Baldwin County Senate Race Heats Up Over PAC Money Dispute
An independent challenger has accused incumbent Trip Pittman of breaking his no-PAC-money pledge in Baldwin County's District 32 Senate race.
Spanish Fort Approved Its First-Ever Gas Tax and a Higher Business License Fee
The Spanish Fort City Council unanimously created a one-cent gas tax and raised the business license fee in September 2014, moves projected to bring in more than $95,000 a year.
Orange Beach Officers Planned a Highway Memorial for Cpl. Mike Stockwell, a Year After His Line-of-Duty Death
One year after Cpl. Mike Stockwell died in a wreck on the Foley Beach Express, Orange Beach officers prepared to dedicate a highway memorial sign near the crash site in…
Baldwin County Names a Veteran Principal to Steer the Schools Through a Leadership Change
The Baldwin County school board chose Rockwell Elementary principal Robbie Owen to serve as interim superintendent once Alan Lee steps down on Nov. 1, easing the district into a search…
Baldwin County Asks Local Agencies to Help Pay for Its $4.5 Million Emergency Radio Network
Baldwin County set aside $335,000 to maintain the countywide emergency radio system in 2015 and asked the cities and volunteer fire departments that rely on it to share the cost.
Bookkeeper for Robertsdale Synthetic Drug Operation Pleads Guilty to Fraud
A bookkeeper for a synthetic drug operation that relocated to Robertsdale pleaded guilty to a federal fraud conspiracy charge.
Lurleen B. Wallace: The Story of Alabama’s First and Only Female Governor
More than half a century after her death, Alabama has still elected only one woman as governor: Lurleen B. Wallace, the state’s 46th chief executive, who took office in January…
CMT’s ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Reality Series Set to Film in Fairhope
The cable network CMT announced in June 2011 that it would bring a new reality dating series to the small coastal city of Fairhope, Alabama. The show, titled Sweet Home…
CMT’s ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Reality Series Set to Film in Fairhope
Fairhope spent the summer of 2011 doubling as a television set. In June 2011, the cable network CMT announced that a new reality dating series, Sweet Home Alabama, would film…
Smoke, Sausage and a Secret German Recipe: Elberta Festival Draws Tens of Thousands Saturday
Area residents will trade summer’s oil-spill worries for a much simpler concern this weekend: getting a taste of the Elberta Volunteer Fire Department’s secret-recipe sausage before it sells out. The…