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Hector Montford is the new director of the Baldwin County Department of Archives and History.

About 6:30 a.m. the injured Loggerhead was discovered near the east end of the Gulf State Park beach, according to Mike Reynolds, director of roughly 450-member Share the Beach sea turtle-monitoring program. The turtle had been attacked after laying a nest and she was named "Emma" by the woman who found her.

On the day that the long-delayed case was to go to trial, Michael Keith Crocker pleaded guilty to murdering his neighbor and received a 19-year prison sentence. He also pleaded guilty to state tax evasion charges as part of the deal.

The nude body of Samuel Dixson, 54, of Milton, Fla., was found Sept. 12, 2012, near the Styx River off Baldwin County 68.

Medics transported a man to to a local hospital on Monday night after he suffered a pair of gunshot wounds while trying to fight off two armed robbers, said a Mobile Police Department spokesman.

With a 5-1 vote, the former mayor will be seated on the MAWSS board.

The indictment handed down by a federal grand jury in Mobile accuses Crystal Lani Kitt of helping to prepare more than 100 bogus claims in the names of other people, including some who were unaware of the scheme.

The council is moving ahead with plans to amend its 2006 smoking ordinance to include electronic cigarettes, banning "vaping" in enclosed public places and places of employment.

While a man awaited a grand jury decision on whether there was enough evidence to take a methamphetamine possession charge to court, he and his brother were arrested and charged with trafficking the substance.

The former mayor is likely to be approved to the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System's board of directors.