Gulf Shores News

An Illinois man has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly stabbing his girlfriend Wednesday night in a Gulf Shores motel room, police said.

WSIL TV a Local SCUBA Divers Find Shipwreck on Land : "WSIL-- A recent trip for a group of local SCUBA divers didn't quite go as planned.

City officials said they've selected a California company to install parking pay stations at the public beach.

Business owner Shaul Zislin has proposed spending $3 million to host a three-day music festival at the city's main public beach in May, an event he envisions someday being the musical equivalent of the Sundance Film Festival, and the City Council has given him the green light to continue planning the event.

A man on a dive boat out of Gulf Shores, Ala., died over the weekend after diving at a sunken aircraft carrier in the Gulf of Mexico, but few details were released about his death, the Pensacola News Journal reports.

Five people were injured Nov. 1, 2007, when this 23-foot boat hit unlit pilings left exposed when Hurricane Ivan damaged the Alabama Gulf State Park pier in 2004, according to plaintiffs' attorney Richard Taylor.

As far as anyone can tell, no one in Alabama or Mississippi was swept out to sea by Tropical Storm Ida.

Michael McDowell of Gulf Shores, Ala., walks down the beach as rough surf begins to pound the coast as rain and wind from Tropical Storm Ida approach the coast in Gulf Shores, Ala., Monday, Nov.

The Sunset Bay at Bon Secour condominiums is among 11 multifamily housing complexes in the South that must be made accessible to disabled people as part of the settlement of a federal anti-discrimination lawsuit.

Baldwin County lawmakers pledge to tackle insurance reform - al.com : "SPANISH FORT a 'The same day Tropical Storm Ida drenched the Gulf Coast, several Baldwin County state legislators pledged to work on lowering the insurance of coastal residents who say they face expensive premiums because of their susceptibility to storm damage.

Tropical Storm Ida made landfall in Dauphin Island, Ala., early this morning, packing winds of about 45 mph.

Residents along the Gulf Coast in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi prepared Monday for the arrival of Tropical Storm Ida, which could bring heavy rains and winds up to 70 mph Tuesday.

Alabama's coast is under a hurricane warning as Ida moves north toward a possible landfall near the Alabama-Florida state line.

Twenty-five years ago, a landmark education study on class size was conducted throughout the state of Tennessee.

Oyster cook-off Saturday - al.com : "Four of the top chefs in Baldwin County will judge oyster dishes prepared during the second annual oyster cook-off at the Hangout in Gulf Shores on Saturday at noon.

Breaking News from the Press-Register - al.com : "GULF SHORES, Ala. -- A Mississippi couple who claim they were bilked into paying an inflated price for a Plash Island condominium have withdrawn allegations of racketeering and fraud that they leveled against Gulf Shores Realtor Shirlee Poulos and Carney Realty in a federal lawsuit.

Scott Yancey of Long Beach pleaded guilty this afternoon in federal court to receiving and possessing child pornography.

Orange Beach makes fuel from Shrimp Festival cooking grease - al.com : "Among the many things that the National Shrimp Festival produces in great quantity a ' traffic, tourists, tax revenue a ' is grease.

The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo has been a great attraction for families and schools in the Gulf Shores area since 1989 when it first opened as Zooland Animal Park.

The Coast Guard rescued four seamen after a 70-foot-long tugboat sank in Mobile Bay early Saturday morning, a spokesman said.