Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama history from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Manasie Ree Horn, a Mobile woman photographed during the Black Arts Movement, has been officially identified in the National Gallery of Art's collection after her son recognized her image and…
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…
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…
The City of Fairhope has closed bidding on relocating the historic Round House, or "Hermit Hut," clearing the way for a City Council vote on moving it to Flying Creek…
Founded in 1895, Birmingham's Hardie-Tynes Company built ship engines, utility equipment and the valves and gates used in Hoover Dam before closing in 2016.
Citronelle Memorial Library, founded in 1893 with 500 donated books, is now a fully accredited Mobile County library offering computers, Wi-Fi and printing services under Head Librarian Tina Bender.
Clotilda: The Exhibition at Africatown Heritage House remains open Tuesdays through Saturdays, offering visitors a close look at the history of the Clotilda and the Africatown community it helped create.
The Black Warrior-Tombigbee Project Office manages six lakes spanning roughly 457 miles from Birmingham to Mobile, offering navigation, hydropower and a wide range of outdoor recreation.
Central High School educated generations of Mobile's Black leaders during its brief two-decade run before a 1970 desegregation order closed it. Today the campus lives on as Bishop State Community…
A new exhibit at the Foley Railroad Museum honors the city's role training Navy pilots at Barin Field during World War II, coinciding with Foley's designation as an American WWII…