Mobile Church Fire Sends Daycare Children Walking Past Flames on Azalea Road
A Mobile church fire on Azalea Road forced daycare buses to reroute, leaving young children to walk past the flames.
Kellogg Foundation Grant Launches ‘Pathways to Prosperity’ for South Alabama Families
The Community Foundation of South Alabama announced a $398,000 grant from the W.K. Kellogg Foundation to launch Pathways to Prosperity, an initiative aimed at low-income families with children.
Vigor High Students to Host Mayoral Candidate Forum in Prichard
A group of teenagers from C.F. Vigor High School planned to host a mayoral candidate forum in Prichard, part of a civic project aimed at improving the city they call…
Downtown YMCA Members Sue to Block Move From Water Street
Members of the Moorer Branch YMCA sued to stop the relocation of the downtown Mobile fitness facility from Water Street to a smaller space in the Kress Building, alleging irregularities…
Ratliff Resigns as Mobile Sports Authority Director; Corte Named Interim
Bud Ratliff resigned as director of the Mobile Sports Authority amid questions over financial transactions, and the board quickly named former sports commission chief Danny Corte as interim director.
Mobile SketchCrawl Heads to USA Campus for a Day of Drawing Oct. 15
The Mobile Arts Council will host its ninth SketchCrawl on Saturday, Oct. 15, giving artists of every skill level a full day to sketch the University of South Alabama campus.…
Midtown and Oakleigh Ranked as Mobile’s Friendliest Neighborhoods in Community Poll
Which Mobile neighborhoods are the friendliest? That question was put to local residents in a community poll that asked participants to rate their neighborhoods on measures of friendliness, and the…
Creola and Saraland Explore a Merger, With Schools at the Center
Municipal leaders in Creola and Saraland quietly explored merging the smaller city into the larger, with access to Saraland's school system and I-65 commercial property driving the discussion.
Fairhope Arts and Crafts Festival Drew Record-Scale Crowds in 2011
Fairhope’s 2011 Arts and Crafts Festival drew an estimated 200,000 visitors over three days, with more than 200 artists and strong sales reported.
Mobile Volunteers Built Oyster Reef for Coastal Restoration in 2011
A 2011 WKRG report covered volunteers building an oyster reef in Mobile as part of a coastal restoration effort.