Bay Minette News

Brown has been charged with illegally tattooing a minor and contributing to the delinquency of the same minor. via NBC 15 Online

Fed 13 -- 22-year-old Randi Bonnell of Baldwin County was arrested on Wednesday and charged with Theft of Property in the first degree. via NBC 15 Online

“The tip came about by some information, but it wasn't an inmate at the jail”

Escambia County sheriff Grover Smith put to rest numerous rumors that the body of Melinda McGhee, who has been missing nearly five years, was found on a dirt road near the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation. via Atmore Advance

Democrat Benjamin "Big Ben" Lodmell, 36, who is vying for U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner's congressional seat, was arrested last week in Baldwin County after agreeing to pay for sex. via Atmore Advance

“Why do I go? That's a damn good question”

They've seen fire, and they've seen rain. And on Saturday, Mobile-area revelers got something they haven't had much of this season: beautiful, warmish weather and relatively disaster-free parades. via Alabama Live

“We had information that Melinda McGhee might be in a septic tank off Atmosphere Road behind an abandoned house”

Escambia County sheriff Grover Smith put to rest numerous rumors that the body of Melinda McGhee, who has been missing nearly five years, was found on a dirt road near the Poarch Creek Indian Reservation. via Atmore Advance

“We were just relieved that none of our people were hurt, none of our students.”

Posted by By Rena Havner and Katherine Sayer February 02, 2008 8:07 AM State Rep. via The Mobile Register Online

A Democratic candidate trying to unseat U.S. Rep. Jo Bonner was arrested last night in Baldwin County. via WAFF-TV Huntsville

“I believe because of his position with the Mardi Gras association and the bank he was affiliated with there was quite a bit of trust given to him there so he had access to the account because of that”

"You can just imagine one day playing with your kid," said Tommy Byrd, Jensen's uncle, "and the next he's got a major situation in his life and that he's going to be struggling to hopefully a winning struggle ... via NBC 15 Online

Posted by David Ferrara, Staff Reporter January 30, 2008 4:00 PM Categories: Breaking News Bay Minette police said they arrested George Lucas Price Jr., a manager at United Bank and former chairman of the North ... via The Mobile Register Online

“I bring you the nightly news every night, and that would not be possible in 1963”

About 200 people -- black and white, young and old, men and women -- marched through downtown and past the Baldwin County Courthouse on Monday to commemorate the Martin Luther King Jr. via Alabama Live

“I'll be able to sleep better tonight than I (did) last night.”

Pell City will get the state's fourth veterans nursing home, and the vice chairman of the Alabama Board of Veterans Affairs will get a good night's sleep. via Montgomery Advertiser

The state Board of Veterans Affairs has selected Pell City to get the state's fourth veterans home. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

“We'll have to look hard at both proposals”

Pell City and Helena emerged as the front-runners today for the state's next veterans' nursing home. via Everything Alabama

Standard Furniture Mfg. will lay off 175 to 190 people at its case goods plant here because of reduced demand for furniture, according to a report in the Mobile, Ala., Press-Register. About 125 workers would ... via Furniture Today

“I would like to invite everyone who knows me to come on down and to ask for Richard”

Donna Odom and Richard Daniels are the newest members of the Johnson Ford family's sales department. via Atmore Advance

The Alabama Supreme Court Friday upheld the conviction and death sentence given a Bay Minette man for the 1999 kidnapping and shooting death of a Baldwin County minister. via Alabama Live

Posted by Josh Bean, Staff Reporter January 02, 2008 4:18 PM Categories: Breaking News A 33-year-old Fairhope man has been accused of giving alcohol to a 16-year-old girl and then sexually assaulting her in his ... via Everything Alabama