Baldwin County girl honored for her service to veterans
The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs honored Foley-native Harleigh Brockett at a special ceremony in Montgomery Wednesday.
The fatal shooting happened near Bryant’s Landing in the Stockton area.
An important route to Alabama’s beaches is about to become free to use.
The chief financial officer of the Poarch Band of Creek Indians and his wife were among the four people killed in a three-vehicle crash on the Baldwin Beach Express.
The Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs honored Foley-native Harleigh Brockett at a special ceremony in Montgomery Wednesday.
PELHAM Ala. (AP) — Alabama communities affected by last week’s flash flooding are still working to clean up the mess and address persistent drainage issues that seem to be getting worse. Emergency management officials have assessed damage to 250 homes near Birmingham in Shelby County. The city of Pelham earmarked $500,000 for storm cleanup and crews are making rounds to…
State Health Officer Scott Harris said that the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services is sending a task force team to help at South Baldwin Regional Medical Center in Foley.
GULF SHORES, Ala. (AP) – A new fire station is being planned along an Alabama beach known for drownings following the death of a deputy who went under while trying to save distressed swimmers. Officials hope the beachfront station will make it easier for rescuers to get to people who get in trouble in Gulf waters along Fort Morgan. The…
DAPHNE, Ala. (AP) — Authorities say they’re searching for a suspect after a man shot and killed a fellow worker at a south Alabama dirt pit. Local and federal authorities were searching Wednesday for the suspect, a 45-year-old man from Mobile. Killed in Wednesday’s shooting at the Daphne dirt pit was 45-year-old Yaphet Hunter of Chunchula. Baldwin County sheriff’s officials…
Montgomery County has been surpassed in population by fast-growing Baldwin County, home to the state’s largest beach communities and towns along Mobile Bay’s eastern shore.
GULF SHORES, Ala. — Alabama’s beaches have reopened, but the state’s coast is hardly recovered from the effects of Hurricane Sally last month. Visitors still have limited options for getting to the sand because so many boardwalks and beach entry points were damaged. Residents in hard-hit Baldwin County are complaining about the response from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Both…