On Wednesday, the murder of former Mobile County Commissioner and 2009 Mullet Toss champion Steve Nodine resumed. Jurors heard about a 2009 incident when a drunk Nodine caused a scene at the…
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Nodine legal moves
Mobile Press Register reports attorneys for murder defendant Stephen Nodine asked a judge Tuesday to bar testimony from expert witnesses hired by prosecutors in the former Mobile County commissioner’s upcoming trial. Read…
Dispersant found in weathered oil
Mobile Press Register reports that material was collected by a group of scientists off of Horn Island, Miss. has tested positive for several of the main ingredients in the Corexit dispersant. Read…
Baldwin County tourism dropped 40 percent in June
The Mobile Press Register is reporting that Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and the rest of South Baldwin Co. beaches lost in June $35.5 million in taxable spending because of the BP oil…
Menhaden may be key indicator of Gulf health
The Mobile Press Register writes that the sudden and complete crash of the herring population in the wake of the Exxon Valdez spill holds a powerful lesson for the scientists and regulators…
News: BP well gushing 4.2M gallons daily
The new estimate is staggering–4.2 million gallons per day. This means that in three days Deepwater Horizon exceeded Exxon Valdez. This 100,000/bbl per day estimate that we had heard from insiders two…
Federal judge modifies order on Transocean
U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison issued earlier an injunction stopping all lawsuits against Transocean related the Deepwater Horizon explosion that were filed outside of the Southern District of Texas. The injunction also…
Closed school becomes community center
Not in Pensacola or Escambia County. Mobile Press Register reports that for $10 a year in rent, the city of Mobile will have a new Midtown community center. The City Council voted…
Did Nodine pass polygraph?
The Mobile Press Register reports that Matt Green, attorney for Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine, has released documents he said show that Nodine passed a drug test and a polygraph, proving that…
Frozen chicken ban impacts Gulf Coast ports
Russia last week banned chicken imports from the U.S. At issue is the chlorine bath American producers use to disinfect slaughtered poultry. Of the $729.5 million in chicken sent from the U.S….
It was pot in Nodine’s truck
The Mobile Press Register is reporting that the substance found in the county truck driven by Mobile Commissioner Stephen Nodine was in fact marijuana. Read more.
Press calls for Nodine to submit to drug test
The Mobile Press Register is asking that Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine to submit to a drug test. A substance that appeared to be marijuana was found in his county truck last…
Editorial: Gulf ports ready for more business
The Mobile Press Register published an editorial on bright futures of Central Gulf ports, Central Gulf ports ready for the future. Guess which Gulf Coast port isn’t mentioned in the editorial.
Nodine backs off drug test offer
Last week, Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine offered to submit to a drug test after what appeared to be marijuana was found his county vehicle. The Mobile Press Register is reporting that…