Magnolia Springs News

This week, Free Fridays is taking on a patriotic theme. We start with free fireworks and fun.

"We have never been disappointed, and each time seems better than the last," she wrote, explaining that innkeepers "David and Eric have restored the 100-year-old house and keep it in top-notch condition, updating the rooms with the latest amenities like flat screen TVs and modern plumbing fixtures.

A local investor paid $600,000 for a 1-acre lot on the southeast corner of U.S. 31 and Eastern Shore Boulevard, across from Rockwell Elementary School , for future development, according to Paige Thatcher of REMAX By The Bay in Daphne, who worked for the buyer.

The city of Gulf Shores will present Cool Change at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of the free Gulf Shores Outdoors & In 2009 concert series.

They will also be included in a proposed municipal historic preservation district.

Two men charged with murder in the December slaying of a Magnolia Springs man had motions decided in Baldwin County Circuit Court this week.

Have your say IT COULD only have been Sacha Baron Cohen. At this week's MTV awards the British comedian responsible for Ali G and Borat decided to unleash his latest alter-ego, a gay Austrian TV fashion reporter called Bruno, on to the audience, creating mayhem and leaving behind a particularly disgruntled Eminem in the process.

Foley police arrested 4 south Baldwin County teens on felony burglary, robbery and assault charges after a man was attacked in his home today by masked intruders armed with a pistol and shotgun.

Date: Fri., May 15 with seatings at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Venue: The Blind Mule, 57 N. Claiborne St., 694-6853 Tickets: $30 With their mlange of country, bluegrass and punk, The Colonel Dixies quickly picked their way into the hearts of local music buffs.

Roman Street is among the groups performing at the second annual Magnolia Springs Art and Jazz Festival.

The promoter of a Christian music concert scheduled for next week in Magnolia Springs has been charged with fraud, Foley police said today.

Frances Chancery says she'll save at least five-thousand dollars this year without changing her lifestyle! "We save a minimum of 20 to 30 dollars every time we go out to eat," says Chancery.

About 130 people turned out for the sixth annual Hotel Magnolia 5K Run/Walk and fun run Saturday, April 4 in Magnolia Springs.

'Uncorked' made its debut in The Star eight years ago on March 11, 2001. Over the past eight years in 409 columns, more than 1,300 wines have been reviewed though many more have been tasted.

An early morning fire has left five members of a family dead at a mobile home in rural Etowah County.

February 25 - An inmate who escaped while on work release from Escambia County is back behind bars.

Feb. 24 - Authorities are searching for a jail inmate who escaped while on work duty Tuesday.

Baldwin County has received more than $500,000 in state and federal grants for airports, firefighting and anti-drug efforts.

Jan 5, 2009--Landfills are a part of the trash process many people havent seen. But you don't have to actually see a landfill to know how it smells.That's methane gas, and that's what this story is about.

Voters in Baldwin County's Planning District 21 narrowly approved zoning in a referendum held today.