The review will have to be approved by the Fairhope Library Board during its April 21 meeting. The review was requested by John Wahl, chairman of the Alabama Public Library Services board of ...

Randal Wright was in the middle of a pork sandwich last week when she received an alarming phone call: Alabama had paused funding to the library where Wright volunteered and thousands of residents ...

Read Freely Alabama has started a fundraiser for the Fairhope library to try to replace the $42,000 in state funding. The group had raised $8,000 by Friday afternoon. The state board on Thursday ...

The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in the crosshairs of battles over library content. The Alabama Public Library ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - The Fairhope Public Library has come under fire recently from the Alabama Public Library Service (APLS). APLS announced last week it was cutting state funding to the ...

They also criticized the Alabama Public Library Services (APLS) board and its chairman, John Wahl, for stating in February that the Fairhope Public Library complied with the state’s new codes ...

UPDATE (10:19 p.m.): Fairhope Public Library supporters said a vocal minority shouldn’t control what books are available. However, the Alabama Public Library Service has paused funding due to a ...

The Alabama Public Library board reduced state funding on Thursday to the Fairhope Public Library after being notified about books in the teen section that were considered inappropriate.

This is the fifth Wawa location in Alabama. There are two in Mobile County, one in Robertsdale and now two in Fairhope.

Alabama Board Defunds Local Library After Complaints Over 'Inappropriate' Books The public library in Fairhope, Alabama — a picturesque city on the shores of Mobile Bay — has found itself in ...

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - In a surprising move, the Alabama Public Library Service unanimously voted to suspend funding for the Fairhope Public Library — a move the board of directors didn’t see ...