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BAY MINETTE, Ala. -- In the midst of an economic crisis that seems worse daily, Baldwin County School Board members adopted a survival plan at their meeting this week even as Superintendent Faron Hollinger announced his early departure. Full story »

"We are sending this letter home because a case of pertussis (whooping cough) has been identified in a classmate, team member or other close contact of your child at Spanish Fort High School. Pertussis is a highly contagious disease that is spread to others by contact with respiratory droplets such as coughing," according to a letter e-mailed by David D. Legett area immunization manager for the Baldwin County Health Department.  Full story »

FOLEY, Ala. -- A 44-year-old Gulf Shores man died Friday night from injuries sustained earlier in the week when a car he was working on fell on him, Baldwin County Coroner Stan Vinson said. Full story »

State legislators gathered for their annual luncheon with the Mobile County school board had mixed feelings about whether Alabama should allow the formation of charter schools. Full story »

In a legal victory Friday for the city of Daphne, a federal judge in Mobile rejected an employee's sexual harassment lawsuit before the defense even presented its case.  Full story »

Bradford Barron Maples, who plowed into three bicyclists in August in his BMW, pleaded guilty Friday to drunken driving and three counts of third-degree assault. Full story »

A Mobile man accused of going on an eight-day crime spree in December pleaded guilty Friday to four carjackings and faces a sentence that could put him behind bars for the rest of his life. Full story »

Mobile officials are considering a proposal that could almost double business license fees for some big box stores.  Full story »

A 14-year-old girl who police say may have helped arrange a gang rape of her Monroeville classmate could be charged as an accomplice based on her comments in a televised interview, according to the prosecutor. Full story »

The mother of a Forest Hills Middle School student died following surgery late Friday and a child was in serious condition after a car struck them and nine children at the Fairfield school  Full story »

PANAMA CITY, Fla. -- The founder of "Girls Gone Wild" had a doctor's note and did not appear at a Panhandle court hearing. Full story »

Angelo Thompson is accused of holding the machete to the woman's throat and threatening to "cut her head off" if she moved as she was being robbed. Full story »

FLORENCE, Ala. -- Police say a local woman was arrested this morning, accused of repeatedly firing a shotgun in the house in an effort to shoot her boyfriend. Full story »

JACKSON, Miss. -- Ku Klux Klansmen said they plan to protest Saturday over what they see as lost Southern symbolism at the University of Mississippi in Oxford, and some students plan to counter-protest the segregationist group. Full story »

ESCATAWPA, Miss. -- Authorities say two people died in an explosion at VT Halter Marine's Trinity Drive shipyard in the Escatawpa community. Full story »