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The eastbound lane of Baldwin County 12 caved in, just east of Baldwin County 65, about 7 a.m., according to the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office.

William Kane's June 2007 trip to Providence Hospital would not catch up to him for another four years. By then, he said in a recent interview after his release from prison, he already was well on the road to recovery from alcoholism.

There will be some clouds lingering today, but by Saturday morning they will move out and make way for a sunny weekend.

The cloudy conditions continue Friday, according to the National Weather Service, with a high near 73 degree and a 20 percent chance of showers before 1 p.m.

Many roads in Baldwin County are damaged as a result of torrential rain that fell in the county Tuesday night.

Shortly after she testified on Friday to snorting methamphetamine hours before a 2012 crash, a jury found Maria Hirtreiter not guilty in the death of an elderly Pensacola woman.

A man's body was found Thursday afternoon in a maroon Buick that was about 75 feet off Airport Drive in Foley, police Lt. David White said.

When Jason Newsom reached his restaurant, Big Daddy's Grill, on Fish River Wednesday morning a few hours after the river crested at just over a record 23 feet, he said he was shocked. "It just took the air out of me," Newsom said. "It was surreal."

The MAWSS-owned pond had been the subject of a civil lawsuit the couple filed in October. But heavy rains on Tuesday caused the pond to crumble, forcing water to inundate the home of Kathleen and Thomas Finch.

School officials in Mobile and Baldwin counties said they haven't had many inquiries from parents who want to opt out from standardized testing, but have plans in place to accommodate those students.