Mobile Police Say Dollar General Employee Helped Stage Robbery at Her Own Store
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile police say a robbery at a Mobile Dollar General last month was staged with help from inside the store. The revelation, which came after weeks of…
Buried Beneath the Floor: MCSO Identifies Body Found Under Abandoned Lott Road House
The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has identified the man whose body was found buried more than six feet beneath an abandoned house on Lott Road as Daniel Mario Preslar, 47…
Mobile Police Search for 68-Year-Old Man With Alzheimer’s Reported Missing
Mobile police are asking for the public’s help locating a 68-year-old man in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease who was reported missing from his home. Family members say Paul…
Mobile Opens Redistricting Debate With Virtual Town Halls on New Council Maps
Mobile residents got their first chance to weigh in on proposed City Council district boundaries during two virtual town halls streamed on the city’s Facebook page — one at noon,…
Mobile Launches Redistricting Webpage With Interactive District Map
Mobile residents can now track the city’s redistricting effort in one place, thanks to a webpage the city launched to document the process underway between Mayor Sandy Stimpson and the…
Mobile Moves Toward ShotSpotter Gunshot Detection System With Mid-2022 Launch Target
Mobile is one City Council vote away from joining the growing list of cities using automated gunshot detection, with a proposed three-year contract worth roughly $640,000 with ShotSpotter headed for…
Azalea Trail Maids Back in the Mix for Senior Bowl After Invitation Dispute
The Azalea Trail Maids appear set to be part of Senior Bowl week in Mobile after all, following days of questions about why Mobile’s longtime ambassadors were absent from this…
Applications open for 2022-23 USS Alabama Crewmates program
MOBILE, Ala. — Battleship Memorial Park is seeking the next group of USS Alabama Crewmates, with applications opening Monday, Jan. 24. The program, a long-running tradition at the waterfront park…
Live Music Returns to the Gulf Coast in 2022
After two years shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, live music is making a comeback on the Gulf Coast. Some live performances returned during 2021, but the calendar was far from…
A New Memoir Revisits the Leverett Case and the Long Shadow of Abuse
Phyllis Hain's memoir, Diamond in the Dark, returns to one of Mobile's most sensational cases of the early 1980s and traces how a childhood of violence shaped the choices of…