Prichard Police: Vigor High School Student Tried to Fire Gun on Campus
A 14-year-old brought a handgun to Vigor High School in Prichard and tried twice to fire it during a classroom altercation before being subdued.
Mobile’s Fairgrounds Steps Up Giving to Local Nonprofits
The Grounds, Mobile's fairgrounds complex, gave $3,000 to the Crescent Theater and $300,000 total to area nonprofits over the past year.
Alabama’s Back-to-School Sales Tax Holiday Returns Aug. 1-3
Alabama's ninth annual back-to-school sales tax holiday runs Aug. 1-3, offering shoppers savings on clothing, computers, and school supplies.
Mobile County School Board Spends About $1 Million on Land for Citronelle High, Lott Middle
The Mobile County school board approved about $1 million in land purchases near Lott Middle and Citronelle High schools, part of a broad construction and renovation program in Citronelle.
Mobile County Schools Win National Recognition for Communications Campaign
Mobile County's school system earned a national Golden Achievement Award for its community outreach campaign.
Mobile County Schools Prepare to Launch Online ‘Envision Virtual School’
The Mobile County school system prepared to open Envision Virtual School for grades 6-12 in fall 2014, capping first-year enrollment at 250 students pending a June board vote.
Mobile teachers’ union pushes back on new in-house testing workload at MCPSS
A teachers' union representative told the Mobile County school board that educators are shouldering extra, unpaid hours to design their own quarterly tests, while district leaders defended the new approach…
Davidson High School Culinary Team Takes Top Honors at Regional Golden Spoon Competition
Davidson High School's culinary team beat out five other Mobile-area high schools to win the Golden Spoon Competition, a contest offering a scholarship to the Culinary Institute of Virginia College.
Third Gun in a Month Turns Up on a Mobile County School Campus, Student Arrested
A loaded gun found at Mae Eanes Middle School marks the third weapon discovered on a Mobile County school campus in a month, following incidents at B.C. Rain and Mary…
Semmes School Board Veteran Ken Megginson Weighs One More Term
Longtime Mobile County school board member Ken Megginson of Semmes said he was torn over whether to seek re-election, calling the stewardship of 60,000 students an awesome responsibility he was…