Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Alabama from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
THEODORE, Ala. — Alabama Power crews restored electricity to roughly 1,500 customers in the Theodore area of Mobile County on the afternoon of August 5, 2020, after an equipment failure…
MOBILE, Ala. — A 30-year-old Mobile man drowned in Mobile Bay near McNally Park after he went into the water to retrieve a cast net that had been lost during…
MOBILE, Ala. — A 30-year-old woman was shot near the intersection of Old Shell Road and Acacia Street, according to Mobile Fire-Rescue Department officials. The shooting left her with a…
A back-to-school tradition in Mobile got a pandemic makeover when a local church converted its annual backpack giveaway into a drive-through event, allowing families to pick up school supplies while…
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA has been awarded a $43.36 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense covering post-delivery services for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship class. The…
The Mobile County Commission approved relocating 21 polling places for upcoming elections, citing the need for larger spaces to allow social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
MOBILE, Ala. — Mobile police arrested and charged a 20-year-old man in connection with the overnight spray-painting of the Admiral Raphael Semmes statue in downtown Mobile, capping a day in…
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. — Alabama Power’s outage map showed more than 6,000 customers in Mobile County without electricity on Wednesday, May 27, 2020, as the utility worked to restore service…
A member of Satsuma's roughly 30-person first responder team tested positive for coronavirus antibodies but negative on a subsequent COVID-19 nasal swab test, Mayor Tom Williams said.
The Mobile City Council approved an $84,350 purchase of 6,000 COVID-19 antibody screening kits, sparking questions from council members about FDA approval and how the tests would be used.