UPDATE:We have confirmed that the person was a military veteran who went to the hospital and committed suicide out front. We are not releasing his name.
This is the third suicide in Fairhope in recent months.
FAIRHOPE, Ala. At approximately 1:20 a.m. Wednesday morning, April 29th, 2026, a person arrived at Thomas Hospital and fatally shot himself in the head.
EMS personnel and hospital staff immediately began treating the person who appeared to be in critical condition.
Fairhope police responded to the hospital and began an investigation.
The Fairhope Fire Department were also dispatched to the front of the hospital.
We have been told this morning by someone familiar with the shooting that the patient did not survive but we cannot confirm this at this time.
We have also been told by a family member that the man lived in Bay Minette and worked in Fairhope and that he was a military veteran.
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DAPHNE, Ala. A driver lost control of his vehicle early Saturday morning, April 25, 2026, as he was driving in the area of 26258 Pollard Rd.
At around 5:00 a.m., the Baldwin County 911 Communication Center received a call saying that a vehicle had crashed into a building near that location and that airbags had deployed.
Daphne police and fire departments along with EMS responded to the scene.
According to police, Malachi Eliam Baker was identified as the driver of the vehicle.
Baker received minor injuries, but police determined that he had been driving while impaired.
Baker was charged with Driving Under the Influence and was later booked into the Daphne city jail.
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DAPHNE, Ala. As the small box type postal trucks continue aging and many in need of replacement, a new updated design electric truck may soon be cruising the streets near you.
No, they’re not self-driving nor have AI technology that delivers the mail, but no doubt that’ll be in their next version of mail carrier updates.
The new USPS trucks, known as the Next Generation Delivery Vehicle (NGDV), are manufactured by Oshkosh Defense and began rolling out in late 2024 to replace the aging Grumman LLV fleet.
These trucks feature air conditioning, 360-degree cameras, increased cargo capacity, and are available in both battery-electric and fuel-efficient gas variants, with a long-term plan to transition to a mostly electric fleet.
The Atlanta area postal service recently received some of these vehicles and one driver told us that they often catch people looking at the new trucks quietly rolling down the busy streets. The driver turns, smiles and waves and keeps rolling on, quietly.
HOOVER, Ala. An employee of the Hoover School District came under suspicion of distributing obscene materials after a tip was sent to police.
According to ALEA, an investigation followed and the Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) unit executed a search warrant as part of an ongoing investigation.
ALEA identified the suspect as Darrell W. Alldredge, 51, of Odenville and said that he was arrested at Hoover High School without incident and charged with two counts of dissemination of obscene matter and booked into the Jefferson County jail.
According to court documents, the obscene matter included two victims, both girls. One girl was under the age of 16 and one was under the age of 3.
School officials say that they were notified that the employee was arrested by the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency (ALEA). The employee was immediately placed on administrative leave and prohibited from all Hoover City School properties.
“The district is cooperating with ALEA in their investigation as the safety and well-being of our students and staff are our highest priority. We have no reason to believe that any of our students were involved, and there is no indication of any impact on school safety,” wrote school officials.
This is an ongoing investigation and more charges are possible.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. The City of Gulf Shores leaders approved adding more cameras to enhance their current system about eight months ago. City leaders agreed on adding additional Automatic License Plate Readers (APLR). The city approved a contract with Flock Safety and have just days ago activated the APLRs throughout the city.
Now, at least 87 flock cameras are operational, and they have two types of cameras. One set reads license plates, while the other cameras scan the area, looking for potential threats or emergency situations.
Police Chief Dan Netemeyer says they’ve made three arrests related to a stolen car and outstanding warrants almost immediately.
While the cameras will assist with crime cases, they’ll also be utilized in missing persons cases and Silver Alerts.
“We were contacted by a local resident whose mother had driven out of Gulf Shores and had driven into the area of Panama City, Florida,” Chief Netemeyer said. “We entered that person’s plate into the Flock camera system, and within 12 minutes, officers assisted in her recovery.”
License Plate Readers do not track people nor follow them around. APLRs capture license plates as vehicles drive by and search several databases to see if the vehicle is stolen or the driver is wanted. It also searches missing or wanted person databases.
“While some may understandably have privacy concerns, Chief Netemeyer wants to reassure residents that the system is not government overwatch and includes strict limits on who can access data and how long it’s kept,” the city says. “Unauthorized access is strictly prohibited both administratively and under state and federal law.”
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MOBILE, AL. Kiosks, new signage and better clearer directions to points of interest, tourist attractions and government buildings are coming to downtown Mobile.
The city has launched a program to better point the way to the places that visitors and locals are looking for.
Mobile plans to invest nearly $200,000 in a network of signs directing motorists and pedestrians to landmarks and attractions in the downtown area.
Tim Houser said there’s a lot of things happening downtown, with all the construction, the new arena and attractions and new signage will definitely be very helpful.
Shayla Beaco, the city’s chief of building and planning agreed. We want to make things easier to get to. Beaco said the so-called wayfinding signs also will guide people to government buildings, city parks and other locations that residents visit.
Visitor friendly cities that have easy walkable routes with kiosks, bright signage and phone apps with information about things to do and see often rank high on social media and in surveys.
In the next month or so, the Mobile City Council will vote on a contract worth nearly $200,000 to buy the signs for the first phase from Knight Industries. About two dozen signs will go up later this year, with kiosks planned for future phases.
New signage for the new airport close to downtown, interstate signage for directions to the new Regions Arena, airport and attractions also need to be updated, said Fred Rendfrey, chief executive officer of the Downtown Mobile Alliance.
The city will begin these updates in phases, making it easier for everyone visiting or living in Mobile to better find their way around the city.
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FORT MORGAN Ala. Baldwin County is known for its festivities, especially seafood festivals and the Fort Morgan Seafood Festival is returning during the weekend of May 9-10 at the Fort Morgan Marina.
And once again the festival brings a weekend of fresh Gulf Coast flavors, live music and family-friendly activities while raising money for a local cause.
This annual event is set for Mother’s Day weekend, runs from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. each day with free admission, free parking and free boat parking including 30 wet slips.
You’ll be able to enjoy good eating while knowing that you’ll be helping a local organization because the proceeds benefit the Fort Morgan Volunteer Fire Department.
Of course, the seafood will be plentiful, but you’ll also be treated to other great food vendors including Beach Bums Coffee & Deli, Juanita’s Food Truck, Selah Fort Morgan Coffee and Tacky Jacks, which will serve a Low Country Boil along with restaurant favorites.
Beyond the food, the festival will feature a large selection of retail and craft vendors highlighting local artists, makers and organizations. Participating groups include Alabama Adult & Teen Challenge, Anne & Lowell Webb, Beach Bum Services, Fluffy’s Bait Shack, Fort Morgan Concierge Services, Fort Morgan Properties by Reed Real Estate and the Fort Morgan Volunteer Fire Department and its Ladies Auxiliary. Additional vendors include Hope’s Art, Keep Fort Morgan Wild Art by Alex, Linda Zigler, Maggie Marlene, Michelle Caminiti Marshall, Seafood Off the Boat by Fresh Market Seafood and Wholly Fire Foods.
Family activities will play a central role, with a Kid Zone offering free face painting and hands-on arts and crafts including oyster shell painting. Educational booths hosted by groups such as Alabama Coastal Foundation, Mobile Baykeeper and Share the Beach will provide interactive opportunities focused on coastal conservation and environmental protection.
Live music is scheduled throughout the weekend, beginning Friday, May 8, with Les Linton performing from 6 to 9 p.m. at Tacky Jacks 2 in a 21+ show. Saturday’s lineup includes Clay Watson from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. and Lauren Murphy from 2 to 5 p.m., followed by Slide Bayou from 6 to 9 p.m. at Tacky Jacks 2. On Sunday, Matthew Jaquette will perform from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., followed by Ryan Balthrop from 2 to 5 p.m. and Cadillac Attack from 6 to 9 p.m. at Tacky Jacks 2, also for ages 21 and older.
Among the weekend’s highlights is the Splash-4-Ca$h fundraiser, where attendees can dunk local celebrities for a $5 donation benefiting the fire department. Visitors can also book boat tours to the Sand Island Lighthouse for $25 per person through Koka Charters and Blue’s Charter, offering a close-up view of one of the area’s historic landmarks.
There’ll be plenty of things to see and do.
The festival is sponsored by Fort Morgan Marina, Tacky Jacks, Fort Morgan Civic Association and Alabama’s Beaches, bringing together local businesses and organizations in a celebration of community, culture and coastal living.
Event organizers say the festival continues to grow as a signature spring gathering along Alabama’s Gulf Coast, blending tourism with local support for first responders and environmental education.
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SPANISH FORT Ala. A mother and son baker duo is opening a new bakery on the Eastern Shore that is about more than sweet and delicious cookies, pies and cakes.
Bake Blue Bakery will soon open a retail store in the Piggy Wiggly shopping center located at 6580 Spanish Fort Blvd but Debra Pennington and her son, Reed, who has autism who have been whipping up sweet treats for quite a while.
The blue heron which was chosen for its logo because it’s a reference to both autism awareness and the great blue heron, which stands as a symbol of resilience and independence that embodies the values guiding their business.
The pair say that what started in their home kitchen has blossomed much more than expected and as their business quickly grew, they started looking to open the doors to a standalone store and now, they soon will.
Pennington said that the bakery will have a new state-of-the-art kitchen installed and new items added to the menu such as cheesecakes, pies and a “cake of the day” that will be sold by the slice. She said that their baked goods are nut-free due to Reed’s nut allergy.
“Our business has outgrown the space that we have, so we’re looking forward to having commercial ovens that are more efficient and a lot more space to bake more quickly.”
The two also hope to send a message of hope to others who have autism.
The staff consists of other adults with disabilities, and Pennington said they are looking to hire as they work on getting their storefront up. Visit www.bakebluebakery.com for more information.
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An overturned log truck Thursday afternoon sent police and fire departments to US 48 and Roberts Road with reports of someone being injured.
ALEA troopers also responded to the scene at around 3:20 p.m. Authorities also had to shut down the road while investigating the collision and while wreckers set the truck upright to be towed away.
There were reports of injuries but have not told the extent of them.
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BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. A two-vehicle crash involving a pedestrian that occurred at approximately 1 a.m. Sunday, April 19, has claimed the life of a Mobile woman.
According to ALEA, the pedestrian, now identified as Jasmine R. Harris, 19, was fatally injured when she was struck by a 2023 GMC Sierra pickup driven by Richard T. Colson, 22, of Lucedale, Miss.
After colliding with Harris, the GMC then struck a 2018 Mitsubishi Mirage which was in the roadway and had been involved in a previous crash.
Harris, who was initially a passenger in the Mitsubishi, exited the Mirage and was standing in the roadway at the time of the collision. Harris was pronounced deceased at the scene. The driver of the Mitsubishi was an 18-year-old juvenile from Mobile.
State troopers stated that the crash occurred on Interstate 10 near the 43-mile marker, less than one mile west of the Loxley city limits, in Baldwin County.
Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Highway Patrol Division continue to investigate.
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MOBILE, AL. Mobile police officers were called to an address on Roys Lane which is just off Dauphin Island Parkway on Thursday afternoon, April 23rd 2026, for a report of a person being shot there.
Police and Mobile Fire-Rescue arrived just before 4:3o p.m. and did find one person shot.
Although the person, who has not yet been identified by police was rushed to the hospital by ambulance, they succumbed to their injuries and police have classified the shooting as a homicide.
Information about the shooting seems to point that it was a neighbor dispute that led to the shooting.
Mobile police said that it is an active investigation but have not confirmed whether anyone is in custody in connection with the shooting and have not released the victim’s name.
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FOLEY, Ala. In late January 2026, the Foley Police Department was contacted by the Florida Department of Child and Family Services (DCFS) requesting a welfare check on a female juvenile at a residence within the Foley Police Department jurisdiction. The child reported to Florida DCFS that her mother was abusing her.
Foley Police responded to the call and officers did make contact with the juvenile and her mother, 43-year-old Deysy Xiomara Perez-Mendez. Although the juvenile appeared to be in good health and unharmed, Foley Police requested assistance from the Baldwin County Department of Human Resources (DHR) due to the nature of the complaint. DHR assisted police and did later remove two children from the residence.
The ensuing investigation, involving multiple suspects in multiple states and multiple police jurisdictions, yielded enough probable cause and evidence to substantiate charges for the arrest of Ms. Perez-Mendez.
She was arrested by the Poarch Creek Police on April 18, 2026, for Torture/Willful Abuse of a Child, with one juvenile victim located in the City of Foley.
Due to the nature of the situation across numerous jurisdictions, this is all the information the police will release at this time.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. A twenty-year-old woman is facing a serious drug charge after being stopped by officers with the Gulf Shores Police Department.
Police said that the underage woman was found to be drinking alcohol and as they were investigating, police also found that she was in possession of marijuana and cocaine.
Morgan Kinsley Bush, 20, was arrested on Saturday, April 18, 2026, just before 9 p.m.
Bush was booked into the Baldwin County Detention Center and was released the next day on a bond and with a court date.
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FAIRHOPE, Ala. A missing person investigation has turned into a body recovery in Fairhope on Monday, April 20, 2026.
Fairhope police had been notified Sunday that a person driving a vehicle had gone missing from a community off State Highway 181and had taken a report and begun an investigation.
Further information led officers back to the subdivision off from State Highway 181 where evidence led to the possibility that a vehicle was in a pond on the Falling Waters Boulevard and police called in a dive team. The Fairhope Fire Department and an ambulance also responded to the scene.
An underwater recovery team responded and confirmed the presence of a vehicle with an occupant.
Police worked for several hours removing the vehicle from the pond and removed the body of one person from the vehicle. Police believe the person to be the missing 75-year-old man.
The Baldwin County Coroner’s Office also responded.
At this time, police have not released the name of the person.
The investigation is ongoing.
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MOBILE, AL. Police pursuits in Mobile County seem to happen daily and on Thursday, April 16, 2026, at approximately 7:05 a.m., officers were once again involved in a police chase after attempting to stop a driver for a minor traffic infraction.
Police observed the violation on I-10 WB near Broad Street, but the driver refused to stop.
Mobile police officers joined the pursuit which ended when the driver got stuck in traffic on Rangeline Road.
Police surround the vehicle and arrested Jayson DeShawn Barnes, 22, and transported him to Metro Jail.
Barnes is now being held on in jail on these charges:
ATTEMPT TO ELUDE-FELONY
RECKLESS ENDANGERMENT
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WILMER, Ala. Law enforcement in Mobile County is investigating a triple homicide and is sickening and sad and is similar to another murder investigated by the sheriff’s office not too long ago.
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is investigating this heinous crime after the bodies were found at 7950 Auble Moody Road.
Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch in a news conference identified the murdered victims as 46-year-old woman Lisa Ferguson, 17-year-old Keziah Luker and 12-year-old Thomas Cordell. He said Keziah Luker was pregnant.
Burch said that deputies also found an 18-month-old child in the home and that the child was left unharmed.
Seriff Burch stated that all three victims had their hands bound behind them with zip ties or flex cuffs.
Burch said a family member discovered the victims. He said it appears they were killed sometime overnight.
Sheriff Burch said in his statement that it was a brutal scene and that the mother’s throat was cut and she was stabbed. He said the girl was shot, and the boy’s throat was cut.
“At this point we do not suspect any domestic or family type situation,” Burch said. The sheriff said that the investigation has just begun and investigators are still processing the scene and possible evidence.
The sheriff said the home has been “gone through” and was left in disarray. “Someone was searching for something,” Burch said.
Investigators do not have any suspects. “At this point we do not suspect any domestic or family type situation,” Burch said.
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GULF SHORES, Ala. Changes as to who can drive a golf cart in the City of Gulf Shores now aligns the new ordinance that was approved on April 13th by the Gulf Shores City Council with driver’s license laws.
Police Chief Dan Netemeyer proposed the change due to public input, and it aligns with Alabama’s driving laws.
Previously, only people 18 and older could operate a golf cart or LSV in designated areas.
But now, the new ordinance allows anyone who is legally allowed to drive a vehicle in Alabama may now drive a golf cart or LSV in permitted areas.
FAIRHOPE, Ala. A domestic situation turned into a whole lot more when a female assaulted her boyfriend by biting him and then hitting him with a shovel.
As police were arresting Shawny Lewis, she also kicked two police officers and resisted arrest according to police. Lewis, 27, kicked one of the officers in the face and the other in the chest during her arrest on Monday, April 13, 2026.
Lewis is charged with two counts of second-degree assault, one count of second-degree domestic violence assault, and resisting arrest, according to jail records.
Lewis was transported to the Baldwin County Detention Center and has a bond of $16,000.
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LEE COUNTY, Ala. An Alabama deputy sheriff has been injured and a rape suspect killed after a woman notified law enforcement that had been held captive.
Sheriff Jay Jones said the investigation began when a school resource officer at a Loachapoka school was notified by a female that she had been victimized over the past several days by someone she identified as her boyfriend.
“She said that she had been held against her will and sexually assaulted multiple times,” Jones said.
The female victim, Jones said, had children at the school and seen the deputy at the school.
Lee County County Coroner Daniel Sexton on Thursday identified the slain man as Wilder Cobon Gomez. He was a 36-year-old Guatemalan national, Sexton said.
An investigation was immediately launched, and enough probable cause was established to obtain a first-degree rape warrant against Gomez.
Law enforcement proceeded to a mobile home community in the 900 block of Lee Road 188 in the Loachapoka community.
Jones said that deputies made entry and identified themselves and they were immediately met by the suspect who began shooting at the deputies and they returned fire killing Gomez.
A 3-year-old child in the home at the time the gunfire erupted was not injured.
At that point, the sheriff said, ALEA’s State Bureau of Investigation was brought in to lead the probe, which is standard procedure for many officer-involved shootings.
One of the deputies was struck in the arm and transported to an area hospital.
The deputy taken to the East Alabama Medical Center free-standing emergency room in Auburn with a gunshot wound to the arm.
He was then airlifted to UAB Hospital in Birmingham to be treated by a specialist.
“He was responsive and in stable condition,” the sheriff said.
The female victim was not at the home when the shooting happened.
Jones said the sheriff’s department received assistance from other law enforcement agencies, including the Auburn Police Department, and said multiple public officials offered support, including Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall and Auburn Mayor Ron Anders.
“I would ask the community to please keep our deputy in their prayers, and his wife and family” the sheriff said. “I know they would deeply appreciate the prayers. We certainly do.”
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FOLEY, Ala. Police made two recent felony drug arrests while on patrol.
On April 14, 2026, at approximately 11:50 p.m. police stopped Kenzie Ann Lee, 35 and during the stop police found drugs. Lee was arrested and charged with: Possession of Methamphetamine-Possess Drug Paraphernalia-1st Offense Dangerous Drugs-IPOPD Illegal Possession of Prescription Drugs
Lee was booked into the Baldwin County Detention Center.
Foley police also arrested Jared Thomas Dean on felony drug charges including: Possession Of Dangerous Drugs Drug Paraphernalia-1st Offense Dangerous Drugs-IPOPD Illegal Possession of Prescription Drugs Possession of Marijuana 2nd
Dean was also transported to the Baldwin County Detention Center.
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