Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of Church Street from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
The Mobile City Council votes Tuesday on a $1 million contract with Parten Smith Inc. to repair downtown sidewalks and ADA ramps, with Church Street work starting first.
The repaving of Jackson Street (Highway 295) in Grove Hill is nearly finished, and the city has applied for grants to resurface Church Street and streets in the Wilson Hall…
Grove Hill will again enforce a long-dormant ordinance barring through-truck traffic on city streets, while the council pursues nearly $900,000 in grants for street resurfacing and replacement of aging lead…
Fairhope's community splash pad is nearly ready to reopen after a concrete problem forced a rebuild, while a nearby nine-field soccer complex takes shape.
Mobile is seeking national historic status for two lesser-known areas: the old Automobile Alley on St. Louis Street and the Texas Hill community.
Orphaned in Mobile, artist Roderick D. MacKenzie went on to paint rajahs and tigers in India before dying nearly penniless in his own hometown.
A new two-story building replacing the fire-damaged Magnet Theater site in downtown Fairhope is expected to open its shops and offices by spring 2015.