Mobile County’s 2014 Payroll Topped $79 Million, Records Show
Mobile County spent more than $79 million on wages and benefits for 1,764 employees in 2014, with the sheriff's office driving much of the overtime total.
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Mobile County spent more than $79 million on wages and benefits for 1,764 employees in 2014, with the sheriff's office driving much of the overtime total.
Mobile County's engineer topped the county payroll last year, followed closely by the probate judge, county administrator and sheriff, records show.
Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson proposed redirecting more than $1 million from a county soccer complex to fund upgrades at parks across the city.
Payroll records show Mobile County's highest overtime earners, mostly sheriff's deputies and jail staff, collected close to half a million dollars combined.
A Mobile flooring business launched a Gulf Coast care package drive for deployed troops after their son, a Marine, described the need overseas.
A federal judge cleared most corruption charges against Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie for the jury as her 2015 trial neared its end.
As her federal corruption trial continues, Mobile County License Commissioner Kim Hastie's defense is leaning on past state attorney general opinions.
Mobile police promoted nearly 30 officers under a new merit-based system designed to reduce reliance on college degrees and reward experience.
Three Mobile City Council members say a $500,000 outside review has still not delivered the diversity gains they expected in recent police promotions.
A gunman carjacked a woman near Warren and North Carolina streets in Mobile after a minor collision, police say, and no arrests have been made yet.