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Fairhope’s Fantasy Island Toys Named Silver Alabama Retailer of the Year During 50th Anniversary and Record Sales Year Witness Describes ‘Horrible’ Crash Between Mobile Police SUV and Car at Cottage Hill and Hillcrest Roads Baldwin County Weekend Crashes: Critical Injury in Daphne Rollover, Two Hurt in Lillian, Fairhope Police Vehicle Hit on Highway 181 Marion Junction Man Killed When Vehicle Crosses Center Line on U.S. 43 in Jackson; SUV Driver and Two Children Survive No Vets Left Behind, Founded by Mobile Restaurateur Frankie Little, Is a Finalist for $25,000 National Prize Saraland SWAT, Vice Unit Arrest Man Police Identify as Leader of Mobile County Prostitution Ring Saraland Reports 900-Gallon Sewer Overflow Into Norton Creek; Health Officer Urges Residents to Avoid Contact Rep. Napoleon Bracy Appeals Dismissal of Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Austal to the Eleventh Circuit

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Business news and updates from Mobile, Baldwin County, and the greater South Alabama region.

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Illustration for the news story: Culver’s Opens on Highway 181 in Fairhope With a Labor Day Grand Opening

Business

Culver’s Opens on Highway 181 in Fairhope With a Labor Day Grand Opening

Sep 10, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: Inside a Fairhope Piggly Wiggly, a Lebanese Grocer Is Running a Counter Called The International Goat

Business

Inside a Fairhope Piggly Wiggly, a Lebanese Grocer Is Running a Counter Called The International Goat

Sep 10, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: Page & Palette Turns 60 as the South’s Oldest Continuously Family-Owned Independent Bookstore

Business

Page & Palette Turns 60 as the South’s Oldest Continuously Family-Owned Independent Bookstore

Sep 10, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration for the news story: An Atmore Trucker Spends $3,000 a Week on Fuel Before He Makes a Dollar

Business

An Atmore Trucker Spends $3,000 a Week on Fuel Before He Makes a Dollar

Sep 10, 2026 Atmore

Illustration for the news story: Clarke County Approves a $17.66 Million Budget With a 3 Percent Merit Raise for Employees

Government

Clarke County Approves a $17.66 Million Budget With a 3 Percent Merit Raise for Employees

Sep 10, 2026 Grove Hill

Illustration for the news story: Clarke County Cuts Residential Trash Rates by a Third With a New Three-Year Hauling Contract

Government

Clarke County Cuts Residential Trash Rates by a Third With a New Three-Year Hauling Contract

Sep 10, 2026 Grove Hill

Illustration for the news story: Nearly 5,000 Signatures Back Food Pak’s Move. Its Neighbors Say the Fight Is About the Zoning, Not the Store.

Local Government

Nearly 5,000 Signatures Back Food Pak’s Move. Its Neighbors Say the Fight Is About the Zoning, Not the Store.

Sep 10, 2026 Spring Hill

Illustration for the news story: Alabama’s Wild Oyster Season Opens Nov. 2 With the Thinnest Reefs Biologists Have Seen in Years

Business

Alabama’s Wild Oyster Season Opens Nov. 2 With the Thinnest Reefs Biologists Have Seen in Years

Sep 10, 2026 Bayou La Batre

Illustration for the news story: A Florida Firm Outbids Hanwha for Austal USA, Offering Up to $1.35 Billion for the Mobile Shipyard

Business

A Florida Firm Outbids Hanwha for Austal USA, Offering Up to $1.35 Billion for the Mobile Shipyard

Sep 10, 2026 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Alabama Port Authority Enters the Federal Fight Over an $85 Billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger

Business

Alabama Port Authority Enters the Federal Fight Over an $85 Billion Union Pacific-Norfolk Southern Merger

Sep 10, 2026 Alabama Port

Illustration for the news story: An Alarm at Benson’s Appliance Center Led Foley Police to a Second Break-In Across the Street

Crime

An Alarm at Benson’s Appliance Center Led Foley Police to a Second Break-In Across the Street

Sep 10, 2026 Foley

Illustration for the news story: Gulf Shores Waterway Village Update: Pedestrian Bridge on Track for Spring 2027, East Second Street Phase Awaits RESTORE Funds

Local Government

Gulf Shores Waterway Village Update: Pedestrian Bridge on Track for Spring 2027, East Second Street Phase Awaits RESTORE Funds

Sep 9, 2026 Gulf Shores

Illustration for the news story: How a Chamber Coalition Kept the Mobile River Bridge Alive for Three Decades

Government

How a Chamber Coalition Kept the Mobile River Bridge Alive for Three Decades

Sep 9, 2026 Mobile