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Wallace Malone Jr., Dothan Native Who Helped Build SouthTrust Into a Banking Giant, Dies at 90 Brewton Alabama Power Linemen Dug Out of Their Own Storm Damage to Restore Power After Isaias Silverhill Councilman Gerald Ardoin Brings Opelousas Roots to Café Acadiana’s Cajun Kitchen Halloween Rain Forecast: Showers Possible for Trick-or-Treating, Inch of Rain Sunday, Storms Wednesday Santa Joins Goodwill Gulf Coast’s 2026 Christmas on the Coast Ornaments for First Time; Past Years Half Price Snook Foundation Counterclaim: Fired Employees Blame Trustees for $2.5 Million Pension Dispute Alabama Oyster Season Opens Nov. 2 in Three Grids Near Dauphin Island as Populations Stay Low Shrimp Boil Leftovers Become Champion Soup as Pigfish Wins AWF Gulf Coast Wild Game Cook-Off

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sewage detection dog - Meet Dilla: Mobile Bay Estuary Program's Sewage-Sniffing Dog Saved Fairhope $166,000, Officials Say

Environment

Meet Dilla: Mobile Bay Estuary Program’s Sewage-Sniffing Dog Saved Fairhope $166,000, Officials Say

Oct 22, 2026 Fairhope

Thomas Hospital building at dusk with an emergency entrance and a bat flying overhead

Public Health

Seven Bat Bites in One Week: Thomas Hospital Treats Six Patients for Rabies Exposure

Oct 21, 2026 Bay Minette

Infographic listing median ages of Foley, Gulf Shores, Orange Beach and Fairhope over a waterfront view with hospital buildings

Health & Wellness

Baldwin County Claims the 4 Oldest Cities in Alabama, Fueling a Healthcare Boom

Oct 20, 2026 Fairhope

Triathlete wearing a finisher's medal running along a lava-rock coastline beside a Kona Ironman World Championship sign

Sports

Fairhope Survivor Finishes Kona Ironman, Keeping 30-Year Promise to Fallen Marine Pilot

Oct 20, 2026 Fairhope

Groundbreaking ceremony sign for Foundation Park with gold shovels in front of a white historic schoolhouse

Community Events

Fairhope Sets Groundbreaking for Family-Focused Foundation Park on Historic Jeanes School Site

Oct 20, 2026 Fairhope

Government building with a blue City of Fairhope sign and American flag beneath headline text about the immunity ruling

Government

Fairhope Wins Immunity Ruling as Alabama Justices Toss Developer’s Negligence Claim

Oct 20, 2026 Fairhope

Small round concrete dome house surrounded by trees and greenery

History

Henry Stuart’s 100-Year-Old Fairhope Roundhouse Readies for Move to Flying Creek Preserve

Oct 20, 2026 Fairhope

Volunteer firefighters in work clothes clearing fallen tree limbs and storm debris from a home's yard

Public Safety

‘Brotherhood Beyond Borders’: Fairhope Volunteer Firefighters Help Gulf Breeze Fire Chief and Firefighter With Storm Cleanup

Oct 19, 2026 Fairhope

High school football running back carrying the ball through an opening in the line during a night game

Sports

Bayshore Christian routs Northside Methodist 40-7 with coach Jacy Todd sidelined

Oct 18, 2026 Daphne

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

Bowls of dark roux seafood gumbo with rice on a table at an outdoor fall festival

Events

Best of the Bay Gumbo Championship Serves Up 15th Year in Fairhope Nov. 7

Oct 17, 2026 Fairhope

High school all-star football players in red jerseys practicing at a stadium

Sports

Saraland’s Jamison Roberts, Player of the Week, Leads 9 Gulf Coast Players on Alabama All-Star Team

Oct 17, 2026 Fairhope

Illustration of police vehicles and caution tape at the entrance to a waterfront pier on Mobile Bay at sunrise, representing the Fairhope pier bomb threat response

Crime and Courts

Fairhope Pier Bomb Threat Was a Swatting Hoax, Police Say After Early-Morning Evacuation

Oct 17, 2026 Fairhope