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Gulf Shores Backpacking Trip to Cheaha State Park Offers Beginners 13 Miles on the Pinhoti Trail Central Baldwin Chamber Award Nominations Open for 2026 Business and Community Honors; Due Nov. 5 Growing Alabama Awards Send $9.3 Million to Industrial Sites in Dothan, Walker County and 3 Others University of Mobile Professor Jessica Freeland Writes Children’s Book About Choosing a Class Pet Fairhope Public Library Author Talk Nov. 16 Features Pamela Hunter’s ‘Red Shoes Crossing’Week 11 Takeaways: Fairhope Beats No. 1 Vigor, Rivers Weighs N.C. State as AHSAA Playoffs Arrive Clarke County Holds Off Northview 38-34 With Goal-Line Interception After Tyson Phifer’s 4-TD Night Gulf Shores Fat Tuesday Parade Could Return Under Two-Year Deal With New Krewe Alliance

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A Christmas tree hung with paper angel tags listing children's holiday wishes

Community Events

Salvation Army Angel Tree Registration Opens for Mobile, Baldwin and Washington County Families

Oct 15, 2026 Mobile

Exterior of the Mobile County courthouse in downtown Mobile, Alabama

Crime

Georgia Woman Gets 15 Years and a Day in Mobile Acid Attack That Burned Friend Head to Toe

Oct 15, 2026 Mobile

Whitney Maholovich, Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles officer, in a black polo embroidered with her name and the word Officer

Crime and Courts

Probation Officer Whitney Maholovich Under Fire for Extreme Bias, Hostile Conduct During Presentence Interview

Oct 15, 2026 Mobile

Empty football stadium under lights with two helmets on a sideline bench, setting the scene for Week 9 high school football in Mobile

Sports

Week 9 High School Football: No. 1 Williamson and No. 3 Vigor Collide Thursday at Ladd-Peebles

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

A wooden boardwalk trail marked with orange course flags is blocked by fallen pine trees and debris after Hurricane Isaias, illustrating Alabama cross country meet disruptions.

Sports

Isaias Wipes Out Faith Academy Boardwalk Challenge as Alabama Cross Country Teams Juggle Rescheduled Meets

Oct 14, 2026 Hurricane

Pallets of bottled water, canned food and boxes lined up beside a box truck on a wet street lined with storm-damaged trees, part of Feeding the Gulf Coast's Isaias relief.

Hurricane

Feeding the Gulf Coast Hands Out Nearly 350,000 Pounds of Food as Isaias Outages Spoil Groceries

Oct 14, 2026

A smiling teacher holds a golden apple award as colleagues applaud in a decorated classroom, illustrating the Mobile County Golden Apple honors

Education

Mobile County Golden Apple Winners: Four MCPSS Teachers Surprised in Their Classrooms

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

A red cowgirl hat rests on a cut oak trunk in a Mobile front yard after Hurricane Isaias, with cut logs stacked beside the driveway.

Hurricane

Saved From a Falling Oak, Mobile Woman Plans a ‘God’ Table From the Tree Isaias Toppled

Oct 14, 2026

Backpack, cap, sweatshirt and water bottle on a wet park bench beneath moss-draped live oaks, illustrating the search for a missing Mobile man

Crime & Public Safety

Missing Mobile Man Joseph Thornton, 20, Has Medical Condition, Police Say; Last Seen Sept. 30

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

Loaded container ship escorted by a tugboat past cranes at a container terminal, illustrating the Alabama Port Authority record year

Business

Deeper Ship Channel Powers Alabama Port Authority to Record $245 Million Year

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

Stone courthouse with columns framed by moss-draped live oaks, illustrating the Rocket Docket murder case in Mobile County

Crime and Courts

Rocket Docket Sends Gethsemane Cemetery Murder Case to Grand Jury as Motive Remains Unknown

Oct 14, 2026 Prichard

Stone courthouse with columns, an American flag and moss-draped oak trees under gray skies, illustrating the Thomas Steele court hearing

Crime

‘Kill Him’: Thomas Steele Removed From Mobile Courtroom as Judge Orders Competency Evaluation

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

Palm-lined main entrance and parking lot of the Shoppes at Bel Air mall on Airport Boulevard in Mobile, Alabama

Crime

Behind the Walls of Silence: Inside the Rising Violence at Mobile’s Shoppes at Bel Air

Oct 13, 2026 Mobile