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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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High school football defenders converge on a ball carrier during a Friday night game under stadium lights

Sports

Gulf Shores Dolphins Shut Out Spanish Fort 36-0, Clinch 5A Region 1 Title

Oct 18, 2026 Gulf Shores

High school football players lined up at the line of scrimmage under stadium lights during a Friday night game

Sports

UMS-Wright blanks St. Paul’s 31-0 in Battle of Old Shell Road for 700th win

Oct 18, 2026 Mobile

High school football kicker striking the ball toward the goalposts as the holder kneels on the field at night

Sports

Ollie Poiroux field goal lifts McGill-Toolen past Montgomery Catholic 16-14

Oct 18, 2026 Mobile

White event tents set up on a grassy lawn under a blue sky, with tables of donated items for a charity sale

Weather

Midtown Volunteers Rescue Little Sisters of the Poor Lawn Party After Wind Damage

Oct 18, 2026 Mobile

Ballot box and voting sign at an Alabama polling place

Crime and Courts

AG Steve Marshall Opens Clarke County Voter Fraud Investigation Days After Jackson Woman’s Federal Arrest

Oct 18, 2026 Clarke County

Building permit application form and blueprints on a desk with a pen and hard hat

Government

Foley Nonprofit Permit Fees Cut Up to 50% Under New City Council Ordinance

Oct 18, 2026 Foley

Rows of snapped and toppled pine trees in a rural forest stand after a hurricane

Weather

Alabama Forestry Commission Timber Damage Estimate From Isaias Tops $33.5 Million

Oct 18, 2026 Conecuh County

Sheriff's patrol vehicle with emergency lights on parked on a residential street at night

Crime

Tucker Woods Pleads Not Guilty in Grand Bay Shooting That Killed Friend at 21st Birthday Party

Oct 18, 2026 Grand Bay

A dark wooded trail lit by colored lights and drifting fog, with an old carnival-style sign along the path

Events

Sinister Circus Haunted Forest Brings Scares to Graham Creek Nature Preserve in Foley

Oct 18, 2026 Foley

Canopy tents with tables of fresh produce, baked goods and jars of honey set up at an outdoor market near the water

Events

Orange Beach Pop-Up Farmers Market Fall Edition Pairs Local Vendors With Waterfront Yoga

Oct 18, 2026 Orange Beach

Water utility pipes and valves at a treatment facility beside a stack of court documents and a judge's gavel

Crime and Courts

Contractor Larry Knight Pleads Guilty in Prichard Water Board Fraud Case; Sentencing Set for February

Oct 17, 2026 Prichard

Fire trucks and state trooper vehicles with flashing lights blocking lanes of a closed interstate highway lined with pine trees in Baldwin County, Alabama

Public Safety

Multi-Vehicle I-10 Wreck Near Alabama Welcome Center Injures Four, One Critically; Westbound Lanes Shut Two Hours

Oct 17, 2026 Baldwin County

Clipboard with a voter registration form, pens and an I Voted style sticker sheet on a table outside a modern downtown government building

Politics

No Kings Rally at Mobile’s Government Plaza Turns Focus to Voter Registration Before Monday Deadline

Oct 17, 2026 Mobile