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Hours after giving birth, a woman was arrested at the University of South Alabama Children's and Women's Hospital on Tuesday. She and her child had tested positive for cocaine, according to the Mobile Police Department.

Dauphin Island has trademarked its "sunset capital of Alabama" tag.

The city’s planning board has paved the way for Ford Lumber and BBB Industries to build new facilities on U.S. 90.

The Bel Air Mall is preparing to be sold to a New York company seeking to invest in the area.

Cari Searcy and Kim McKeand, who legally married six years ago in California, join a growing number of legal challenges in Alabama and across the country against state bans on same-sex marriage.

Robert Huber, 80, of Daphne, was the victim of a home invasion in February.

A woman was jailed Wednesday, seven months after a complaint alleged she threatened "there was going to be another 9/11" at the R.V. Taylor housing community.

On Wednesday, Circuit Court Judge Sarah Stewart reversed a District Court judge’s denial of bail for Eugenia Campbell. She granted a bail amount of $150,000, with $10,000 required in cash.

Gulf Shores Mayor Robert Craft, council members and staff welcomed nearly 200 residents to the Erie Meyer Civic Center Tuesday night for a presentation and feedback session on a comprehensive strategic plan for the city, dubbed “Small Town, Big Beach Vision 2025 for Sustainability.”

Bishop State Community College will graduate more than 400 students in commencement ceremonies on Wednesday, May 7, at 6 p.m. at the Mobile Civic Center.