Andrea Ramey

Nearly 70 percent of the money raised in Alabama's 1st Congressional District race has already been spent on a primary election that ultimately may not determine the winner. Voters will still head to the polls May 19th to decide statewide and local races, but the congressional race is now in limbo because of ongoing redistricting litigation in federal court. As a result, voters in several congressional districts, including District 1 along the Gulf Coast, are expected to return to the polls in August for a special primary election.

Questions remain after MAWSS announced this week that an “improvised explosive device” was discovered at the Big Creek Lake dam and detonated. MAWSS Director Bu

A deadly shooting at a house party inside a rental home in Mobile left one man dead and four others injured overnight. Mobile Police say five people were shot at the home on O'Donnell St. Officers responded just before 2 a.m. and found a man dead outside the house. Police say three women and one man were taken to local hospitals with non-life-threatening gunshot injuries before officers arrived.

Multiple races are now headed to a June 16 runoff after Tuesday night's primary election. Statewide 23% of registered voters cast ballots, with turnout slightly lower in Mobile County at 21.5% and Baldwin County at 19%. The election cycle saw a flood of political action committee spending, much of it tied to gambling and sports betting interests. Conservative political analyst Quin Hillyer says voters were hit with negative ads that often obscured the real issue.

Mobile County expedited the publishing of election results Tuesday night. Probate Judge Mark Erwin, who was overseeing his first election as judge, says he worked with cities and police departments across the county to have more people on hand to physically deliver ballots to the courthouse after polls closed. Erwin says about 50 officers were deputized so there could be one at each polling precinct to transport ballots.

New downtown Mobile airport expected to open early next yearThe new Mobile International Airport is expected to open early next year. While passengers may have

Rural North Baldwin County communities are organizing and pushing for zoning as concerns grow over large-scale solar developments and possible future data center projects. A 4,500-acre solar site is planned for Stockton, and residents there will vote next month on whether to adopt zoning regulations. Now, Rabun residents are beginning the process to do the same.

A Baldwin County man with a lengthy history of DUI arrests is back behind bars. According to the Mobile County Sheriff's Office, Herman Lambeth left a court-ordered rehabilitation center in the middle of the night on March 23rd. Mobile County Circuit Judge Jay York ordered Lambeth go to Coastal Rehab in Robertsdale on March 2nd related to a 2022 felony DUI case. The 55-year-old is now charged with escape in the third degree. Prosecutors are also seeking to revoke his probation.

A Mobile police officer involved in two previous controversial incidents is now under internal investigation over a social media post containing profanity directed at Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch. Screenshots circulating online appear to show Mobile Police Officer Paul Callegari and a woman extending their middle fingers in a photograph. The caption included profanity aimed at Burch and deputies who supported him in the Republican primary election. The post also encouraged members of the Mobile County Sheriff's Office to take screenshots.

A former Mobile County Sheriff's Office sergeant pleaded not guilty to bank fraud, money laundering, and tax evasion charges in federal court Friday afternoon and declined to comment afterward. Daniel Holifield is accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars through a years-long fraud scheme. He also faces three new state charges of first-degree theft by deception. Federal investigators says the 52-year-old stole more than $310,000 while working for the sheriff's office.