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Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Announces Arrests in Elderly Financial Exploitation Case

James Bullard, July 20, 2026

The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has arrested three people after a months-long investigation found roughly $659,000 in assets were taken from an elderly Mobile County man through fraud and forgery.

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Baldwin County Two people sit at a distance from each other on a park bench, practicing physical distancing outdoors

How Mobile-Area Families and Businesses Reinvented Daily Life During the Early Days of COVID-19

James Bullard, April 1, 2020

As COVID-19 forced schools to close and daily life to slow down, Mobile-area families found new routines for exercise, learning and connection, while local businesses like Calagaz Printing and Perdido Vineyards retooled production to help meet the demand for protective equipment and hand sanitizer.

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Mobile County Issues Mandatory Health Order Suspending Dine-In Service, Restricting Gatherings to Slow COVID-19

James Bullard, March 18, 2020

Mobile County Health Officer Dr. Bernard H. Eichold II issued a mandatory order on March 18, 2020, halting dine-in restaurant service for a week and restricting nursing home visits and senior center gatherings to slow COVID-19, even though the county had zero confirmed cases at the time.

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Baldwin County An elderly military veteran sits surrounded by framed photographs from his decades of service

Bay Minette’s Dr. Don Salls, Oldest Living Alabama Football Alum, Turns 100

James Bullard, June 21, 2019

Bay Minette resident Dr. Don Salls, the oldest living University of Alabama football alumnus, turned 100 on June 24, prompting a birthday celebration at the Paul W. Bryant Museum honoring his decades as a player, war veteran, coach and educator.

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