Mobile and Baldwin County News
The Baldwin County Board of Education has selected longtime educator Marty McRae, who has spent 36 years in the district, as the next superintendent of Baldwin County Public Schools.
The Navy has awarded a $418.5 million contract to NorthStar Maritime Dismantlement Services to fully dismantle and recycle the former USS Enterprise, the nation's first nuclear-powered carrier, in Mobile.
Dick Russell's Bar-B-Q, an Alabama Barbecue Hall of Fame restaurant in Tillman's Corner, closed a day earlier than planned after selling out of food during a surge of farewell customers.
Mobile City Clerk Lisa Lambert, the city's first Black female clerk, is set to retire in December after more than 30 years of service to city government.
Fairhope City Clerk Lisa Hanks has been honored as Alabama's 2026 Clerk of the Year by the Alabama Association of Municipal Clerks and Administrators for her leadership and mentorship within…
An 18-year-old from Mobile died after falling from a boat and never resurfacing in Mobile Bay near Point Clear on July 18. Search crews recovered the teen's body the following…
A Mobile woman died and several others, including a Fairhope man, were injured when two boats collided on the Intracoastal Waterway near Wolf Bay in Orange Beach on July 18,…
Tropical Depression Two strengthened into Tropical Storm Bertha, bringing storm surge, rip currents, rough surf and heavy rain to the Alabama coast and Foley before tracking away toward Louisiana and…
Gulf Shores Police is accepting applications for its free, eight-week 2026 Citizens Police Academy, giving residents a behind-the-scenes look at K9, SWAT, Marine Unit and narcotics operations.
The 2026 Watershed Award winners include a stranding network scientist, a Fairhope park ranger, a freelance journalist, marine researchers and a longtime river monitor, all honored for protecting Mobile Bay.