Baldwin County offers promotional 'freebies' to residents

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Baldwin residents can pick up free county decals, coffee mugs and desktop flag sets at commission offices as part of a promotional campaign to increase tourism.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_county_offers_promotio.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 11:34:57 -0700

Baldwin set to pass revised school calendar tonight

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Baldwin County students will enjoy a longer summer break and a shorter school term for the next 2 years following the legislature’s action setting standard start and end dates for the state. School board members will vote on the new calendar tonight.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_set_to_pass_revised_sc.html

Published: Thu, 17 May 2012 05:20:38 -0700

Baldwin attorneys stand to collect $1.39 million in BP settlement

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- An $11.565 million settlement with BP for financial damages to Baldwin County will pay attorneys an estimated $1.397 million in fees with expenses continuing to add to the total until the deal is "consummated," officials said today.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_attorneys_stand_to_col.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 09:49:57 -0700

Baldwin County to host BRATS open house Thursday

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- After more than a year of planning and construction, county officials said this week the new Baldwin Rural Area Transportation System office in Robertsdale is ready for an open house to show the place off.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_hosts_brats_open_house.html

Published: Wed, 16 May 2012 05:20:07 -0700

Baldwin planning meeting with ADEM on arsenic findings at landfill

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Staff members said at the Baldwin County Commission meeting today that the most recent testing from the suspect well in March showed arsenic was present, as has happened in past spring testing. Modeling done this year showed a high level of iron oxide in the soil that can produce arsenic when exposed to high rainfall.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_planning_meeting_with.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 08:05:08 -0700

Baldwin drafts letter objecting to $462,600 fee in state BP case

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Baldwin County commissioners plan to fight a state court's order to pay 4 percent of their BP settlement to a fund set aside for the plaintiffs' steering committee legal fees, according to a draft letter in county records.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_drafts_letter_objectin.html

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 09:20:10 -0700

Baldwin County jury hands down murder conviction in 2010 Fairhope shooting

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- After more than 3 hours of deliberation today, jurors returned a murder conviction for Fairhope's Benjamin Kirby Blackman, 27, in the 2010 shooting death of Frisco City resident Thomas “T.J.” Perkins, according to a press release from District Attorney Hallie Dixon.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_county_jury_hands_down.html

Published: Thu, 10 May 2012 15:20:38 -0700

Baldwin testing shows arsenic in landfill groundwater 'naturally occurring'

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- Test results on soil at Magnolia Landfill indicate arsenic found in a test well in recent years is likely from naturally occurring chemicals at the Summerdale site, according to county records.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_testing_shows_arsenic.html

Published: Mon, 14 May 2012 04:20:07 -0700

Baldwin County Commission eliminates press table

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- At the next meeting following a Press-Register cartoon and editorial critical of the Baldwin County Commission for a vote against setting a voting date for a school board sales tax, the table customarily set up for media representatives was eliminated today.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/baldwin_county_commission_elim.html

Published: Tue, 15 May 2012 07:19:57 -0700

Baldwin County authorities arrest 14 in drug sweep (Updated)

BAY MINETTE, Alabama -- A Baldwin County grand jury and investigation by the county's Drug Task Force resulted in the arrests of some 14 suspects including one man growing a crop of marijuana indoors in Elberta. Authorities were searching for three others in the drug sweep.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/04/baldwin_county_officers_make_a.html

Published: Mon, 30 Apr 2012 13:05:08 -0700