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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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A tree-lined downtown street with shops and flower planters at sunset in a small Gulf Coast town

Things to Do

Fairhope named among 12 best downtowns in the South, only Alabama town on list

Oct 28, 2026 Fairhope

Mobile Police Department patrol car with emergency lights on at night

Crime

Fight leads to gun accidentally firing on Repoll Road in Mobile; no one hurt

Oct 28, 2026 Mobile

Graduates in caps and gowns seated in rows during an indoor university commencement ceremony

Education

Columbia Southern University tops 100,000 alumni with Class of 2026 commencement

Oct 28, 2026 Foley

Children in Halloween costumes carrying candy buckets on a neighborhood sidewalk in afternoon daylight

Public Safety

Brewton trick-or-treat hours moved early in both cities as storm debris lingers

Oct 28, 2026 Brewton

High school football field with goalposts and empty bleachers at dusk

Sports

Elberta Football Coach Joel Williams Relieved of Duties After Two Seasons

Oct 28, 2026 Elberta

Runners at the start line of a small-town 5K race on a rural road on an autumn morning

Community Events

Barnwell Community Day returns Nov. 14 with historic schoolhouse, 5K and barbecue

Oct 28, 2026 Barnwell

Elegant gala tables set with candles and string lights at a waterfront venue in the evening

Community Events

Baldwin County Child Advocacy Gala Set for Nov. 7 in Orange Beach

Oct 28, 2026 Orange Beach

High school football players lined up at the line of scrimmage under stadium lights

Sports

Battle of Murder Creek: T.R. Miller hosts W.S. Neal with Region 1 title at stake

Oct 28, 2026 Brewton

A No Trespassing sign posted on a wooden fence along a rural property line in Baldwin County

Crime

Baldwin County trespassing increases as property owners voice concerns

Oct 28, 2026 Baldwin County

A German shepherd police dog sitting beside its handler near a patrol vehicle

Public Safety

Baldwin County officers push for fund to cover retired police K9 medical bills

Oct 28, 2026 Daphne

A small single-family house with a front porch and a for-sale sign in the yard in a South Alabama neighborhood

Community Events

Baldwin County offers free homeownership education class Nov. 7 in Robertsdale

Oct 28, 2026 Robertsdale

Interstate highway bridge over a river with cargo cranes and a city skyline in the background

Government

ALDOT names former Mobile TV reporter spokesperson for Mobile River Bridge project

Oct 28, 2026 Mobile

A row of jail cells with closed metal bars along a dim corridor

Entertainment

Alabama man in prison for TV series: ‘your humanity starts to kind of go away’

Oct 28, 2026 Geneva County