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Mobile County Republican Party Chairwoman Terry Lathan said Ralph Carmichael Sr. cited family health issues in withdrawing. She said the party would look for a replacement to run in the November general election.

Police found a man suffering from a life-threatening gunshot wound in a bullet-riddled car near Interstate 65 on Monday afternoon.

The suit, filed late Friday in Mobile County Circuit Court, seeks a hearing as soon as possible and argues that the Republican Party's decision earlier this month invalidating Chris McNeil's candidacy was "unequal, arbitrary and capricious."

Looking back at past years of the Hangout Music Festival, such as 2011 that saw nearly 200 arrests, the event's 2014 edition may go down as the most tame even with its largest crowd ever.

In order to win, the cities that have been nominated for the contest -- and there are hundreds of them -- must garner the most votes. Individuals can vote twice a day for their favorite cities at www.petsafe.net/barkforyourpark.

A man was shot in the buttocks while he and two others ran from an armed robber early Monday morning, according to the Mobile Police Department.

The student was taken to the Baldwin County Regional Juvenile Detention Center.

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., is a co-sponsor of a bill offered by Rep. Bradley Byrne that would add flexibility to current regulations governing the red snapper season in the Gulf of Mexico. Scalise also is chairman of the conservative cause in the House.

A man fell off a scaffolding while sandblasting inside of a tank Sunday afternoon at BAE Systems.

MOBILE, Ala. -- Thousands of men and women who served in the United States military don't have a safe place to sleep at night. Many don't want to be found, but others just don't know the help that is available to...