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After a foggy start, skies will be sunny and temperatures warm along the Gulf Coast Tuesday

NAACP leader says that Mayor Sandy Stimpson's choice for a press conference last week after leaving a contentious City Council meeting was a wrong one. Ronald Ali says that Stimpson should have considered Unity Point Park, which opened in 2009.

City leaders on Tuesday night laid the groundwork to form an independent school system and the ultimate decision to break away from Baldwin County will be in the hands of residents.

Primaries were held in six states Tuesday

Fire damages a beauty salon on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue

The National Weather Service forecasts the dense fog Wednesday morning before 8 a.m.

Council President Gina Gregory said that Councilman Fred Richardson assured her that he would not impede important city business as a result of a recent disagreement over council appointments.

The Baldwin County Commission will hold public hearings on the proposed changes to the Clean Water Act on June 3, June 17, July 1 and July 15.

Property will be used as a staging area for a new litter trap that will be installed sometime this summer. Also, the Mobile City Council approved transferring money for training city employees who will be involved in the city's new stormwater management system.

The University of South Alabama will pay its new president, Tony G. Waldrop, an annual salary of $450,000, along with an $18,000 car allowance and a $6,000 home-office stipend.