Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of local government from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mobile County's confirmed coronavirus cases climbed to 18 as Alabama health officials reported 4,082 statewide tests and one confirmed death, with local leaders urging continued social distancing.
Mobile City Council passed a Fred Richardson-sponsored resolution 5-2 requiring six feet of distance between people on city property, empowering the mayor to close public property if the rule can't…
Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall has confirmed Gov. Kay Ivey can legally postpone the March 31 primary runoff over coronavirus concerns, as Mobile County's probate judge continues preparations and monitors…
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran has launched a petition drive called "Grow Mobile Now" seeking to remove the City Council's five-vote supermajority rule, drawing pushback from the mayor's office and…
Newly assigned Baldwin County Circuit Judge Clark Stankoski asked attorneys to flag any conflicts of interest as he took over a nearly six-year-old fraud lawsuit over a 242-acre Magnolia Springs…
Mobile officials are again weighing annexation of roughly 13,000 West Mobile residents as the city council debates police and fire coverage in the surrounding jurisdiction, with Sheriff Sam Cochran threatening…
Airbus will add 275 jobs and invest $40 million in a new support hangar at its Brookley Aeroplex campus in Mobile, part of a push to raise its A320 production…
Renewed friction between Mobile city and county leaders over who pays for police and fire protection has revived old calls for a unified metro government, an idea some residents say…
Gulf Shores officials and Hangout Music Festival organizers are developing a neighborhood ambassador program to address residents' complaints about parking and other issues, as the city weighs renewing the festival's…
The Mobile City Council unanimously denied a rezoning request for a new Spring Hill Animal Clinic building near the historic Sand Town neighborhood, after developers and neighbors failed to reach…