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4 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Orange Beach adds police officers in response to booming tourism

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.

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Related Topix: Orange Beach, AL

8 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Mobile city, county officials encouraged about landing potential...

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.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Mobile County, AL

11 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Loxley woman convicted in husband's death sentenced to 20 years

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.

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Related Topix: Loxley, AL, US National Guard, US Military

15 hrs ago | Local 15

Britnea Myers Sentenced to 20 Years in Husband's Death

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

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19 hrs ago | Alabama Live

Loxley woman set to be sentenced in 2011 fatal stabbing

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.

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Related Topix: Loxley, AL

Tue Jun 18, 2013

Local 15

No Baldwin County Schools Included on Failing Schools List

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

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Related Topix: Bay Minette, AL, Mobile County, AL, Education Etc.

Alabama Live

No prison for Baldwin man living under assumed name, but now deportation looms

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.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Personal Finance, Social Security, Elberta, AL, Foley, AL

Alabama Live

Traffic roundabout construction to begin next year in Daphne; similar proposal on table in Fairhope

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.

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Related Topix: Daphne, AL, Fairhope, AL

Alabama Live

Honor Flight participants honored in Baldwin County

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.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Life, Veteran Affairs, US National Parks, National World War Ii Memorial

Alabama Live

Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Mobile regains local...

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.

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Mobile County, AL, Economics News, Bankruptcy, Life, Woodworking, Hobbies, University of South Alabama

Alabama Live

Pitcher plant bog in bloom

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

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Mon Jun 17, 2013

Alabama Live

2013 Paris Air Show: Airbus scores several multibillion dollar orders on day one

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.

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Related Topix: Civil Aircraft, Aircraft, Airbus A380, Airbus Aircraft, Commercial Aircraft, Airbus A320

Alabama Live

Robertsdale man accused of child porn possession wants bond reduced

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

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Alabama Live

Four Hancock Bank branches in Alabama will close before the end of August

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

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Related Topix: Mobile County, AL, Mobile, AL

Sun Jun 16, 2013

Seattle Times

End of BP cleaning crews leaves questions on Gulf

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.

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Related Topix: Oil Spill, Explosion, Gulf Shores, AL

Alabama Live

Mobile Press-Register 200th Anniversary: Newspaper brought Civil War news to Mobile

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

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Related Topix: Mobile, AL, Mobile County, AL, Silverhill, AL

Sat Jun 15, 2013

Local 15

Hundreds of Kids Participate in Free Football Camp

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.

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Related Topix: Kids, Family, Mobile, AL

Alabama Live

Scenes from the air at the Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival

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

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Related Topix: Foley, AL

Fri Jun 14, 2013

Alabama Live

Baldwin County Commission to consider voting precinct changes

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.

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Related Topix: Fairhope, AL

Local 15

9th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival

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

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Related Topix: Foley, AL, Life, Dessert, Food, Ice Cream