Baldwin County News

ORANGE BEACH, Alabama -- Following last year's record-breaking summer tourist draw of 635,700 people spending upwards of $319 million on Baldwin County's beaches, according to tourism bureau figures, this year is on pace to break even more records.

MOBILE, Alabama - City and county officials who returned from the Paris Air Show today say they are optimistic their networking trip to France will pay off for Mobile soon.

A Loxley woman who prosecutors say killed her husband in 2011 because he was planning to leave her was sentenced today to 20 years in prison.

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A woman convicted of manslaughter in the death of her husband has been sentenced to prison time.

A sentencing hearing is underway for a Loxley woman who was found guilty last month of a manslaughter charge in the death of her husband.

BAY MINETTE, Ala. The Alabama school system has released its list of schools that are considered failing under a new state law.

MOBILE, Alabama - A federal judge this afternoon sentenced a Baldwin County man to probation and ordered him to pay more than $84,000 that he collected in disability benefits during the years he lived on an assumed name and Social Security number.

Daphne's first roundabout at Pollard and Whispering Pines roads will soon be joined by a second traffic circle at Baldwin County 64 and 13 with construction expected to begin early next year.

World War II veterans return to a triumphant welcome by supporters at the Mobile Regional Airport on May 8 at the end of a one-day trip to Washington, D.C. "There is no event in my life that surpasses the experience with Honor Fight but the opportunity to serve my nation in Vietnam," Dr. Barry Booth said.

Editor's note: As the Press-Register celebrates its 200th anniversary, the newspaper and AL.com are taking a decade-by-decade look at major events that shaped Mobile and Baldwin counties, the Gulf Coast and the nation during those years.

The summer blooms are out in force in this pitcher plant bog owned by the Weeks Bay Foundation.

Baldwin County Commissioner Tucker Dorsey and Lee Lawson, president and chief executive officer of the Baldwin County Economic Development Alliance, meet with an Airbus supplier during the first day of the 2013 Paris Air Show.

A Robertsdale man who was arrested in February on possession of child pornography charges wants a judge to lower his $201,000 bond.

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

Finding tar balls linked to the BP oil spill isn't difficult on some Gulf Coast beaches, but the company and the government say it isn't common enough to keep sending out the crews that patrolled the sand for three years in Alabama, Florida and Mississippi.

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

MOBILE, Ala. Kids from Mobile and Baldwin County got the chance to learn from the best football coaches for the best price--free! The first NCAA Football Youth Clinic was held at Municipal Park Saturday morning.

Balloon pilots take to the sky over Baldwin County during the 9th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival on Saturday, June 15, 2013.

The commission will vote on whether a portion of precinct 30, which includes the Greater Fairhope and West Fish River areas, should be apart of precinct 43, which includes the Marlow Fish River area.

Enjoy the floating works of art as they grace the skies of South Baldwin County on Friday and Saturday morning*.