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Parades Cancelled

Chuck — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 21:58:34 +0000

Mystics of Pleasure parade in Orange Beach has been postponed. The Mystics will roll following the Orange Beach parade on Fat Tuesday. That parade starts at 2. The Krewe of Les Beau Geste parade in Foley has also been canceled due to weather and will not be rescheduled. The Shadow Barons parade in Daphne has [...]

Elberta Police Chief Arrested

Chuck — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 03:02:10 +0000

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office has charged Chief Pledger with the following: 1. Firing into an occupied building 2. Filing a false police report 3. Tampering with evidence. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested Elberta Police Chief Mickey Pledger for making a false report. The arrest stems from a report the chief made two weeks [...]

Baldwin County bus stormed; driver held down while teen girl attacked

Chuck — Sat, 05 Mar 2011 02:57:50 +0000

The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office have arrested a woman accused in an attack on school bus in Stockton this morning. Deputies arrested Tippi Mims, 31, this afternoon. Just before 7 a.m., Mims, 18-year-old Fredrick Boykin Jr. and a 14-year-old juvenile stormed a school bus while it was on a stop boarding children on St. Luke [...]

Five More Dolphins Washed Ashore Today

Chuck — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:35:53 +0000

More dead dolphins washed up in Alabama and Mississippi Thursday bringing the number to 51 so far this year. Five more washed ashore today one of them was in Orange Beach Five More Dolphins Washed Ashore Toda

Driver Identified In Fatal Wrong-Way Crash

Chuck — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 21:35:02 +0000

Alabama State Troopers have identified the driver involved in a deadly crash that happened on I-10 around 9:40 Thursday night. Donald Davis, 80, was killed when his truck crashed head-on with a 1998 Toyota Camry. Davis, who lived in Biloxi, was driving the wrong-way on the I-10 Bayway, according to investigators. Driver Identified In Fatal [...]

Commissioner Frank Burt questions voter registration of citizen/blogger with questions

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 23:03:38 +0000

From the PR article: Burt voiced frustration that questions about the contract “didn’t get raised in workshop discussions” and blamed “blogs and e-mails that have come through” for shaking commissioner support. One such blogger, Ian Walters of Daphne, sent an e-mail last week opposing hiring lobbyists. In answer, Burt forwarded the e-mail to Assistant County [...]

Fairhope K Center advocates not heard by council

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:56:48 +0000

City Council President Lonnie Mixon refused to hear comments during Monday night’s meeting from more than 40 people who had come to voice their feelings about the possibility that county school officials will close the Fairhope Kindergarten Center. “I know there are quite a few of you here who wanted to speak about the K [...]

Proposed contract with former congressman leads to sharp debate for Baldwin County commissioners

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:53:56 +0000

Sharp exchanges and split votes marked Tuesday’s meeting as commissioners put off approving a $100,000 lobbying contract with former U.S. Rep. Sonny Callahan’s firm and voted to solicit new bids for debris removal. The debate started early in the meeting with Callahan present when Commissioner Bob James questioned “the money we are spending for lobbyists” [...]

Sarah Palin scheduled to visit Baldwin County for fundraiser

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:49:59 +0000

2008 Republican vice-presidential candidate and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will make her first Mobile Bay area visit May 3 when she addresses supporters of the Exceptional Foundation at a fundraiser at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, organization supporters said. The foundation is being established to help special needs children and adults in Baldwin [...]

Perdido Beach looks to establish zoning ordinance

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:48:54 +0000

Entering its second year of incorporation, Baldwin County’s youngest municipality is on the cusp of establishing guidelines that would help define the town A 112-page proposed land-use and zoning ordinance recommended by the Planning Commission in September would regulate everything from signage to manufactured homes. Perdido Beach looks to establish zoning ordinance

Elberta Police Chief Defends His Story

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:48:04 +0000

Elberta Police Chief Mickey Pledger is defending his story that someone shot at him. He says an investigation will prove he’s telling the truth. Remember two weeks ago Chief Pledger re-enacted what he says happened for our cameras. He claimed a man standing outside his office fired at him when he walked out, but there [...]

Baldwin School Officials: No Teacher Layoffs

Chuck — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 22:46:38 +0000

On Monday, Alabama Governor Robert Bentley announced a 165 million dollar shortfall in the state’s education fund. In Baldwin County, the announcement means three million dollars in cuts. But school officials here say thanks to the one-percent school sales tax voters approved last year, teachers here will keep their jobs. No layoffs are expected because [...]

Baldwin County Schools Facing Budget Cuts

Chuck — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:32:02 +0000

School systems across Alabama are slashing their budgets once again. Gov. Robert Bentley declared proration for education Monday night. Bentley says the education fund is facing a $165 million shortfall, which means schools must cut 3 percent from their budgets. That’s $9 million for Mobile County, and $3 million in Baldwin County. The good news [...]

Mardi Gras kicks off in Baldwin County

Chuck — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:30:19 +0000

Beads were flying in Daphne Friday. The Apollo Mystic Ladies rolled out kicking off Mardi Gras on the Eastern Shore. The Apollo Mystic Ladies rode down Main Street and set the tone for Mardi Gras on the Eastern Shore. Mardi Gras kicks off in Daphne Parade in Fairhope brings in the money View the 2011 [...]

2010 Census: Baldwin growth uneven across county

Chuck — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 12:28:17 +0000

The 2010 U.S. Census statistics released last week seem to contradict predictions in recent years that hurricanes and insurance woes would slow down Baldwin County’s growth south of Interstate 10, county leaders said Friday. Baldwin County’s 30 percent population growth in the past 10 years mostly took place in the south part of the county, [...]