Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Arrested Child Predator on Multiple Charges
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News April 6, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office received a tip about a person who was attempting to sexually exploit children in our community. On February 2, 2026, the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office launched a formal investigation after receiving a […]
Large Development Coming to State Highway 181 and CR 64
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 1. 2026DAPHNE, Ala. If you live in Daphne or regularly travel the State Highway 181 and County Road corridor, you know how thick travel is and how many accidents occur in that stretch of road almost daily.Well, now, that area is about to […]
Marshalls Coming to Fairhope in Former Big Lots Store
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 2, 2026FAIRHOPE, Ala.Another new store is slated to move to Fairhope according to a real estate company that brokered the deal.After more than a year of vacancy, plans for the former Big Lots location in Fairhope have finally been shared.Herrinton Realty announced Monday, […]
Romanian Nationals Receive Federal Prison Sentences For Skimming Scam
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 2, 2026MOBILE, AL.Two men, both Romanian nationals who unlawfully entered the United States and then set up a skimming scam to defraud shoppers, has now been sentenced to federal prison for their crimes.According to the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District […]
Mobile Passes New Hemp Sales Law
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 2, 2026MOBILE, AL. About a week after the city of Fairhope passed an ordinance to allow hemp sales in their city, Mobile has passed a similar local law allowing the sale of consumable hemp products within city limits.The measure passed unanimously, creating a […]
18-Wheeler Cracked Fuel Tank Spills More Than a Hundred Gallons of Diesel in Foley
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 2, 2026FOLEY, Ala. A tractor trailer had a major fuel leak in Foley on Wednesday, April 1, 2026, after one of the fuel tanks split apart and spilled more the one hundred gallons of diesel fuel onto the ground.Several emergency agencies, including the […]
Baldwin County Grand Jury Indicts Mother and Friend in Death of Baby
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 2, 2026BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — A Baldwin County Grand Jury has indicted the mother of a baby and a second person in the death of a child.Tocora Brown and Larry Lawson were both indicted on two counts, each of felony Aggravated Child Abuse.22-year-old […]
Elberta Man Arrested After Luring Underage Girl From Florida For Sex
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 2, 2026BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. Sheriff investigators have arrested an Elberta man who is accused of trying to entice an underage girl on social media.The Robertsdale Police Department contacted the Sheriff’s Office in March of this year after they determined that a 19-year-old man, […]
Police Make Multiple Burglary and Robbery Arrests
MOBILE, AL.Police in Mobile have arrested multiple people for robbery and burglary after two different incidents occurred in the city.On Sunday, March 29, 2026, at approximately 3:06 a.m., officers responded to 5560 Tillmans Corner Parkway (Quality Inn) in reference to a burglary.Upon arrival, officers discovered a male subject had entered […]
Walmart Adding New Liquor Store to Fairhope Location
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 1, 2026FAIRHOPE, Ala. Another first for Fairhope now allows a big box store to sell liquor instead of just beer and wine.No, this is not just another April Fool’s joke!The Fairhope city council has voted to allow the Walmart Supercenter store on State […]
Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Arrest Man on Child Porn Charges
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 1. 2026MOBILE, AL. On March 31, 2026, The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office ICAC Unit along with MCSO Special Operations Unit, executed a residential search warrant in Grand Bay after receiving a Cyber Tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.The investigation […]
Dump Truck Rolls Over in Baldwin County
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 1. 2026BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A dump truck that rolled over on Tuesday, injured the driver and shut down a road for several hours on March 31, 2026, at aroundThe single-vehicle crash occurred on County Road 28 near Long Road.Local fire departments, EMS and […]
Teen Dead-3 Injured in Truck Rollover
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News April 1. 2026 ESCAMBIA, Ala. A single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 5:33 p.m. Sunday, March 29, 2026, has claimed the life of a Brewton juvenile and injured four other juveniles also from Brewton. The 18-year-old, who was a passenger in the 2006 […]
State Bureau of Investigation Launches “In-Custody” Death Investigation
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 1. 2026MONROE COUNTY, Ala. – On Monday, March 30, at approximately 3:50 p.m., at the request of the Monroeville Police Department, Special Agents assigned to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) State Bureau of Investigation (SBI) launched an investigation into an in-custody death.Ammarin […]
Fairhope Public Utilities’ Wastewater Department Reports 3 Overflow Spills
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsApril 1. 2026FAIRHOPE, Ala. The Fairhope Public Utilities’ Wastewater Department said that they have had several overflows on Tuesday, March 31, 2026.Personnel responded to two sanitary sewer overflows according to a news release from the Fairhope Public Utilities. They reported that both overflows happened […]
Police Say, “Benadryl Challenge,” Can Be Deadly to Your Children
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 31, 2026BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. Police in several areas of the country have begun sending alerts to parents giving them a heads-up about a new challenge where children are consuming large quantities of over the county medicine that could make them very ill and […]
Gulf Shores Spring Break Arrests Trending Upwards
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 31, 2026GULF SHORES, Ala. Police arrests during spring break this year have more than doubled the arrests made during the same time last year.According to police records, just under one hundred arrests were made last year while almost two hundred arrests have been […]
Former Mobile Postal Worker Arrested For Mail Theft
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 31, 2026MOBILE, AL. A former US Postal Service employee who once worked in Mobile and was wanted on federal mail theft and mail destruction charges has been arrested in Missouri by federal law enforcement.Timothy Chandler recently appeared before a federal judge and has […]
Joint Task Force Makes Dozens of Drug and Gun Arrests
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News March 31, 2026 MONTGOMERY, AL. A multi-law enforcement task force working to get guns and drugs off the streets in the Montgomery area have made a large bust recently. The local office of the FBI and other agents recently made dozens of arrests, […]
Three Men Arrested for Trafficking Drugs Into Mobile
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 31, 2026MOBILE, AL. A federal law enforcement investigation has landed three men behind bars on drug trafficking and conspiracy charges according to the Department of Homeland Security.Th investigation uncovered an alleged cocaine trafficking network tied to the Gulf Cartel — a designated Foreign […]
