Following the recent purchase of 79 acres, nearly 200 acres of the Fort Morgan Peninsula are now part of the Alabama State Parks System.
The Alabama Legislature failed to pass House Bill 473, introduced by State Rep. Francis Holk-Jones (R-Foley), that would have allowed the city of Gulf Shores to annex property owned by seven parties.
The Fort Morgan Civic Association (FMCA) headed up a project to warn visitors about deadly rip currents.
Fort Morgan, in unincorporated Baldwin County, has a special peacefulness residents say they don’t want to be taken away. After a piece of legislation was introduced this session to annex some properties into the city of Gulf Shores, citizens got concerned. They don’t want high rise condos or commercial rental property to take over properties that have not been developed yet.
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of a man in connection to several car burglaries that happened from April through July in Fort Morgan.