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AHSAA Volleyball Playoffs Begin: Area Tournament Schedule for Mobile and Baldwin Teams as McGill-Toolen, Spanish Fort and Bayside Chase Titles in New Classifications Man Seen in Viral Video Riding Out Hurricane Isaias on a Sailboat off Dauphin Island Explains Why He Stayed Iron Hand Brewing Seeks to Expand Onto Next-Door Lot With Outdoor Seating and Music, Asking Mobile to Lift 2017 Limits ALGOP Chair Scott Stadthagen Says Transgender House Candidates Have ‘Mental Disorders’ at Fairhope Event; Terri Osborne, Allison Montgomery Fire Back and Point to Easterbrook Arrest Manchester Park Apartments on Spring Hill Avenue Set for $11.2 Million Renovation After Years of Vacancies ‘Live On, Sailor’: Mobile Mother Honors Son Seth Beasley by Buying Birthday Cakes for Strangers, and Now 37 States Have Joined Her Montgomery PACs Pour Money Into Independent Elaine Beech’s HD65 Campaign, Leaving GOP Nominee John Knapp and Party Leaders Puzzled Bay Minette Man Killed by Train at Graham Drive Railroad Crossing; Police and Sheriff’s Office Investigating

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Tourism

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The long dark hull of the SS United States ocean liner, its smokestacks removed, docked at a waterfront shipyard on the Mobile River under a blue sky

Environment

SS United States Will Leave Mobile in November for Its Final Voyage to a Gulf Reef Site

Okaloosa County says the SS United States, docked in Mobile since March 2025, is scheduled to be deployed as an artificial reef in the…

Oct 11, 2026 Mobile

The weathered wooden exterior and sign of a beachfront bar on the Alabama-Florida state line under blue skies, with a few palm fronds and small branches scattered in the parking lot

Weather

Orange Beach Spared the Worst of Isaias as Flora-Bama Reopens a Day After the Storm

Oct 11, 2026 Foley

Cars crossing a high-rise bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway toward Gulf Shores under clearing skies, with utility trucks parked along the roadside below

Weather

Ivey Lifts Isaias Evacuation Order as Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Bridges Reopen

Oct 11, 2026 Brewton

Two red warning flags snapping in the wind on a lifeguard stand beside rough, whitecapped Gulf surf on a sunny beach with no swimmers in the water

Weather

Double Red Flags Keep Alabama Beaches Closed to Swimmers as Dry, Warm Week Follows Isaias

Oct 11, 2026 Dauphin Island

Illustration for the news story: Evacuated Beach Visitors Seek Vacation Rental Refunds as Hurricane Isaias Cuts Gulf Shores Trips Short

Business

Evacuated Beach Visitors Seek Vacation Rental Refunds as Hurricane Isaias Cuts Gulf Shores Trips Short

Oct 10, 2026 Dauphin Island

Illustration for the news story: Mobile County Pays $54,000 to Study Great Wolf Lodge-Style Indoor Water Park Resort Off Halls Mill Road

Local Government

Mobile County Pays $54,000 to Study Great Wolf Lodge-Style Indoor Water Park Resort Off Halls Mill Road

Oct 9, 2026 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Bienville Square Named Alabama’s Best Public Park in National Ranking

Outdoors

Bienville Square Named Alabama’s Best Public Park in National Ranking

Oct 9, 2026 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Historic Admiral Hotel Lands in 2026 MICHELIN Guide, the Only Mobile Hotel Selected

Business

Historic Admiral Hotel Lands in 2026 MICHELIN Guide, the Only Mobile Hotel Selected

Oct 7, 2026 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: National Shrimp Festival Canceled as Tropical Storm Isaias Takes Aim at Gulf Shores

Weather

National Shrimp Festival Canceled as Tropical Storm Isaias Takes Aim at Gulf Shores

Oct 7, 2026 Gulf Shores

Illustration for the news story: Villas of Margaritaville at Wharf Landing Nears Final Approval, Plus Coastal Alabama Real Estate News

Business

Villas of Margaritaville at Wharf Landing Nears Final Approval, Plus Coastal Alabama Real Estate News

Oct 5, 2026 Daphne

Illustration for the news story: Tacky Jacks Veterans Getaway Seeks Nominations for Three Free Gulf Coast Trips Worth $1,500 Each

Business

Tacky Jacks Veterans Getaway Seeks Nominations for Three Free Gulf Coast Trips Worth $1,500 Each

Oct 5, 2026 Gulf Shores

Illustration for the news story: 10 Little-Known National Shrimp Festival Facts, From Light Bulb Sales to The Dating Game

Events

10 Little-Known National Shrimp Festival Facts, From Light Bulb Sales to The Dating Game

Oct 5, 2026 Gulf Shores

Illustration for the news story: National Seafood Month Puts Fresh Gulf Oysters, Shrimp and Flounder in the Spotlight on Alabama’s Coast

Food & Dining

National Seafood Month Puts Fresh Gulf Oysters, Shrimp and Flounder in the Spotlight on Alabama’s Coast

Oct 3, 2026 Foley