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South Alabama is a term used to describe various parts of southern Alabama. Its usage does not however reflect a strictly defined geographic region. The most general description of the area would be all Alabama counties south of the Black Belt.

However, the largest population center of Mobile, Alabama, often makes the argument that South Alabama refers only to the extreme southernmost parts of Alabama. This is reflected in the name of the University of South Alabama, located in Mobile.

Following that usage, South Alabama is properly applied only to the two counties which border the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay: Baldwin County and Mobile County. The area is characterized by extensive wetlands, but also by long, sandy beaches which are very conducive to tourism. Many deluxe golf courses have been developed in the area in recent decades.

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Orange Beach to lay-off 23 in morning, decrease pay for many more

Nov 21, 2008 1:57 am

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. -- Tomorrow morning 23 municipal employees will lose their jobs and many others in the weeks to come will see their pay slashed as city officials scramble to make up a $3 million bu...

Spanish Fort vote on cell tower delayed

Nov 20, 2008 11:32 pm

SPANISH FORT -- After a 90-minute public hearing on a proposed cellular telephone tower on the Causeway, elected leaders postponed a decisive vote this week for the second time in as many months. T...

Daphne Council tables 2009 budget

Nov 20, 2008 11:30 pm

DAPHNE -- Nearly two months after the 2009 fiscal year began, the City Council tabled its $25.7 million budget this week in order to allow time for another meeting between the mayor and council. Cou...

Mobile police: Man robs Compass Bank, caught when he fell through Emogene Street ceiling

Nov 20, 2008 11:18 pm

MOBILE, Ala. -- A man accused of robbing the Compass Bank in west Mobile this morning was apprehended by police after he partially fell through the ceiling of a vacant apartment on Emogene Street, pol...

Hard freeze watch for inland areas in southwest Alabama, but not for Mobile or Baldwin counties

Nov 20, 2008 11:15 pm

A hard freeze watch is in effect for Friday night into Saturday morning for inland areas of southwest Alabama and southeast Mississippi, according to the National Weather Service in Mobile. The watch ...

Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama

Nov 20, 2008 10:53 pm

Friday: Sunny but cold and breezy. Highs low to upper 50s. A freeze Friday night. Lows low 20s inland to 30s at the coast. Rain chance less than 5 percent Friday and Friday night. Saturday: Sunny, c...

Lisman man convicted of burning deputy

Nov 20, 2008 9:50 pm

Jurors this afternoon convicted 55-year-old Sherry Rodgers of attempted murder in a case where authorities said he doused former Choctaw County Sheriff's deputy Clifton Spears with gasoline and set hi...

Southwest Alabama schools get money for anti-smoking efforts

Nov 20, 2008 5:27 pm

Student anti-tobacco groups from four local schools received a $28,000 check from the Alabama Department of Public Health today that will allow them to continue to discourage their peers from smoking....

Power failure hits north, central Baldwin County

Nov 20, 2008 4:16 pm

More than 12,000 homes and businesses in north and central Baldwin County were without electricity for more than an hour this morning after a switch failure disrupted power feeds, according to utility...

Reports of driver pullovers in Baldwin County, Ala., checked for possible police impersonator

Nov 20, 2008 12:36 pm

Law enforcement officials urged drivers to exercise caution after two women in Baldwin County reported being pulled over this week by someone impersonating a police officer. The Sheriff's Office...

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