Mobile and Baldwin County News
The City of Mobile is expanding its outreach to people experiencing homelessness, with Mayor Sandy Stimpson announcing that portable restrooms and feeding stations will be set up at locations across…
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…
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…
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…
Downtown Mobile appears to be getting shareable electric scooters, based on a Christmas Day social media post from the mayor’s office. Mayor Sandy Stimpson posted a photo of an electric…
The City of Mobile has installed new street signs designating “Honorary Mel Showers Drive” and “Honorary Mel Showers Avenue” outside the Studios at 555 Broadcast Drive, paying tribute to the…
The USA Foundation has sold 290 acres of the old Brookley golf course property for $45 million, mostly for light industrial development, but roughly 40 acres of wetlands and waterfront…
A 2018 consultant review found that 40% of Mobile-owned properties were rated poor or worse, highlighting years of deferred maintenance.
Mobile's City Council unanimously approved a new Humana supplemental health plan for about 775 retirees, aiming to save the city $1.5 million.
The city of Mobile has agreed to a $7.1 million settlement with BP to resolve claims of lost tax revenue tied to the 2010 Gulf oil spill disaster.