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Jan 15, 2025 | 
northernvirginiamag.com | Debbie Williams
It’s not unusual for alumnae to offer financial support to their alma maters. But one alumna of The Madeira School, a private girls’ school in McLean, has given back in a big way. The preparatory and boarding school announced yesterday that it received a $60 million donation from an anonymous alumna.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
wdhn.com | Lee Atherton |Debbie Williams
UPDATE (4:30 p.m.): An experimental aircraft crashed on Monday, killing a pilot at a south Alabama airport. During a press conference officials said the gyrocopter crash happened around 1:30 p.m. today. The pilot, whose name has not been released, is reportedly 67 years old and routinely flew in and out of the airport. Officials and witnesses said that before the crash the pilot had been flying around and had come in and refueled before flying low above the runway.
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Oct 23, 2024 | 
wdhn.com | Layne Miller |Thomas Boni |Debbie Williams
UPDATE (Oct. 23, 12:20 p.m.): The National Shrimp Festival’s organizers have released a statement about allegations that four of five vendors sampled at the annual event did not serve “authentic Gulf wild-caught shrimp.”SeaD Consulting, a Texas business, released the initial report, which festival organizers questioned.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
cbs42.com | Debbie Williams
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — An alcohol-fueled argument over driving drunk led to the shooting that landed a Foley man in jail and charged with murder in the death of his friend of 30 years, according to investigators. Michael Norton was in court Monday for a bond hearing after a shooting in his front yard early Sunday morning. “I was practically in bed, and I heard three gunshots,” neighbor Laura Alexander said. “My first thought was that’s awfully close. Everybody is kind of in shock.
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Aug 20, 2024 | 
cbs42.com | Debbie Williams
Editor’s Note: We have updated this story after a Spanish Fort teenager who was once missing was found safe. SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) — Two nights and two days of searching, combing thick woods with few clues, and just when some were starting to lose hope, their prayers were answered. “Thank you, Jesus,” says Stephanie Sellers as she shares the news her daughter, Twyla Tarvin, has been found safe and apparently unharmed.
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May 12, 2024 | 
wfla.com | Thomas Boni |Haylee Kennedy |Debbie Williams
UPDATE (4:33 p.m.): News 5 has learned more about a deadly shooting that happened at a May Day celebration in the quiet community of Stockton. About 1,000 people attended a May Day event Saturday night in an open field on Upper Bryant's Landing Road, according to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office. "According to witnesses, the event was peaceful until an argument took place, which ledto at least one subject shooting multiple rounds into the large crowd," a BCSO spokesperson said.
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Apr 19, 2024 | 
cbs42.com | Leon Petite |Olivia Wilson |Debbie Williams
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — The state has purchased the Foley Beach Express Bridge in Orange Beach. Gov. Kay Ivey, Orange Beach Mayor Tony Kennon, and the Baldwin County Bridge Company made the announcement of the purchase after the agreement was signed on Wednesday, according to a press release. The announcement comes after portions of Baldwin Beach Express, the Foley Beach Express, Roscoe Road, and County Road 4 were transferred to ALDOT.
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Mar 29, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Debbie Williams
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — A small town with a big beach is wrapping up another week of spring break with sun, sand, and a shooting Wednesday night that left one teenager with a gunshot wound. Jaytwon Williams, 18, of Bay Minette, is behind bars after an argument reportedly over a girl. “In the old days, this would have been settled differently, but nowadays, it seems like this is the response,” says city spokesman Grant Brown.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
yahoo.com | Debbie Williams
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — Safe Harbor Animal Coalition is all about cats and they say there is a cat problem in Baldwin County that they are addressing one cat at a time. A cat sanctuary off County Road 49 in Foley is home to more than 130 cats. Each one with a name and a story. All are part of an effort to curb the overpopulation of cats in Baldwin County.
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Mar 26, 2024 | 
cbs42.com | Debbie Williams
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — A mother’s grief, “She’s my baby girl,” written all over the face of Cynthia Jackson. “She was a beautiful person inside and out. She was my baby girl,” she said wiping away tears. Nycole Tate had just turned 30. She died Thursday night after being hit by a car while crossing the street at Airport Road and County Road 65 in Foley. The driver kept going. “Why would you not even stop and check? You probably could have saved her life, probably could have been still living.
