Baldwin County News

Eleven of the 12 people busted by Gulf Shores police as part of the counterfeiting caper on Thursday, May, 16, 2013, are from left, top row, Jack Russell Morgan, 20, of Gulf Shores; Sydney Brenner Alexander, 21, of Orange Beach; Lauren Nicole Strick, 18, of Gulf Shores; and Leena Angel Haidar, 18, of Picayune, Miss.; second row, Andrea Joselyn ... (more)

Steve and Susan Quantz are hoping to create a legacy olive-growing operation on their 8-acre farm in Miflin.

GULF SHORES, Ala. Three burglary suspects have been arrested after an early morning vehicle crash in Gulf Shores.

Law enforcement personnel from Gulf Shores and Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, as well as others, are staying very visible at the Hangout Music Festival.

When the Alabama Legislature convenes Monday for the last day of the 2013 legislative session, it will be pass or die time for several Baldwin County bills.

The Satsuma school board has revised its policy for allowing citizens to address the board, removing a requirement that speaker must submit a request at least three working days in advance.

MOBILE, Alabama - The Mobile County Judicial Commission this afternoon announced two more applicants for a soon-to-be vacant judgeship, bring the total number to 25.

At 6 p.m. on June 3, the Mobile County Master Gardeners will be playing host to the ultimate dinner party for friends, only with a slight variation.

Loxley Police in Aabama, along with the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office have arrested a man wanted by the Howard County, Aaron Massey, 38, allegedly kidnapped a 38-year-old woman and her child.

The sentence is above normal sentencing guides for similar crimes, but after several people testified to the way Katrina Duke Williamson destroyed their livelihoods, U.S. District Judge Callie V.S. Granade felt the guideline's suggestions were not enough.

Loxley police told television station WKRG the woman and the child have been missing since September 2012.

President Barack Obama and Chuck Canterbury, National President, Fraternal Order of Police walk through a police honor guard cordon during the National Peace Officers Memorial Service, an annual ceremony honoring law enforcement who were killed in the line of duty in the previous year, at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. May 15, 2013.

Road-paving crews working along U.S. 98 reduce traffic down to one lane on April 30, 2013, in Foley Ala.

The Baldwin County Residential Wilderness Program tries to change the lives of troubled youth.

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A verdict has been returned in the trial of a Loxley woman accused of killing her husband.

Jon Adam Gilliam, 28, and Jessica Lynn Jones, 34, were arrested after police say they received complaints about heroin was being sold throughout the city.

FAIRHOPE, Alabama -- With approval from the state House and Senate, a bill aimed at annexing the Walmart property into Fairhope is just a signature shy of boosting the city's annual revenue by hundreds of thousands of dollars.

News Release from the office of Governor Robert Bentley: GULF SHORES - Governor Robert Bentley on Tuesday signed Senate Bill 231, which will lead to improvements at Gulf State Park, including a lodge and meeting facility that will help attract more visitors.

A Baldwin County judge has set a hearing for next month to consider a request by ex-Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine to let him finish his sentence on perjury and harassment charges in his home city.

A sign outside a church in Mobile, Alabama, invites guests and members to worship with the congregation in May 2013.