Mobile and Baldwin County News
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…
Officials at USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile will hold a public ceremony Tuesday marking the 80th anniversary of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, the 1941 surprise assault…
MOBILE, Ala. — The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park will take part in Smithsonian Magazine’s Museum Day on Sept. 18, offering free admission to visitors who present a Museum Day…
MOBILE, Ala. — Hundreds of visitors gathered at Battleship Memorial Park for the annual Armed Forces Day celebration, a full morning of activity that featured a 5k run, veteran tributes,…
More than 100 young men and women raised their right hands and formally entered the U.S. armed forces during the annual Oath of Enlistment Ceremony at Battleship Memorial Park, held…
Maj. Gen. Janet L. Cobb (Ret.) has come a long way from working in the potato sheds of Baldwin County at age 14. After graduating from Foley High School, she…
Mobile advocates for women stood in solidarity with supporters across the nation Saturday for the Women’s March. The Women’s March Mobile was held at Memorial Park, where dozens gathered to…
As coronavirus concerns swept the Gulf Coast in mid-March 2020, a wave of beloved spring events across South Alabama and the Panhandle was canceled or postponed — an early sign…
MOBILE, Ala. — With severe weather approaching the Gulf Coast, a string of closings and cancellations went into effect Friday night and Saturday, touching government offices, schools, colleges and attractions…
Alabama’s 200th birthday and Veterans Day land in the same week this year, and South Alabama is marking the pairing with flag ceremonies at the Battleship, a bicentennial exhibition on…