FOLEY – Plans for a Sept. 17 tax vote in Fairhope and Spanish Fort moved forward with action by the Baldwin County will go to the polls Sept. 17 to decide if they want a three-mill property tax to raise money for schools in their community. more

LOXLEY – The Baldwin County Board of Education approved plans to hold a local referendum on a three-mill property tax for Spanish Fort community schools. more

DAPHNE – Officials in the two cities closest to the Interstate 10 Bayway do not support proposals to place tolls on the highway and a planned bridge over the Mobile River. more

SPANISH FORT – Residents support plans for more highway lanes between Baldwin and Mobile, but a toll that commuters said could cost them $2,000 a month raised objections at a meeting to discuss the project Tuesday. more