Police-Sheriff’s Office Investigating Chickasaw Homicide
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 24, 2025CHICKASAW, Ala. A homicide investigation is currently underway in Chickasaw, but few details are currently available.We know that police were called to the area of West Lee Street and Geronimo where they found a 39-year-old man with a gunshot to his chest.Police […]
Mobile Police Report Multiple Skimming Devices Found
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 23, 2025MOBILE, AL. The Mobile Police Department has received multiple reports of skimmers found on credit/debit card machines at 6 Family Dollar stores and 1 Dollar Tree store since Friday, December 19, 2025.These devices are designed to steal sensitive financial information without a […]
Bicyclist Struck by Vehicle in Fairhope
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 23, 2025FAIRHOPE, Ala. A bicyclist was reportedly struck by a vehicle on Sunday in Fairhope.Police, fire and EMS were dispatched to the area of Battles Road and Scenic 98 at around 3:09 p.m.The bicyclist was not seriously injured.Police completed an investigation. There was […]
Suicides in Baldwin County Increasing-Fairhope Has Seen 11 This Year
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News December 23, 2025 FAIRHOPE, Ala. Suicides often spike between Thanksgiving and New Year’s as many suffer from chronic depression, drug addiction and the holiday blues.But nationwide, in the United States, suicide rates have generally been increasing over the long term since 2000, reaching […]
ALEA Troopers Deliver Holiday Cheer to Mobile Children’s Hospital
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 23, 2025MOBILE, Ala. The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency and its state troopers delivered some holiday cheer recently at a local children’s hospital.The troopers stopped by and delivered some Trooper Teddy Bears to children receiving care at the hospital and put smiles on many […]
Attorney General Marshall Announces $150 Million Settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA Over Emissions Fraud
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 23, 2025MONTGOMERY, Ala. Attorney General Steve Marshall today joined a coalition of 50 attorneys general announcing a $149,673,750 settlement with Mercedes-Benz USA and Mercedes-Benz Group AG for violating state laws prohibiting unfair or deceptive trade practices by marketing, selling and leasing vehicles equipped […]
Credit Card Skimmers Found in Mobile County
By: Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 22, 2025MOBILE, AL. Card scammers have been active in the Mobile area according to a recent alert from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office.These skimmers are at local businesses, and they capture your credit card or debit card numbers and then either duplicate your […]
An Earthquake Has Hit Alabama
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 22, 2025TUSCALOOSA, AL.An earthquake has hit Alabama!According to USGS, Alabama was rattled by an earthquake during the overnight hours. A relatively weak earthquake rated as a magnitude 2.1 event struck near Tuscaloosa in the west central part of the state. The earthquake rattled […]
Mobile Police Pursuit Ends in Fatality
By: Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News December 22, 2025 MOBILE, AL. Mobile police were involved in a pursuit over the weekend that ended with one fatality. According to MPD, officers on Saturday, December 20, 2025, at around 8 p.m., officers attempted to initiate a traffic stop on Government Street, […]
Structure Destroyed in Overnight Fire
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 22, 2025MAGNOLIA SPRINGS Ala. An overnight fire destroyed the home of several people in Baldwin County.At approximately 1:50 a.m. Sunday, December 21, 2025, a fire broke out at 15591 CR 9.Firefighters from Magnolia Springs, Marlow Fire Department, Barnwell Fire, Fairhope Fireand the Summerdale […]
Motorcyclist Dies in Head-On Collision Near Robertsdale
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 22, 2025BALDWIN COUNTY Ala. A two-vehicle crash that involved a motorcycle and a passenger vehicle on Sunday has claimed a life.The crash occurred on U.S. 90 near the 68-mile marker, approximately six miles east of the Robertsdale city limits at approximately 9:14 a.m. […]
Semmes Police Officer Injured in On-Duty Crash
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News December 20, 2025 SEMMES Ala. A multi-vehicle crash involving an on-duty Semmes Police Officer occurred at approximately 10:55 a.m. Thursday, December 18, 2025. According to ALEA, the crash occurred when the 2009 GMC Sierra driven by Phillip B. Edens, 43, of Chunchula, struck […]
Wanted Homicide Suspect Arrested in Mobile
By: Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News December 20, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. The Mobile police homicide unit has been working a case involving the death of Marcel Miller, 32, who was found murdered in the 1800 block of Mott Drive South, a vacant lot. According to detectives, the homicide victim […]
Grand Bay Middle School Student Arrested After Threatening Shooting
By: Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 20, 2025GRAND BAY, Ala A student attending the Grand Bay Middle School was taken into custody Tuesday evening after Mobile County sheriff investigators were made aware of threats against the school by a person identified as someone who attends the school.Once notified by […]
Members of Heroin-Cocaine Trafficking Organization Sentenced to Prison
By: Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 20, 2025MOBILE, Ala. Five members of an interstate drug distribution organization were sentenced in federal court during October and December of 2025.Richard Wells, III, 48; Ronald Darnell Phillips, 45; and Demetrius James Lutin, 45 were sentenced on October 9, 2025. John David Clarke, […]
Daphne Woman Receives Prison Sentence For Fraud and Identity Theft
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 20, 2025DAPHNE, Ala. A Daphne woman is headed to federal prison after her conviction of wire fraud, mail fraud, aggravated identity theft, and violation of federal supervised release conditions, officials with the United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Alabama, said.Ramie Renee Freeman, […]
Manatee Spotted at Fly Creek Moves On
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 20, 2025FAIRHOPE, Ala. From time to time, manatees, also called “sea cows” make their way further north out of Florida and into the Alabama Gulf Coast region.We’ve seen them in years past in the Mobile Bay, the Theordore Industrial Channel and beyond seeking […]
Driver Crashes During Robertsdale Police Pursuit
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News December 20, 2025 UPDATE: The suspect has been identified as Chris James John Allen Carter. He crashed his vehicle into the Blackwater Creek during the pursuit. ROBERTSDALE, Ala. Police attempting to make a traffic stop for a moving violation found themselves engaging in […]
Traffic Collision in Spanish Fort Injures 1, Closes Bayway
By: Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsDecember 18, 2025SPANISH FORT, Ala. A multi-vehicle collision on the Bayway Thursday morning closed I-10 in the Spanish Fort area after one of the vehicles caught fire and spread rapidly, with heavy flames coming from the vehicle.One driver was injured, complaining of back and […]
2 Charged in Dollar General Store Robbery
By: Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News December 18, 2025 MOBILE, AL. What started as a shoplifting at a Mobile area store, quickly escalated into an armed robbery, according to police. The incident occurred on Wednesday, December 17, 2025, at approximately 12:31 p.m.Mobile police officers were dispatched to the […]
