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When he was arrested for shooting his mother to death, Derek Boyce was sitting on the couch with a small pistol in his pocket, according to police. But when asked if that was the murder weapon, he said no, the “gun used to dispatch” Maureen Lomax Day was in a car outside, they said.

Cecil Rice, 37, of Austin, Texas, pleaded guilty March 20 in federal court in Mobile to a charge of possession with intent to distribute marijuana.

Nine Mobile-area restaurants are donating at least 25 percent of their profits from lunch and dinner today to AIDS Alabama South as part of the Dining Out for Life event.

Carnivorous pitcher plants rise from the forest floor underneath a canopy of longleaf pines in Splinter Hill Bog Preserve on Wednesday, April 23, 2014, in northern Baldwin County.

A local attorney said on Tuesday that the Blue Creek Coal Terminal might represent "environmental racism" for its proximity to low-income housing. Councilman Fred Richardson disputes this claim in the latest "Sharp Eye on Mobile."

The brother-in-law of Prince Charles died following an accident in New York City

At the April 21 community meeting organized by the Committee for Orange Beach Educational Excellence, which wants the city to form its own school system. Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon talked about why this time around is different from the 2007 split attempt.

Sunny and warm today

Sessions, a Mobile Republican and tea party darlilng, said if the GOP wins the Senate in 2014, he could have an influential role in the budgeting process.

After being implicated by his co-defendant in a cold-case murder trial, Isaac “Ike” Washington took the stand on Wednesday in his own defense to point the finger right back.