Warm, Humid Morning Brings Rain and Storm Chances to the Gulf Coast
A warm, humid Monday gave way to rain and storm chances along the Gulf Coast as a cold front approached, with cooler air and another front expected to arrive by…
Mobile Police Say Dollar General Employee Helped Stage Robbery at Her Own Store
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile police say a robbery at a Mobile Dollar General last month was staged with help from inside the store. The revelation, which came after weeks of…
Mobile Police Search for 68-Year-Old Man With Alzheimer’s Reported Missing
Mobile police are asking for the public’s help locating a 68-year-old man in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease who was reported missing from his home. Family members say Paul…
Applications open for 2022-23 USS Alabama Crewmates program
MOBILE, Ala. — Battleship Memorial Park is seeking the next group of USS Alabama Crewmates, with applications opening Monday, Jan. 24. The program, a long-running tradition at the waterfront park…
Live Music Returns to the Gulf Coast in 2022
After two years shaped by the COVID-19 pandemic, live music is making a comeback on the Gulf Coast. Some live performances returned during 2021, but the calendar was far from…
Cold Shelters Open Across Mobile and Northwest Florida as Temperatures Plummet
With temperatures expected to fall below 40 degrees across several Gulf Coast counties Friday night, Jan. 21, 2022, communities from Mobile to the Florida Panhandle opened cold weather shelters and…
As Omicron Strains Staffing, Mobile Prepares for Its Biggest Mardi Gras in Years
Mobile was weeks away from its first Mardi Gras of the pandemic era, and the city was watching two numbers at once: the omicron case count and the expected crowd…
Bluesman ‘Ghost Man’ Ric McNaughton Brings Juke Joint Sounds to The Peoples Room
“Ghost Man” Ric McNaughton transforms The Peoples Room of Mobile into a juke joint for an evening of blues. The Gulf Coast bluesman, known as a “blues shaman,” will be…
Two Mobile County Elementary Schools Close Early as COVID-19 Outbreaks Leave Staff Short-Handed
Dodge and Collier elementary schools announced Wednesday they would close for several days after COVID-19 cases among employees left each school without enough staff to operate, barely a week after…
Citronelle Man, 65, Dies After SUV Leaves Beverly Jeffries Highway and Strikes Trees
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — A 65-year-old Citronelle man died after his SUV ran off a north Mobile County highway and crashed into a cluster of trees, according to state troopers.…