway Appointed to Mobile Water and Sewer Board
Kim Pettway, a University of South Alabama instructor active in Democratic campaigns, was appointed to the City of Mobile’s Board of Water and Sewer Commissioners, filling the seat left by the late Rev. Wesley James.
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Ashley Rich to Be Sworn In as Mobile County’s First Woman District Attorney
Veteran prosecutor Ashley Rich prepared to be sworn in as district attorney of Mobile County, becoming the first woman and the first Republican in more than 30 years to hold the office.
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Pardon Closes a Painful Chapter for Mobile Ad Executive David Gwin
More than 25 years after his conviction in the Mobile Municipal Auditorium fraud case, David Gwin received an unexpected pardon, quietly pursued by two friends from the law enforcement community.
Baldwin County
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Fairhope Sports Promoter Released After Arrest on Louisiana Fraud Warrant
Sports promoter and media consultant Steve Harrelson was freed from the Baldwin County Jail after being held on an out-of-state fraud warrant, with restitution reportedly made and Louisiana authorities expected to settle the case.
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Hudson Captures GOP Nod for County Commission, Rivals Fall in Line
Connie Hudson secured the Republican nomination for the open District 2 seat on the Mobile County Commission and quickly won the backing of her former runoff opponent and the county sheriff ahead of the fall election.