Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of local politics from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
MOBILE, Ala. — Cheers erupted at Heron Lakes Country Club on Election Night as Ben Reynolds claimed victory in the race for Mobile City Council District 4, capping a campaign…
MOBILE, Ala. — A longtime City of Mobile employee has jumped into the race for Mobile City Council District 1. Chamyne Fortune Thompson, a facility supervisor with the city’s Parks…
State records show ALDOT built two free driveway turnouts for a North Mobile County landowner and newspaper publisher last year, work the agency's own manual says should be billed to…
Alabama Senate candidates were set to square off in a live radio debate Tuesday, June 30, at noon, hosted by the Common Sense Campaign of South Alabama in conjunction with…
With qualifying a year away, Mobile County Democratic leaders ran a hands-on workshop on recruiting candidates, raising money and organizing communities early.
Mobile County Democratic leaders told supporters the party could gain the upper hand as soon as 2020 if it solves a persistent problem: turnout in its own strongholds.
Mobile County Commission President Merceria Ludgood says she won't set up a formal process for fellow commissioners to weigh in on her votes for the Alabama Gulf Coast Recovery Council,…
Mobile saw a weekend rally against Donald Trump's election even as local leaders eyed economic gains for Austal and the Interstate 10 bridge, while Baldwin County posted record voter turnout…
Friends of Christopher Thomas, a University of South Alabama student who died last year, are close to fully funding a scholarship in his memory.
Mayor Sandy Stimpson and Councilman Fred Richardson joined a panel for a Veterans Day town hall meeting focused on race relations in the city.