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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

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

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Shopping cart filled with groceries in a supermarket aisle with a printed receipt in the foreground

Government

Alabama Grocery Sales Tax Now 2%, but Gulf Shores, Orange Beach Shoppers Still Pay 8%

Oct 18, 2026 Gulf Shores

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

Iced and hot coffee drinks on a counter beside a small-town grocery market storefront under live oaks in Baldwin County, Alabama

Business

Dutch Bros Coffee Opens in Spanish Fort as Greer’s Plans Magnolia Springs Market, More Eateries on the Way

Oct 17, 2026 Fairhope

Nurses' station in a modern hospital corridor representing nursing leadership at Mobile Infirmary

Business

Mobile Infirmary Names Navy Veteran Mary Tabor Chief Nursing Officer

Oct 17, 2026 Mobile

Brick university buildings and live oak trees at dusk with a bouquet of white lilies in the foreground, a symbolic tribute to a Mobile philanthropist

Business

Abe Mitchell, Mobile Developer and South Alabama’s Most Generous Donor, Dies at 91

Oct 17, 2026 Mobile

Exterior of the Battle House Renaissance Hotel in downtown Mobile

Alabama State Government

Mobile Chamber to Honor Gov. Kay Ivey at Nov. 10 Forum Alabama Luncheon

Oct 16, 2026 Mobile

Storefronts in a Mobile, Alabama shopping center

Business

Mobile Business Roundup: Cuddly Cookies Heads to Hillwood, Walmart Remodel and a Downtown Restaurant Listing

Oct 16, 2026 Spanish Fort

Aluminum center console patrol boat underway on coastal water

Business

Theodore’s Silver Ships Wins First Coast Guard Foreign Military Sales Work for El Salvador, Philippines

Oct 16, 2026 Theodore

Austal USA shipyard buildings and a vessel along the Mobile River in Mobile, Alabama

Politics

Hanwha Renews Washington Lobbying Push on Shipyard Investment as Austal USA Sale Talks Continue

Oct 16, 2026 Mobile

Mobile Government Plaza, home of Mobile City Hall, in downtown Mobile

Politics

Stephen McNair, Mobile City Hall’s Legislative Chief, Joins The Bloom Group Ahead of 2027 Quadrennium

Oct 16, 2026 Mobile

Stack of legal documents and a pen on a courtroom table

Crime and Courts

Snook Foundation Sues Former Employees, Accountant Over Alleged $2.5 Million Pension Fraud

Oct 16, 2026 Foley

Storm-damaged cotton field with plants bent and scattered under a cloudy sky

Weather

Tuberville Tours Isaias Crop Damage in Conecuh County, Says Farm Bill Is Headed to Senate Floor

Oct 16, 2026 Conecuh County

Business

Isaias Payment Relief: Regions Bank Offers Deferrals, Fee Waivers and Loan Discounts in South Alabama

Oct 16, 2026 Brewton