Fairhope News

SWAT Team Moves In To End Standoff In Downtown Fairhope

WPMI - Tue Nov 24

Nov. 24 - Members of the SWAT team moved in on the man who's been holding police at bay in downtown Fairhope for six hours.

Baldwin County man charged with raping pre-teen girl

Alabama Live - Tue Nov 24

SEMINOLE, Ala. -- Marty Lynn Sawyer, 41 of Seminole man was charged with raping and sodomizing a girl younger than 12 while he was out of jail on bail on 2008 rape and sexual abuse charges, officials said Marty Lynn Sawyer was charged with first-degree rape, first-degree sodomy and sexual abuse.

Old sailing ship appears on Ala. beach

WIAT-TV Birmingham - Tue Nov 24

The ship ran aground in the early 1900s, and its most recent reappearance was on the beach six miles east of Fort Morgan after Tropical Storm Ida struck two weeks ago.

Whooping cough confirmed at Spanish Fort High

WIAT-TV Birmingham - Sun Nov 22

Whooping cough, the common name for pertussis, is highly contagious. Symptoms include a runny nose, mild sore throat, minimal or no fever, and a mild dry cough.

Island Villas units bought at auction

The Birmingham News - Sun Nov 22

The units were sold by State Bank & Trust Co. based in Jackson, Miss., which loaned the developer more than $14.6 million to build the 40-unit complex, which opened in 2007.

Stormy days pay for Mobile County employees

Alabama Live - Sun Nov 22

Fairhope Public Works crews clean up debris Nov. 10 on the beaches along Fairhope Pier and park after Tropical Storm Ida made landfall.

Whooping cough confirmed at Spanish Fort High

WSFA-TV Montgomery - Sat Nov 21

Health officials say a case of whooping cough has been confirmed at Spanish Fort High School.

Man dies after car he was working on falls on him

The Gadsden Times - Sat Nov 21

Published: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. Last Modified: Saturday, November 21, 2009 at 11:53 a.m. A 44-year-old Gulf Shores man has died from injuries suffered when a car he was working on fell on him.

Maples pleads guilty to charges of driving drunk, assault

Alabama Live - Fri Nov 20

Bradford Barron Maples, charged with injuring three bicyclists while driving drunk in August, pleaded guilty today to drunken driving charges and three counts of third-degree assault in Baldwin County Circuit Court.

Man Burned in Suspected Meth Explosion

NBC 15 Online - Thu Nov 19

Nov. - A man was taken to the hospital Wednesday night with severe burns after a suspected meth lab explosion, Baldwin County Sheriff's deputies said.