Fairhope News

A digital sign owned by Lamar Co. is shown in this 2006 file photo near the intersection of Ala.

Folk rock duo Sugarcane Jane , comprised of Anthony Crawford and his wife/singing partner Savana Lee Crawford, performed during the long-running Brown Bag lunchtime concert series Wednesday, May 22, 2013, in Bienville Square.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. Not everybody's at the Hangout Festival, they're enjoying some good food at the Bald Eagle Bash.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Donnie Skidmore and Stan Foster of the Mobile-based band Possum Trot performed classic Americana music during the long-running Brown Bag lunchtime concert series Wednesday, May 15, 2013, in Bienville Square.

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.

Kevin Black, co-owner of Man O' War Tattoo in Fairhope, speaks to the City Council on Monday, May 13, 2013, during a public hearing on a zoning ordinance amendment that would restrict where tattoo shops, body-piercing studios, non-chartered financial institutions, palm readers and pawn shops can open in the city.

MOBILE, Ala. If you've ever had to make a trip to the the driver's license office in Mobile on Demetropolis Road, you probably had to wait for three or four hours and wondered why the state is wasting so much of your time.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. Hundreds of "huge" dead red fish have been washing up along Fairhope's beaches and rocky shores, bringing a formidable stench with them.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. Alabama used to be the only state that banned home brewing of beer and wine, until Friday.

The new Images of America series history book, "AoeFoley,"A is scheduled to be released on May 20, 2013, by Arcadia Publishing.

The ruling by Mobile County Circuit Judge Rick Stout means that Tanya Jarmin's court file will be sealed, and rather than facing up to 20 years in prison if convicted of aggravated child abuse, her punishment will be capped at three years.

Auburn coach Gus Malzahn discusses several topics with reporters outside the Sonny Callahan Airport in Fairhope, Alabama before addressing fans Thursday, May 9, 2013 at a Tiger Trek event at the Daphne Civic Center.

A May 16 meeting has been scheduled to get input from the public on the completion of the Eastern Shore Trail.

Please join them today, Thursday, May 2, any time between 5:30 - 7:30 pm for a Volunteer Meeting/Open House at the Mobile Baykeeper office or May 8th in Fairhope at the Holiday Inn Express between 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm.

EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED FLASH FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL 257 AM CDT THU MAY 2 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A * FLASH FLOOD WARNING FOR... WESTERN BALDWIN COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST ALABAMA... * UNTIL 545 AM CDT * AT 256 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS AND ... (more)

FAIRHOPE, Alabama - Organizers say this afternoon's rains won't prevent a special appearance by singer-songwriter Ben Taylor in the Fairhope area.

Singer-songwriter Eric Erdman performs in Bienville Square as part of the Brown Bag lunchtime concert series Wednesday, May 1, 2013, in downtown Mobile, Ala.

On Thursday, May 2 at 7 p.m., an excerpt from Theatre 98's upcoming show "Inventing Van Gogh" will be presented in the Larkins Auditorium at the Mobile Museum of Art, located at 4850 Museum Drive in scenic Langan Park.

From left to right:Keaton Andrews, 17, Blaine Crim, 15, and Hunter Buudreau, 16, volunteered for the Earth Day Mobile Bay event after hearing about it through St.

FAIRHOPE, Ala. A well-known doctor on the Eastern Shore is being investigated by the F.B.I. Dr.