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Grand Bay Man Convicted of First-Degree Sodomy and Child Sexual Abuse; Sentencing Set for Jan. 14 Prichard Council Meeting Collapses Over $60,000 Gas Tax Transfer as Mayor Denies It Was Used for Payroll Mobile Man Charged With 10 Child Pornography Counts After Tips That Originated From Grok AI Platform Senior Bowl Delivers Football Equipment to Elberta, B.C. Rain and Blount as Game Heads to an Earlier Jan. 30 Date Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama Expects to Serve 2,500 Children This Christmas, Up From 2,000 Last Year Mary G. Montgomery, Barred From the Postseason, Finishes 7-3 on a Six-Game Win Streak and Earns Team of the Week Figures Calls Out ‘Santa Claus’ in Victory Speech; Enterprise Pastor Who Plays Him Replies, ‘Bless His Heart’Gulf Shores Moves to Take Over Struggling Alabama Gulf Coast Sports Center, Adding Four Gyms to Recreation Program

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Police patrol car with blue lights on a wet commercial street at dusk

Crime

Springdale Boulevard Robbery: Mobile Police Identify Person of Interest in Gas Station Holdup

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

Small-town county courthouse with a Vote Here sign near the sidewalk on a sunny autumn morning

Politics

Majority-Black Legislative Districts in Play Again as Candidates Stress Groceries, Gas and Health Care

Oct 31, 2026 Monroeville

Orchestra stage with a grand piano and empty musician chairs under warm lights in an ornate historic theater

Arts & Culture

Mobile Symphony’s ‘Beethoven & Blue Jeans’ Pairs Fifth Symphony, ‘Emperor’ Concerto Nov. 7-8

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

Empty school hallway lined with lockers and a hand-sanitizer station

Education

Whooping Cough Case at Mobile County Elementary School Keeps Unvaccinated Classmates Home

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

Mosquito resting on a leaf beside standing water in a backyard at dusk

Public Health

Third Human West Nile Virus Case of 2026 Confirmed in Mobile County as Mosquito Season Lingers

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

Row of voting booths with privacy screens and a vote here sign inside a community center

Politics

Nov. 3 Ballot Guide for Mobile and Baldwin: Governor, Congress, Legislature, Sheriff and Amendments

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

Funnel cake dusted with powdered sugar, red candied apples and a corn dog on a table at an evening fair with lights behind

Food & Dining

Fair Food, a New Le Moyne’s Chef and Soup for a Cause: Mobile’s Fall Food Calendar Fills Up

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

Small roadside café decorated with skulls, lanterns and cobwebs beside a dark pine forest at dusk

Business

Styx & Bones Oddities Café Keeps Halloween Going Year-Round Off I-10 in Baldwin County

Oct 31, 2026 Robertsdale

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Crime

Judge Sets $146,000 Bail for Albert McCreary, Declining to Hold Him Without Bond in Rape Case

Oct 31, 2026 Prichard

High school football receiver running with the ball in open field under stadium lights

Sports

Foley Beats St. Michael 53-32 as Judah Spencer Throws 5 TDs, Makai Holmes Scores 3 Ways

Oct 31, 2026 Fairhope

Stone federal courthouse facade with steps and columns on a gray, overcast day

Crime

Former Mobile County Corrections Officer Timothy Scarbrough Indicted on Federal Civil Rights Charge

Oct 31, 2026 Mobile

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Restaurants

Oyster Shell Recycling Program Turns 10, Credited With Restoring 120 Acres of Alabama Reef

Oct 31, 2026 Spanish Fort

Empty campaign office with folding tables, desk phones, clipboards and red, white and blue vote signs against a wall

Politics

Alabama Democrats Call Nov. 3 Their Best Chance in 25 Years as Turnout Push Meets Long Odds

Oct 31, 2026 Enterprise