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Mobile’s Anna McElroy and Grand Bay’s Joe Henley Make The Voice Top 13 as Live Shows Near Brad Warrick, Elected Washington County Sheriff, Promises ‘Working Sheriff’ as He Succeeds Richard Stringer Tuberville’s Victory Speech Nods to Gulf Beaches, Mobile Shipbuilding and Port, and Statewide Broadband Hundreds Fill Grove Hill Square for Chamber of Commerce Spook Around the Square Halloween Event Theodore Woman, 19, Charged With Felony Murder in Ensley Death of Jaxon Bearden Regional Child Advocacy Center Seeks Nominees for Eddie Slayton Award by Jan. 8 Crenshaw, McDade Win Reelection to Mobile County School Board by Wide Margins in Unofficial Results SBA Opens Disaster Loans for Hurricane Isaias in Northwest Florida; Baldwin, Escambia Businesses Can Seek Economic Injury Aid

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Local Government

Mobile Already Pays $11.1 Million a Year on Regions Arena Debt, and the $14.7 Million Fraud Won’t Change the Bill

Nov 2, 2026 Mobile

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Crime

‘Charming’ Caller: Finance Director Details How Impostor Won Trust Before $14.7 Million Mobile Fraud

Nov 2, 2026 Mobile

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Sports

Week 11 Roundup: UMS-Wright Holds Off Baldwin County; Citronelle, Cottage Hill Christian Post Shutouts

Nov 1, 2026 Bay Minette

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Sports

Alabama 2-Man Championship Brings $15,000-Plus Purse to Craft Farms, Peninsula Dec. 5-6

Nov 1, 2026 Gulf Shores

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Sports

AHSAA Football Playoffs: 21 Mobile, Baldwin Teams Learn First-Round Matchups; Flag Football Opens Tuesday

Nov 1, 2026 Mobile

High school football players in red and black and light blue uniforms battle on a lit field during a Friday night rivalry game

Sports

Marquice English Scores 4 TDs as T.R. Miller Beats W.S. Neal 43-24 in Battle of Murder Creek, Wins 3A Region 1

Nov 1, 2026 Brewton

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Public Safety

Toxey Man, 36, Killed in Head-On Choctaw County Crash With Tractor-Trailer on Alabama 17

Nov 1, 2026 Choctaw County

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Politics

Alabama 2nd District Race: What to Know as Figures and Marques Make Final Push Before Tuesday

Nov 1, 2026 Enterprise

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Environment

Dauphin Island Sea Turtle Nesting Season Ends With 388 Hatchlings After Stormy Year

Nov 1, 2026 Dauphin Island

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Public Health

Thousands Walk Downtown Mobile on Halloween in Making Strides Against Breast Cancer

Nov 1, 2026 Mobile

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Sports

South Alabama Loss to Louisiana Tech: Jaguars Shut Out After Halftime in 35-20 Halloween Defeat

Nov 1, 2026 Mobile

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Community Events

Gulf Shores Backpacking Trip to Cheaha State Park Offers Beginners 13 Miles on the Pinhoti Trail

Oct 31, 2026 Gulf Shores

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Business

Central Baldwin Chamber Award Nominations Open for 2026 Business and Community Honors; Due Nov. 5

Oct 31, 2026 Robertsdale