Foley News

CARE House Inc., the Baldwin County Child Advocacy Center, will host Dine Out for CARE House Kids on July 14.

Bon Secour Volunteer Fire Chief Karl Bingert has dedicated his time to protecting the community.

When you think about the typical interior decor of Pleasure Island, you think beachy, right? Well, there's at least one Foley, Ala., retailer that has nothing to do with the beach, and is breaking the traditional Pleasure Island decor - Wild Outdoor Collection Cabin & Wild Wear adjacent to Ole Crush Antiques in the heart of Foley.

My family decided for the second year in a row to visit the Gulf Shores area on vacation.

Have you heard of Lambert's Cafe: The Only Home of Throwed Rolls? I first visited Lambert's when I was seven years old.

Dance to the music of John & Jim from 2 to 5 p.m. and enjoy a pot luck lunch from 1 to 2 p.m. Take a dish to share.

FOLEY - Fifty years ago, a 4-year-old named Danny Barter, camping with family on the banks of Perdido Bay, vanished, prompting perhaps the largest manhunt in Baldwin County's history and launching a case that would become one of the area's coldest.

The Foley Public Library will host a reception for artists Glenda Schafer and Mary Ann Schaff from 5 to 6:30 p.m. July 2 in the upstairs meeting room at the library.

The New iPhone 3G S, Tim Cook, Hot Air Balloons and The Orange Beach Community Website : "June 19, 2009, Foley, AL - What do the new iPhone 3G S, Tim Cook, Hot Air Balloons and The Orange Beach Community Website all have in common? Baldwin County.

This Father's Day weekend, the sunset and sunrise skies over South Baldwin County and Pleasure Island will be dotted with vibrant colors and flames as Foley, Ala., welcomes the fifth annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival.

Plane crash witnesses sought ... from 50 years ago - Baldwin County NOW - A Gulf Coast Information Source for South Alabama : "FOLEY, Ala.

The city of Gulf Shores will present Cool Change at 7 p.m. Thursday as part of the free Gulf Shores Outdoors & In 2009 concert series.

Mincing No Words I was rooting around the C&J archives yesterday and came across a Washington Post editorial published on June 9, 2004 , titled "Legalizing Torture." The paper sounded mighty pissed five years ago today, using language that was both ferocious and unequivocal.

LiveOak Village will hold a Senior Celebration for the whole family from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday under the oaks on the grounds of LiveOak Village Assisted Living Center in Foley.

Air Force Lt. Col. Mark E. Stratton II, who lived in Austin Ridge in Stafford County, was killed in Afghanistan May 26, according to the Department of Defense.

Emergency management officials in Alabama and Mississippi said they're hoping that improved forecasting and updated flood maps will lead to better decisions as they contemplate evacuation orders this hurricane season.

Gabriel Gabe Morgan was born Jan. 14, 2009 at 12:15 p.m. to Jonathan and Brandy Morgan of Gulf Shores, Ala.

Freshman Suzy Timm Arrives at Foley High School by foot on Alternative Transportation Day.

May 26 -- NBC 15 News has confirmed the death of a local airman in Afghanistan. Air Force Lieutenant Colonial Mark Stratton was killed in action Monday, on Memorial Day.

May 29 - A man is behind bars after police say he shot another man in the back. Craig Miller is charged with assault and shooting into an occupied vehicle.