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The state party's Black political caucus endorsed former Circuit Judge Herman Thomas over incumbent Sen. Vivian Figures, giving a jolt to one of Mobile's most closely watched Democratic primaries.
Thirty years after Katherine Foster was shot on the University of South Alabama campus, jurors were seated in the murder trial of Jamie Letson, whose handwritten letter of amends may…
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…
In a single day, Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine left a psychiatric ward, was impeached by a grand jury, was named the sole suspect in a murder investigation and was…
Sources said Commissioner Stephen Nodine could face ethics charges within days, even as Baldwin County detectives searched for a missing bullet in the shooting death of Angel Downs.
Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine was under psychiatric care at Mobile Infirmary as Baldwin County detectives worked to determine how Angel Downs died outside her Gulf Shores townhouse.
Assistant district attorney Ashley Rich launched a television campaign built on the slogan 'prosecutor, not politician,' while rival Mark Erwin's own commercial drew a demand that stations pull it.
About 50 supporters gathered at Skyland Shopping Center as the congressman opened a Mobile campaign office, telling the crowd he was not the candidate for anyone content with insider politics.
A 2010 WKRG report said tar balls believed connected to the Gulf oil spill began washing ashore on Dauphin Island.
Disqualified from the Democratic primary, RaShawn Figures began gathering 300 signatures to run as an independent, while Rep. James Buskey's attorney laid out the evidence behind the residency ruling.