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4 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Four Hancock Bank branches in Alabama will close before the end of August

Hancock Bank announced last month that there would be layoffs in Alabama, as well as other states in the Gulf Coast region.

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Related Topix: Baldwin County, AL, Mobile, AL

9 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Defense stays mute in Carlos Kennedy murder trial; Mobile County judge mulls death penalty

Mobile County Circuit Judge Joseph "Rusty" Johnston talks to Carlos Kennedy during a hearing Thursday, Dec. 15, 2011.

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Related Topix: Death Penalty, Mobile, AL, Folk, The Kennedys

10 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Viciousness of beating contradicts self-defense, DA says, as Mobile jury gets murder case

MOBILE, Alabama - A prosecutor and defense lawyer today offered competing arguments about what led to the vicious beating of a man who once was a close friend of defendant Brandon Estle .

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Related Topix: Life, Mobile, AL, Self Defense, Drugs

11 hrs ago | Alabama Live

State Health Officer Don Williamson introduces proposed Medicaid regions

State Health Officer Don Williamson today introduced a proposed map dividing the state into five regions for Medicaid services under a new managed care system.

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Related Topix: Healthcare Law, Law, Medicaid, Health, Jefferson County, AL, Tuscaloosa County, AL, Montgomery County, AL

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Local 15

Victim Suffers Non Life-Threatening Injuries, According to Creola PD

AXIS, Ala. Creola Police are investigating after a man was shot on Father's Day.

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Related Topix: Axis, AL

Local 15

County EMS Responding to One Shot

AXIS, Ala. Mobile County EMS is responding to reports of one shot in Axis. It happened near Creola Axis Loop North.

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Related Topix: Axis, AL

Alabama Live

Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Newspaper brought Civil War news to Mobile

Guy Busby, a Mobile Press-Register reporter and columnist from 1987 to 2012, explores coverage by the Press-Register during with Civil War years.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Baldwin County, AL, Silverhill, AL

Alabama Live

At a glance: 2012 State of the Workforce for Mobile County

The Southwest Alabama Workforce Development Council and Alabama Industrial Development Training program partnered to host a maritime and construction trades career fair Jan. 16, 2013, at the AIDT Maritime Training Center in Mobile.

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Related Topix: US Governors, Robert Bentley

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Local 15

State, County, and City Officials Head to Paris: Hope to Bring Jobs Back Home

MOBILE, Ala. State leaders from Alabama are on their way to Europe for the Paris Air show.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL

Alabama Live

Eight Mile man found not guilty of murder after killing his neighbor's ex-girlfriend in 2011

Tony Rowell, 34, was arrested in the shooting death of Shannon LeeAnn Deas, then-29, on April 30, 2011.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime

Local 15

Mobile County EMA is Ready for Hurricane Season

MOBILE, Ala. If the Port City finds itself in the path of a storm, local emergency managers set off a contingency plan.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

Local 15

MAWSS Concerned Proposed Oil Pipeline Too Close to Water Supply

A proposed pipeline that would run through Mobile County to the Chevron Pascagoula refinery has many folks concerned.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL

Alabama Live

Southern Airways Express taking inaugural Gulf Shores flight Friday

Southern Airways Express is set to transform travel along Alabama's Gulf Coast Friday when its first 9-seater Cessna lands at Jack Edwards National Airport just after 2 p.m. "Not only do we expect to bring vacationers to the Alabama beaches, but we also hope to provide local residents and business people in Baldwin and Mobile counties with a quick ... (more)

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Related Topix: Gulf Shores, AL, Baldwin County, AL

Local 15

BLB's Safe Harbor Residents Upset About Potential Rent Hike

BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. Folks who live in Bayou La Batre's Safe Harbor, a FEMA funded housing community originally for Hurricane Katrina victims, believe it's become a money maker for the city.

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Related Topix: Bayou La Batre, AL

Thu Jun 13, 2013

Local 15

Investigators Upset DHR Keeps Child at Home of Alleged Abuse

A 16-year-old boy who was being forced by his parents to live outside while the adults were away from the home will remain at the home, according to a Mobile County Sheriff's Office spokesperson.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL

Alabama Live

Mobile man sentenced to 17 years in the fatal 2011 shooting of his elderly stepfather

Keenan Olson, 24, was sentenced to 17 years in prison on Thursday, June 13, 2013, after he was convicted of manslaughter in the shooting death of his 70-year-old stepfather.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Violent Crime

Alabama Live

Case against Eight Mile man accused of murdering his neighbor's...

Tony Rowell, 34, was arrested in the shooting death of Shannon LeeAnn Deas, then-29, on April 30, 2011.

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Related Topix: Violent Crime, Eight Mile, AL, Mobile, AL

Alabama Live

Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Medical school founder was visionary, racist

Dr. Josiah Nott, founder of the Medical College of Alabama, demonstrated insight beyond his time when it came to hypothesizing about the causes of yellow fever but racist beliefs common for his era.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Baldwin County, AL

Alabama Live

Jurors get first look at damage left behind by beating which killed Justin Hasty

According to testimony on Tuesday, June 11, 2013, this photo taken by Justin Hasty's mother, Sandra "Sandy" Hasty on Saturday, October 20, 2012, is the last Sandy Hasty took of her son.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL

Wed Jun 12, 2013

Alabama Live

Sign up for back-to-school immunizations at Mobile County Health Department

Parents who want to get ahead of the game for back-to-school immunizations may now schedule appointments with the Mobile County Health Department's Immunization Clinic at 251 N. Bayou St. in downtown Mobile.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL