Stapleton News

Two men in a gray minivan are wanted in connection with a string of car burglaries last week at a Daphne hotel, including the theft of a 2006 Nissan Titan that was later found burned in Loxley, authorities said today.

A man fishes as another watches from the U.S. Hwy 90 Causeway Friday July 24, 2009 near where a culvert allows water from Chocolatta Bay to flow back and forth into Mobile Bay.

July 24 - A woman well-known within the Bay Minette community is dead after police say she was hit by a truck.

A Stapleton woman was killed around 10 p.m. Thursday as she walked in the roadway of U.S. 31, Bay Minette police said today.

Loxley police have arrested a man they say broke into a woman's home and raped her at knifepoint.

June 15 - Authorities now say a woman was raped in Baldwin County's Stapleton community after her attacker removed a window air conditioning unit to slip into the victim's home.

A Stapleton man accused of breaking into a woman's home and raping her at knifepoint has been arrested after trained dogs from Holman prison in Atmore tracked bicycle tracks to his house.

June 14 - A woman was raped in Stapleton early Sunday morning, and Loxley police say a bicycle helped them find their suspect.

1:17 p.m. A 14-year-old Baldwin County boy is at USA Medical Center after he was seriously injured in an explosion.

A Stapleton 14-year-old will likely lose the hearing in his right ear, and may lose the ear itself, after a misfire accident today involving a homemade "spud gun" with which he and two friends were playing, Baldwin County Sheriff's Office officials said.

May 29 - School is out for summer, and parents, grandparents and cities are looking for ways to keep kids busy and safe throughout the summer months.

May 29 - A 14-year-old boy was expected to be airlifted to a local hospital after he was injured while making a homemade explosive device, the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office said Friday.