Back around the first of the year -- Spire’s environmental team discovered a gopher tortoise burrow in the path of the project. They removed and relocated this tortoise over the weekend -- and discovered a second one deep inside the burrow.
Dauphin Island Town Councilman Gene Fox facing serious charges after being booked into Metro Jail. Fox was arrested Friday afternoon and charged with DUI and Leaving the Scene of a Crash.
Historically, the Daphne Civic Center has had more registered voters than any other precinct in Baldwin County. But many people who have voted there in the past will be casting ballots elsewhere in Tuesday’s primaries.
Metro jail leaders say corrections officer Fredrick Johnson was caught red-handed trying to smuggle illegal contraband like phone chargers into Metro, but one of those items, in particular, has them concerned.