A reader writes in with questions about the Loxley Work Release program:
I would like to know why the Loxley Work Release program allows their convicts to roam free, doing God knows what, God knows where? They’re out here having babies and all kind of stuff. Mostly, I would like to know why the officers bring them to town and let them pile into the Dollar General like a bunch of hoodlums. They fill up the dollar store, subway, tobacco store, and the parking lot.
“It’s been full of smoke all day.” The woods surrounding James Kings home erupted in flames Monday afternoon, threatening not only his house but four others. “I didn’t know if it was coming this way or not. I couldn’t tell but I could see the smoke,” says King.
Loxley and Rosinton firefighters made quick work of the flames. “It burned right up to some structures but we got here in time to keep it off of them,” says Lt. Gavin Fell with the Loxley Fire Department. He says an unattended trash fire apparently started the blaze.
Bon Secour stunt rider Bubba Blackwell will celebrate his 42nd year by attempting to break another of renowned daredevil Evel Knievel’s records at 9:30 p.m. Saturday at Deep South Speedway in Loxley.
Blackwell’s goal is to fly his motorcycle over 52 stacked and crushed cars, jumping two more than the record set by Knievel at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum in 1973.
Four Loxley officers have been returned to duty after being suspended last week after they shot and killed an armed bank robber on the median of Interstate 10, officials said Thursday.
“Whether this was suicide by cop, we’ll never know, but he was definitely very aggressive toward the officers and forced their hand,” Maj. Anthony Lowery, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman, said of Raymond Schaefer, 48, of Dulac, La
A soldier from Loxley stationed at Fort Bragg was killed in a wreck according to Fort Bragg officials. According to a news release three Fort Bragg soldiers were killed and two were injured in a single vehicle traffic accident Sunday night. The accident which occurred around 10:25 p.m. on Gruber Road near Knox Street, killed nineteen-year-old, Private First Class, Desmon Desmond Morrisette of Loxley. The other two soldiers killed have been identified as 19-year-old Shelly Monique Brown of New Orleans and 18-year-old Alexander Llewelyn Thomas of St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. Injured in the accident were 24-year-old Spc. Kern Kevon Barrow from Casselberry, Fla. and 19-year-old Pfc. Tashara Nicole Bell of Chesapeake, VA. All were assigned to the 108th Air Defense Artillery Brigade at Fort Bragg.
The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office says four Loxley police officers acted appropriately in the fatal shooting of a bank robbery suspect last Friday.
The shooting happened Friday near the Wilcox Exit on Interstate 10. Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office spokesperson Major Anthony Lowery identified the suspect as 48-year-old Raymond Schaefer of Dulac, Louisana. Lowery says Schaefer walked into the Regions Bank in Malbis, brandished a handgun and demanded money.
Authorities have identified a suspected bank robber who was shot and killed by Loxley police as 48-year-old Raymond Schaefer of Dulac, La.
Officers shot Schaefer on Friday off the grassy shoulder of eastbound Interstate 10. Less than a half-hour earlier, Schaefer allegedly used a handgun to rob the Regions Bank branch in Spanish Fort.
The Loxley Town Council was prepared to approve a “Planned Unit Development” and annexation of International Paper’s “Roan’s Creek” development, just north of Interstate 10. The property is approximately between Alabama 59 and Steelwood Lake.
However, spirited opposition from residents who will be affected by the development led the council to hold off formal approval of the plan until it can be considered at their next regular meeting, Oct. 13.
Police officers shot and killed a 48-year-old Louisiana man Friday morning off the grassy shoulder of eastbound Interstate 10, less than a half hour after he allegedly used a handgun to rob the Regions Bank across from the Eastern Shore Centre in Spanish Fort, authorities said.
“The officers were forced to shoot him,” said Maj. Anthony Lowery, Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office spokesman.
About 25 minutes later, four Loxley patrol cars surrounded then stopped the suspect’s white Chevrolet C1500 truck in the fast lane of I-10, nearly a mile east of Wilcox exit. The suspect bolted from the truck and ran down the grassy wall of a drainage ditch.
Lowery said the suspect refused the officers’ commands and then pulled out his handgun. It was unclear whether the suspect fired a shot before officers fired on him, Lowery said. The suspect was struck by more than one bullet, he said. The handgun and other weapons later were recovered from the suspect’s body, he said.
He is a red/brown labrador mix. He has tags with owner and veterinarian information and is microchipped.
He was last seen at the Interstate 10 Loxley exit. He is shy, so he may not come to you right away if you try to approach him. But he is very sweet, and will eventually approach you.
Batchelor’s Mechanical has purchased 4 acres on Baldwin County 49 and Industrial Park Drive in Loxley, planning to build an 18,000-square-foot facility. Batchelor’s will relocate from its headquarters on Old Shell Road in Mobile.
Developer Larry Wireman plans to open his new 14,000-square-foot restaurant at Caribe Resort in Orange Beach in November. Brian Harsany , owner of Cosmo’s Restaurant & Bar on Canal Road in Orange Beach, has partnered with the developer to run the restaurant. Harsany hired the staff and developed the menu, which features gourmet pizzas and an oyster bar.
A 104-unit hotel, Home wood Suites by Hilton has opened at 29474 N. Main St. in Daphne, according to Chuck Cuff , general manager. The hotel amenities include a pool, outdoor fireplace, putting green and 1,700 square feet of meeting space.
The Town of Loxley will soon have two new pieces of fire apparatus. At the Town Council meeting Monday night, councilors approved Ferrara Fire Apparatus’ bid for a 2,500 gallon tanker and a 1,000 gallon pumper. The Holden, La., company was the low bidder, asking a total of $625,299 for both trucks. The Council also approved a lease-purchase agreement with Sovereign Bank for the new fire apparatus. All members of the Council were present for the meeting.
Despite good care, the centerpiece of the the school’s play yard for the youngest students, the “Pre-K to 2” playground, has problems. The “fort,” a combination of slide, swings and climbing area, was getting splintery right where the kids touched it. Ouch.
The solution came when Ramey got some help from the Loxley Public Works Department. The town sent Crew Boss Herman Hudson, and workers Darrell Hayes and Kerr Williams to refurbish the equipment with “Trex” synthetic boards in areas where the kids touch.
It doesn’t look like much, but these days Baldwin County Solid Waste Manager Jim Ransom, says these piles are really case piles. “You’ve seen it on the news, I know you guys have reported it,” Ransom said. “Copper these days has a lot of value now.”
He says over the last few months, Baldwin County ’s landfills have been hit by thieves, looking to turn trash in treasure. Loxley Police Chief Chip Cason says they get at least one call a week on the McBride Landfill. “We’ve arrested five people in the last two months, and at least that many have run from us and we have not been able to catch up with them,” Cason said. So far, Loxley has been the only city to make arrests on the crimes, investigations say they’ve recovered up $10,000 worth of discarded metal.
Developer Terry Chapman touts the “million-dollar views” from the porches and decks of his new townhouses in Steelwood off Alabama 59 in Loxley, and in fact, almost every window has a great view - even the laundry room.
The Point at Steelwood overlooks the 200-acre bass-stocked lake and the 18-hole Jerry Pate golf course in the private, gated community tucked in the woods not far from Interstate 10.
Two of the four townhouses have just been completed and are listed for $1 million each, according to Chapman. The 2,800-square-foot, two-story units also have 1,400 square feet of outdoor decks, as well as an outdoor kitchen and fireplace.
