Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of public safety from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
MOBILE, Ala. — Auto repair shops across Mobile are reporting a spike in catalytic converter thefts, a wave of undercarriage theft that has reached churches, business fleets and delivery vans…
The Alabama Department of Transportation has announced that the Bankhead Tunnel in downtown Mobile will be closed on a nightly basis beginning Monday, March 1, to allow Uniti Fiber to…
GRAND BAY, Ala. — A 42-year-old Grand Bay woman died Friday evening when her sedan collided with a sport utility vehicle on a rural road in south Mobile County, according…
A fire broke out at the Oaktree Apartments on Old Pascagoula Road in Mobile on Tuesday night, November 3, sending heavy smoke into the air. Mobile Fire-Rescue responded to the…
Baldwin County has lifted its overnight curfew for unincorporated areas following Hurricane Sally, though a curfew remains in effect for residents along Fort Morgan Road as well as inside Gulf…
BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. — Bayou La Batre city leaders have imposed a nighttime curfew as Hurricane Sally threatened the Alabama Gulf Coast with heavy rain, storm surge, and damaging…
MOBILE, Ala. — A 30-year-old Mobile man drowned in Mobile Bay near McNally Park after he went into the water to retrieve a cast net that had been lost during…
MOBILE, Ala. — A 30-year-old woman was shot near the intersection of Old Shell Road and Acacia Street, according to Mobile Fire-Rescue Department officials. The shooting left her with a…
A member of Satsuma's roughly 30-person first responder team tested positive for coronavirus antibodies but negative on a subsequent COVID-19 nasal swab test, Mayor Tom Williams said.
The Mobile City Council approved an $84,350 purchase of 6,000 COVID-19 antibody screening kits, sparking questions from council members about FDA approval and how the tests would be used.