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Sirens of the Sea Mark 25 Years With Patriotic Gala Honoring First Responders Seven Crowned as 10th Miss Shrimp Festival Pageant Draws 90 Contestants and 8,000 Charity Items Matchbox Twenty Brings 30th Anniversary Tour to The Wharf in Orange Beach Aug. 5, 2027 Week 9 High School Football: No. 1 Williamson and No. 3 Vigor Collide Thursday at Ladd-Peebles More Than 200 Songwriters Head to the Gulf Coast for 42nd Frank Brown Festival Nov. 5-15 Brooms Up, Downtown: Foley Witches Ride Returns Oct. 24 With After-Party at Heritage Park Isaias Wipes Out Faith Academy Boardwalk Challenge as Alabama Cross Country Teams Juggle Rescheduled Meets Jessie McCovery, Theodore and Auburn Tight End, Remembered as ‘Big Brother’ by Willie Anderson and Teammates

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Empty football stadium under lights with two helmets on a sideline bench, setting the scene for Week 9 high school football in Mobile

Sports

Week 9 High School Football: No. 1 Williamson and No. 3 Vigor Collide Thursday at Ladd-Peebles

Class 4A No. 1 Williamson hosts No. 3 Vigor Thursday at Ladd-Peebles Stadium to headline Week 9 high school football on the Gulf Coast,…

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

Pallets of bottled water, canned food and boxes lined up beside a box truck on a wet street lined with storm-damaged trees, part of Feeding the Gulf Coast's Isaias relief.

Hurricane

Feeding the Gulf Coast Hands Out Nearly 350,000 Pounds of Food as Isaias Outages Spoil Groceries

Oct 14, 2026

A smiling teacher holds a golden apple award as colleagues applaud in a decorated classroom, illustrating the Mobile County Golden Apple honors

Education

Mobile County Golden Apple Winners: Four MCPSS Teachers Surprised in Their Classrooms

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

A red cowgirl hat rests on a cut oak trunk in a Mobile front yard after Hurricane Isaias, with cut logs stacked beside the driveway.

Hurricane

Saved From a Falling Oak, Mobile Woman Plans a ‘God’ Table From the Tree Isaias Toppled

Oct 14, 2026

Loaded container ship escorted by a tugboat past cranes at a container terminal, illustrating the Alabama Port Authority record year

Business

Deeper Ship Channel Powers Alabama Port Authority to Record $245 Million Year

Oct 14, 2026 Mobile

Stone courthouse with columns framed by moss-draped live oaks, illustrating the Rocket Docket murder case in Mobile County

Crime and Courts

Rocket Docket Sends Gethsemane Cemetery Murder Case to Grand Jury as Motive Remains Unknown

Oct 14, 2026 Prichard

Blue police lights reflecting on a residential street in Mobile at dusk

Crime

Mobile Man Held Without Bond After Police Say He Hit Woman With Handgun

Oct 13, 2026 Mobile

Utility crew in a bucket truck repairing power lines on a tree-lined Mobile street after Hurricane Isaias

Weather

Cheriogotis Thanks Mobile Storm Crews After Isaias’ Late Shift Spares the City

Oct 13, 2026 Mobile

A voter registration form and an 'I Voted' sticker on a table at an Alabama polling place

Politics

Caroleene Dobson Targets Shomari Figures’ SAVE Act Vote in Secretary of State Race

Oct 13, 2026 Mobile

Bright sun over downtown Mobile, Alabama, on a clear, hot October afternoon

Weather

Mobile Record High Falls at 90 Degrees as Post-Isaias Heat Lingers Before Weekend Cooldown

Oct 13, 2026 Mobile

Drummers perform West African rhythms on hand drums before an audience in a Mobile venue

Arts & Culture

Beninese Musician Yewhe Yeton Joins Africatown Drummers in Mobile to Link Heritage and the Vote

Oct 13, 2026 Mobile

The long dark hull of the SS United States ocean liner, its smokestacks removed, docked at a waterfront shipyard on the Mobile River under a blue sky

Environment

SS United States Will Leave Mobile in November for Its Final Voyage to a Gulf Reef Site

Oct 11, 2026 Mobile

Red Cross volunteers in red vests unload boxes of emergency supplies from a trailer outside a shelter on the Alabama coast

Weather

Red Cross Volunteers From Birmingham Join 140-Plus Responders on Coast After Isaias

Oct 11, 2026 Foley