The History Museum of Mobile prepared to host a first-day-of-issue ceremony for a postage stamp marking the 150th anniversary of the Battle of Mobile Bay, with the postmaster general set to dedicate it.
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Spanish Fort
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Mobile County Constable Jailed on Murder Charge After Fatal Shooting Outside Spanish Fort Club
A 68-year-old Mobile County constable was booked into the Baldwin County jail on a murder charge after a fatal shooting in the parking lot of a club along the Causeway in Spanish Fort, police said.
Orange Beach
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Orange Beach Man Sentenced to 14 Years in Friend’s Death, Freed on Appeal Bond Under House Arrest
Jon Washington of Orange Beach was sentenced to more than 14 years for manslaughter in a 2012 shooting, then released on a $25,000 appeal bond under house arrest while he appeals.
Fort Morgan
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150th Battle of Mobile Bay Commemoration Aims for Education and an Economic Boost
With thousands of visitors expected at Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, organizers of the three-day 150th Battle of Mobile Bay commemoration hoped the coastal event would deliver both an economic surge and a lasting lesson.
Mobile
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Mobile Weighs $240,000 in Repairs to Keep Aging Fire Stations in Service
Mobile officials moved to confront a backlog of repairs at aging Fire-Rescue buildings, with the City Council set to weigh roughly $240,000 in projects ranging from new shower tiles to sprinkler and security upgrades.
Mobile
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Mobile Police Chief Urges State Board to Deny Early Parole for Two Violent Felons
Mobile Police Chief James Barber asked the Alabama Board of Pardons and Paroles to deny early release to two men convicted of violent felonies, citing long arrest histories that predated their convictions.
Mobile
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Mobile Police Open Homicide Case After Woman Found Stabbed in Burning Navco Road Apartment
An early-morning fire at Mobile’s Chaumont Apartments on Navco Road became a homicide case in July 2014 after crews found a woman who had been stabbed inside the burning building.
Mobile
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Stimpson Puts the Pay-Raise Question in His Department Heads’ Hands as Mobile Shapes Its 2015 Budget
Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the size of Mobile employees’ 2015 pay raise would depend on what department heads build into their budgets, while he prepared a citywide plan to attack blight.
Mobile
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Mobile Woman Pleads Not Guilty to Manslaughter in Fatal Domestic Stabbing
Tamekia Danielle Steele, 35, broke down in a Mobile courtroom as she pleaded not guilty to a manslaughter charge in the June stabbing death of a man she had once been close to, court proceedings showed.
Saraland
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Saraland School Board Names Stan Stokley to Lead Its Elementary School
The Saraland City Schools board hired Stan Stokley as its new elementary principal in July 2014 and approved a $1.6 million classroom wing set to open before the new school year.