AFC Mobile Kicks Off Inaugural Season at Historic Lipscomb Field
A new minor league soccer club, AFC Mobile, is set to kick off its inaugural season May 14 at the historic Lipscomb Athletic Complex, backed by local sponsors and a…
MPD Recap: Grandmother Arrested After Leaving 2-Month-Old in Parked Car
The Mobile Police Department’s overnight recap for April 13 includes the arrest of a grandmother accused of leaving her infant granddaughter inside a parked car with the windows rolled up…
Bar Spotlight: Alchemy Tavern packs multiple experiences into one historic Dauphin Street building
MOBILE, Ala. — LoDa regulars face a wall of bar options downtown, but those wanting a little of everything in one place should detour to 7 S. Joachim St. Alchemy…
Mobile Regional Airport Sees Ninth Straight Month of Passenger Growth
Mobile Regional Airport logged its ninth consecutive month of passenger growth in February, with traffic up more than 16 percent over the previous year amid lower fares and expanded airline…
30 RESTORE Act Projects Worth $413 Million Advance for Evaluation Along Alabama’s Gulf Coast
After four years of hammering out its own rules and procedures, the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council has taken a significant step toward deciding which of hundreds of proposed projects…
Mobile County, CVS Reach Tentative Deal to Keep Semmes Library Open
Mobile County commissioners and CVS Corp. appear close to a new, cheaper lease that would keep the Semmes Library open, though a funding gap with the county's other branches remains…
Meet the board steering SouthSounds 2017 in downtown Mobile
SouthSounds has changed shapes many times since its start. The festival grew out of two earlier events — Kris Skoda’s Coastline Chronicles in 2010 and the LoDa Live series helmed…
Archdiocese to Close Historic St. Joseph Parish in Downtown Mobile
The Archdiocese of Mobile will close St. Joseph Catholic Church, a downtown parish dating to 1857, in January 2018, folding its members into the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception amid…
Mobile’s Scraepers Papers serve up scuzzy, fun psych-punk
Mobile band Scraepers Papers carries on the noble tradition of the intentionally misspelled band name — but that’s where any comparison to the deliberately quirky ends. The group plays bite-sized,…
ADPH Confirms Eight Mile Residents Still Affected by Lingering Mercaptan Odor
State health officials say Eight Mile residents are being affected by a persistent odor tied to a 2008 mercaptan spill at a Mobile Gas facility, though they stopped short of…