07/10/11 Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley must navigate political winds in choosing a succesor to Chief Justice Sue Bell Cobb.
07/02/11 City officials celebrate signing of Declaration of Independence despite Civil War against the North; Mobile attorneys declare marriages performed since May 15 legal under Alabama laws ... all on this day in history.
06/27/11 BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- A grand jury will review the case of a 32-year-old Bay Minette man accused of picking a 15-year-old girl up last month at Baldwin County High School, having sex with her, then dropping her off.
05/28/11 These are excerpts from past editions of the Press-Register. They were compiled by Cammie East Cowan.
05/28/11 Here's a listing of Memorial Day events planned in Mobile and Baldwin counties.
05/20/11 The Escambia County Humane Society says it will have to close its doors because there isn't enough money to continue operating the facility. Twelve or 13 people will lose their jobs as a result. Renee
05/18/11 LOXLEY, Alabama -- Baldwin County Public Schools are in for sweeping reforms, starting with a $2 million model program that will give all high school students in Bay Minette laptops as transformations begin, officials said.
05/12/11 More than two weeks after it happened, the effort on the Gulf Coast to help tornado victims in central and north Alabama is still going strong. A city-wide effort is going on in Bay Minette where an 18-wheeler and a U-Haul are waiting to be filled.
05/06/11 BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- The Faulkner State Lady Sun Chiefs claimed the Southern Division softball championship after splitting a pair of games at Wallace-Dothan on Sunday.
05/06/11 The Environmental Law Institute has named Margaret Sedlecky, a 25-year veteran teacher of Baldwin County Public Schools in Alabama, as recipient of the 2011 National Wetlands Award for Education and Outreach.
05/03/11 ROBERTSDALE, Ala. -- In the aftermath of the destructive tornados that ripped through Tuscaloosa, Birmingham and other Northern Alabama cities last Wednesday and brought the death toll to over 300, the highest since 1932, Central Baldwin communities are stepping up to lend a helping hand to those hardest hit areas.
04/20/11 BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Baldwin County is in for explosive growth in Daphne and Foley over the next 30 years with last year's oil spill not impacting forecasts, according to a South Carolina firm's economic study.
04/20/11 A former Lander University basketball player and current student was arrested after he fired a handgun into the air at a convenience store while he was so drunk he couldnt stand up, police said.
04/20/11 BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- After 4 years of state control, Baldwin County's property tax appraisal office is back under local operation, according to officials.
04/12/11 BAY MINETTE, AL - The Baldwin County Commission has named an interim EMA director. Tuesday afternoon the Baldwin County Commission named Shannon L. Spivey as Interim and Acting Emergency Management Director effective April 15, and concluding August 16, 2011. She will replace Melvin Stringfellow who announced his resignation last week.
04/08/11 A Baldwin County prosecutor says grand jurors have indicted a man on 224 counts of child pornography. Authorities say 64-year-old Emile Mark Pelow is accused of possessing more than 200 photos and 16 videos of child porn.
04/08/11 BAY MINETTE, AL - A Baldwin County grand jury has indicted two men on numerous child pornography charges. District Attorney Hallie Dixon announced Friday that a Baldwin County grand jury indicted Emile Mark Pelow for 224 counts of child pornography. Pelow, 64, was arrested by the Robertsdale Police Department January 18 after police received a report from Advanced Computer Services technicians ...
03/26/11 BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- The Baldwin County District Attorney's Office wants the FBI to try to access messages from the cell phone of Angel Downs that may provide new details in the Stephen Nodine murder case.
02/13/11 BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- Two more men, Paul Dawyne Liggett, 37, of Fenton, Missouri and Michael David Judd, 33, of Studio City, California were arrested recently on security fraud charges in connection with Synergy Finance Group, and its owner, Richard Tucker, 38, of Robertsdale.
02/05/11 Today is National Signing Day for high school football athletes, and Baldwin County has its share of football players who will sign on the dotted line. |