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Officers arrested a Prichard man Thursday morning after he was found hiding in bushes after he allegedly robbed and pistol-whipped two people in the pre-dawn hours, according to the Mobile Police Department.

A woman fought off an attempted sexual assault on Thursday afternoon after a man rang her doorbell and forced his way into her home near the University of South Alabama, according to the Mobile Police Department.

"The patient has been LifeFlighted to Baptist Hospital," Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby said. "He appeared to have some very serious injuries."

Some mayors are like Peoria, Ill., Mayor Jim Ardis: They do not have an established Twitter account. Ardis has become part of a controversy involving a police raid over a fake Twitter account in which its user was posting vulgarities. Some Alabama cities, like Mobile and Huntsville, are working on social media policies for their administrations.

The vehicles are being showcased along Main Street at The Wharf with festivities scheduled from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

Police reached out to the public Friday in an effort to track down a man suspected of burglarizing a home on April 19.

Prosecutors on Friday said that the $185,000 cash component of an accused sexual predator’s bail should achieve their goal of keeping him off the streets.

Carl calls the signs "clutter" and said that county works will begin removing signs in the public right-of-way within his district starting May 1.

The former University of South Alabama student accused of abducting a woman at gunpoint on campus apparently chose his victim at random, according to USA Police Chief Zeke Aull.

Construction of the new 28,790-square-foot building began earlier this year on Perdido Beach Boulevard after the old 8,500-square-foot Surf Style was razed.