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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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Classic varnished wooden boats docked beside a waterfront restaurant on the Mobile Bay Causeway

Community Events

Causeway Classic Wooden Boat Show returns Saturday to benefit Child Advocacy Center

Oct 21, 2026 Spanish Fort

Drone flying over a Foley, Alabama neighborhood with a water tower and a police SUV below

Public Safety

Foley Police Drone Program to Launch by New Year With $200,000 Skydio X-10 System

Oct 21, 2026 Foley

Exterior of a single-story government building with an American flag and palm trees on a sunny day

Public Safety

Baldwin County deputies respond to Magnolia Springs cemetery death on Sunday

Oct 21, 2026 Magnolia Springs

Four Alabama high school students holding books beside a map of Alabama marking specialty public high school locations

Education

Alabama specialty public high schools, including ASMS in Mobile, open 2027-28 applications

Oct 21, 2026 Mobile

Heather Higgins (left) and Jacob Horwitz (right) of Installation & Service Technologies, standing outside a brick building

Crime and Courts

Local company allegedly “scammed” by Heather Higgins and Jacob Horwitz of Installation & Service Technologies (IST)

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile

Firefighters spraying water on a burning garage next to a house before dawn

Public Safety

Midtown Mobile House Fire: Blaze Spreads From Burning Cars in Garage to South Monterey Street Home

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile

Families walking among booths, a bounce house and a friendly adoptable dog on a leash at an outdoor fall festival on a school campus

Education

Semmes Fall Festival Raises Money for MGM Students, Puts Shelter Dogs in the Spotlight

Oct 20, 2026 Semmes

Closed pink ice cream kiosk with a cancelled sign on a beach beside hands holding a vendor contract marked no refund, no credit

Business

Shrimp Festival Refund Dispute: First-Time Vendor Out $3,200 After Isaias Cancellation

Oct 20, 2026 Gulf Shores

A glass bakery display case filled with cookies, cupcakes and pastries in a bright, newly opened shop

Business

New Bakeries, a Cookie Shop and Boot Barn Headline Latest Mobile and Baldwin Retail Moves

Oct 20, 2026 Daphne

Illustrative sedan with a damaged front passenger-side bumper and plate 12A1M9D beside text about missing woman Susan Rhodes and the number 251-208-7211

Public Safety

Susan Rhodes Missing: Mobile Police Search for Endangered 69-Year-Old Last Seen in Damaged Hyundai Sonata

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile

Group of business professionals collaborating around a table and flip chart beside text announcing the Melton Center award

Business

South Alabama’s Melton Center Earns Mobile Chamber Honor for Championing Minority Entrepreneurs

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile

A silver passenger train stopped at a small platform beside a tree-lined historic downtown with festival tents in the distance

Events

Amtrak Adds One-Weekend Ocean Springs Stop So Mobile Riders Can Train to Peter Anderson Festival

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile

Residents seated in folding chairs at a community center meeting listening to city officials at the front of the room

Public Safety

Rickarby Park Safety Takes Center Stage as Neighbors Press Mobile Leaders

Oct 20, 2026 Mobile