Mobile and Baldwin County News
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA has been awarded a $43.36 million contract modification from the U.S. Department of Defense covering post-delivery services for the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ship class. The…
MOBILE, Ala. — Gov. Kay Ivey visited Austal USA’s Mobile shipyard Wednesday morning as the company highlighted a new apprenticeship program made up entirely of military veterans. The visit put…
MOBILE, Ala. — Austal USA’s shipyard on the Mobile River will host another naval milestone this weekend: the christening of the future USNS Newport, the twelfth Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport…
Rear Adm. Ron Fritzmeier toured the Volunteers of America Southeast Eagle's Landing facility in Mobile during Navy Week, praising the program's success helping homeless veterans find jobs and housing.
A long-planned 9/11 memorial at Battleship Park is on pace for a September dedication, but organizers say roughly $50,000 more is needed to finish it.
Mobile AeroFest, Mayor Sandy Stimpson and local schools are teaming up to bring decorated veterans and professional athletes into area classrooms this March, ahead of the festival's Mobile Aeroplex debut.
An annual military salute honoring two Confederate generals and more than 1,100 Civil War dead is set for Mobile's historic Magnolia Cemetery.
A Mobile lawyer's $40 pawn shop find turned into a decades-spanning search that reunited a Korean War Navy pilot with a sword stolen in 1971.
A man was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison in Mobile for his role in a scheme to smuggle military-grade weapons to a Mexican drug cartel.
Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel endorsed an upgraded littoral combat ship design, ensuring continued production at Mobile's Austal USA, the county's largest employer.