Time running out for tax-free shopping - al.com

Time running out for tax-free shopping - al.com: "The back-to-school tax-free holiday ends at midnight tonight, but many shoppers have already taken advantage of the extended store hours, sales and tax-exemptions offered all over the county.

Ashley Gorday of Fairhope made her first tax-free purchase early Friday morning: a pair of new school shoes for her daughter.

'We started early,' she said. 'Whatever we need to buy for school, we're buying it today' during the tax-free holiday."