Mobile’s Moon Pie Drop Returns With Mardi Gras Parade, Live Music and Free Museum Access
Mobile is gearing up for one of its biggest New Year’s Eve celebrations yet, with the city’s signature Moon Pie drop, a Mardi Gras parade,…
WWII Reenactors Stage ‘Call to Battle Stations’ Drill at Battleship Memorial Park
World War II reenactors staged a 'Call to Battle Stations' drill aboard the USS Alabama and USS Drum at Battleship Memorial Park, firing the ships' guns in a living-history lesson…
Bear Point Drainage Study Maps Flood Risk, Recommends $5 Million in Orange Beach Fixes
Engineers with Thompson Engineering presented a drainage basin study and stormwater master plan for Orange Beach's Bear Point neighborhood, mapping flood-prone areas and recommending roughly $5 million in priority improvements.
Vigor Shrugs Off Penalties to Roll Past Blount 28-7 in Battle of Prichard
Quarterback Anthony Gill threw three touchdown passes and No. 2-ranked Class 4A Vigor overcame 18 penalties to beat rival Blount 28-7 in the annual Battle of Prichard at Ladd-Peebles Stadium.
Bay Minette Man Wanted for Attempted Murder After Pine Grove Shooting, Deputies Say
A 21-year-old Bay Minette man is wanted on an attempted murder charge after a late-night shooting in the Pine Grove community left a man with several gunshot wounds. Deputies consider…
Gulf Coast Weather: Heat Wave Finally Eases as a Hot, Stormy Pattern Settles In
The intense August heat wave gripping the Gulf Coast is finally easing, but forecasters say a hot, humid and stormy pattern with daily afternoon thunderstorms will settle over South Alabama…
‘Unsteady,’ a Mobile-Made Feature About Addiction and Mental Illness, Premieres This Week at the Crescent Theater
Director Jesse Starling, a 20-year-old University of South Alabama film student, shot his first feature entirely in Mobile. 'Unsteady' screens at the Crescent Theater at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 23…
5.6 Million Birds Were Over Alabama in a Single Night. Fall Migration Is Underway on the Gulf Coast
BirdCast estimated 5,607,800 birds aloft over Alabama at peak activity on a single August night, and only about 2.9 million crossed the state entirely. Conservation Alabama is asking Gulf Coast…
‘Red, White and Boom’: Alabama DAR Closed a Three-Year America 250 Program With Fireworks Over the Mobile Waterfront
The Alabama Society, Daughters of the American Revolution presented a free fireworks display over the water in downtown Mobile on Saturday night, the closing project of a statewide program marking…
Alabama Supreme Court Orders Escambia County Commissioners Dismissed From Lawsuit Over Handling of a Body
In a 9-0 decision, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Escambia County commissioners cannot be held liable for the actions of a county medical examiner who was immune under state…
Gulf Shores and Orange Beach Both Open 2026 With Wins — and With Nine Figures of New Athletic Facilities Behind Them
Gulf Shores beat back-to-back MAIS champion Parklane Academy 30-21 at home and Orange Beach won 24-14 at T.R. Miller, opening the season 1-0 apiece weeks after ribbon-cuttings on a $157…