Daphne News

MOBILE, Alabama -- Dana Lynn Goudie, 51, and Scott Theodore Burchard, 52, were identified as the two Mobile residents who were struck Saturday while crossing a Las Vegas thoroughfare, Clark County Coroner Mike Murphy confirmed today.

There I was in Daphne, Ala., a hundred pounds heavier than I am now, being strangled by a short, scruffy teenager who would one day be a soldier in al-Qaida's Somalian front.

Twenty-three well known regional artists will collaborate with members of the Exceptional Foundation of the Gulf Coast to create original art for a live art auction.

A local investor paid $218,000 for about 3 acres at the corner of Ala. 59 and Jackson Street in Summerdale and plans to renovate the large house on the land for future commercial use, according to Tim Herrington of Herrington Realty.

Dr. Pamela Taylor Henson speaks to an audience of Columbus Municipal School District board members and Columbus citizens Thursday evening during her interview for the district's superintendent position at Brandon Central Services.

Daphne Search and Rescue located three women on Mobile Bay on Wednesday night after their three-person personal watercraft had malfunctioned, says police.

The mystery of Omar Hammami - a 28-year-old American jihadist wanted by the F.B.I. after joining an Al Qaeda affiliate in Somalia - has only deepened in recent months.

Traffic on Alabama 59 heads to the beaches on Sept. 3,2010. The resurfacing of Interstate 10 from Alabama 59 to Wilcox Road will not begin until after Labor Day.

Mercidee McKinney's story is a prime example of Birmingham fire fighters' biggest fear: that the recent fires from abandoned structures will spread to inhabited buildings and hurt innocent bystanders.

Daphne, Ala. -- Seventeen-year-old Daphne High School student Rae Carlson just may win the national title of Cutest Vegetarian Alive - that is, if she can triumph over her nine fellow female finalists in the contest sponsored by peta2 , PETA's youth division.

Shirley Hooks Anderson, 49, of Daphne entered a blind plea of guilty Wednesday to second-degree assault in the 2011 injury of Jennifer Anderson with a deadly weapon.

Changes could soon be on the way for one of the biggest tourist destinations in our area.

Omar Hammami, an American jihadist from Alabama, wrote a 127-page book about his experience fighting on the front lines with Somalia's Al Qaeda affiliate, Al Shabab.

A local investor has paid $1 million for the 64-unit Oak Tree Apartments at 5675 Old Pascagoula Road in Theodore, according to Mamun Siddiq of REMAX Partners, who represented the buyer.

An Alabama mother whose son joined an al Qaeda group in Africa said she can't turn her back on her boy even though he advocates attacking America and hasn't been in direct contact with her in years.

City Councilman Derek Boulware, a candidate for mayor, has until 8 a.m. today to remove campaign signs that violate a city ordinance, Mayor Bailey Yelding said Tuesday.

A bold thief in Daphne is still on the run and the victim has a message for her.

Authorities said two firefighters were injured fighting a blaze at a Daphne apartment complex early Friday morning.

The Daphne Police Department is trying to identify a woman wanted for felony theft and fraudulent use of a credit card.

The City of Daphne may purchase some homes in Alabama's largest subdivision to address a recurring flooding issue.