Elberta News

An Elberta contractor who pleaded guilty to a money-laundering charge in Belize will soon return to Alabama to face federal firearms charges, the U.S. Marshals Service said Friday.

The Brat Fest began in 1999 as a way for the Wisconsin Club to raise money to help the Gulf Shores Fire Department purchase thermal- imaging equipment.

One person is dead and another was wounded after a double shooting Wednesday at a home near Elberta, a few miles south of highway 98.

One person is dead and another was wounded after a double shooting today in south Baldwin County, according to Sheriff's Office spokesman Anthony Lowery.

Cool weather and comfort food is a perfect match, and a hot-off-the-grill pimento cheese sandwich is a family favorite.

When William R. Jewett Jr. left the country last year, he did so owing a fortune to a host of creditors.

Since William R. Jewett Jr. left the country, his 4,800-square-foot home outside Elberta has been burglarized at least twice by former employees of a contracting firm he owned, said Elberta Police Chief Mickey Pledger.

Baldwin County has homeless residents, but living hidden away in cars, tents and sheds, these people are not easy to find, volunteers discovered in the last week.

Volunteer firefighters knew they were racing against the clock to save Joshua Parker's life.

Busted With A Boatload Of Cash - Elberta Alabama - WKRG.com : "ELBERTA, Alabama - A Baldwin County man is busted in Belize with a boatload of cash.

A Baldwin County man is busted in Belize with a boatload of cash. Bill Jewett Jr.

Police Officer Laid To Rest - Elberta Ala. - WKRG.com : "ELBERTA, Ala. - An Elberta reserve police officer killed last weekend in a car accident was laid to rest Friday.

Two Baldwin County men -- a dive boat operator and a National Guardsman -- were arrested on indictments in recent weeks in separate cases involving alleged sexual crimes in 2008 and 2009.

A man who stabbed his mother 11 times before stealing her truck to obtain drugs pleaded guilty to murder Thursday in a deal that took the death penalty off the table.

Stan Price lives directly above the apartment unit where the explosion happened at Colony Club at Drake's Landing Apartments.

December 31st - As the world welcomes in 20-10 with spectacular celebrations that include fireworks and cheers, the party has already fizzled out for a few of your favorite for a few of your favorite hangouts here at home.

Arthur Bourne, who will retire as police chief at the end of the month, began his career as a patrolman in this coastal city more than three decades ago.

A Baldwin County restaurant destroyed by fire two years ago is moving to Foley. The Wolf Bay Lodge plans to move into the old Wilson Pecan and Candy Company building in Baldwin County, which closed in 2003.

Three suspects on the run after an Elberta Couple was attacked inside their home Saturday night.

Lloyd Marcus Schaefer did not look the part of a bank robber when he showed up in Mobile's federal court last week, and his age and background didn't fit the profile, either.