Volunteers Bring Annual MLK Day Cleanup to Eslava Creek
MOBILE, Ala. — Organizers of the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service cleanup at Eslava Creek planned to press ahead despite the threat of rain, with volunteers set…
Mobile Police Investigating Robbery at BBVA Bank on Government Boulevard
Mobile Police are investigating a reported robbery at the BBVA Bank branch located at 3959 Government Boulevard in Mobile. The incident was reported on a Thursday afternoon around 1:00 p.m.,…
Mobile’s Mardi Gras Tree Gets Its Branches as Carnival Season Nears
One of downtown Mobile’s most recognizable carnival season landmarks is taking shape again. City crews have finished installing the branches on the city’s official Mardi Gras Tree, according to an…
A nearly 200-year-old Mobile murder mystery: the Boyington Oak
Mobile author Mary S. Palmer’s latest book, “Boyington Oak, A Grave Injustice,” revisits one of the city’s oldest unsolved questions. In 1834, Charles Boyington was hanged for the murder of…
ACAC Names Elizabet Elliott Executive Director as Midtown Mobile Theater Project Advances
The Alabama Contemporary Art Center has promoted Elizabet Elliott to executive director following a year of rapid membership growth, while a separate plan to build a new mid-sized theater complex…
ALEA: Mobile Man, 18, Struck and Killed by 18-Wheeler on I-10 After Fleeing Crash Scene
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — State troopers have identified the 18-year-old Mobile man who was struck and killed by an 18-wheeler on Interstate 10 after fleeing the scene of a crash…
Vehicle crashes into Korean War Memorial at USS Alabama Battleship Park
MOBILE, Ala. — A man fleeing police early Sunday morning crashed his vehicle into the Korean War Memorial at the USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park, damaging the monument, according to…
Three police chases across Mobile area end in crashes, one death
Authorities are investigating three separate police chases that unfolded within about 24 hours over the weekend, two of them ending in flames and one in death. The string of pursuits…
Gulf Coast meteorologists gather for severe weather round table
Local meteorologists from across the Gulf Coast and Southeast compared notes this week on the severe weather threat expected to hit the region this weekend, in a round-table discussion that…
Gulf Coast RV Show Rolls Into the Mobile Convention Center With Campers of Every Size
The annual Gulf Coast RV Show took over the Mobile Convention Center in downtown Mobile, running Friday and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. and giving area shoppers a…