Mobile Public Pools Move to End-of-Summer Rotating Schedule
Mobile's public pools are shifting to a rotating end-of-summer schedule, alternating between Kidd/Dotch and Figures/Hillsdale pools through early September.
Gulf Shores Swimmer Leigh Anne Landrum Wins Bronze at 2026 Special Olympics USA Games
Gulf Shores swimmer Leigh Anne Landrum helped Team Alabama win bronze in the 4x25 relay at the 2026 Special Olympics USA Games while posting personal-best times in the 100 and…
Registration Opens for 19th Annual Alabama Coastal Triathlon in Gulf Shores
Registration is open for the 19th annual Brett/Robinson Alabama Coastal Triathlon, set for Sept. 12 at Gulf Place Public Beach in Gulf Shores.
A Plumbing Blockage Closed Figures Pool in the Middle of the Hottest Stretch of Summer. It’s Back Open.
Mobile Parks and Recreation has reopened Figures Pool on Donald Street after crews cleared a plumbing blockage caused by debris in the system, restoring access less than a day after…
Rip Current Blamed for Second Gulf Shores Drowning This Season
A visiting swimmer died Tuesday after being pulled from the Gulf of Mexico in Gulf Shores, marking the second drowning in the beach town this season, according to city beach…
Mobile County Commission Set to Vote on $23.1 Million Aquatic Center Bid
Mobile County commissioners are set to vote on a $23.1 million bid to build a new aquatic center, with a 50-meter outdoor pool expected to break ground in September.
Swimming advisory lifted at Fairhope park on Mobile Bay
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. — The Alabama Department of Public Health has lifted the swimming advisory it issued Oct. 5 for the waters of Mobile Bay at Mary Ann Nelson Park…
Coast Guard Aircrew Flies Critically Injured Swimmer From Dauphin Island to Mobile Hospital
MOBILE, Ala. — A Coast Guard aircrew helped rescue a swimmer caught in a rip current off Dauphin Island on April 14, then flew the person to a Mobile hospital…
AHSAA Reclassification Reshuffles Region Alignments for Mobile, Baldwin Area Schools
The Alabama High School Athletic Association's new two-year realignment shakes up football, volleyball, cross country and swimming regions across Mobile, Baldwin and surrounding counties, with Murphy, Theodore, Orange Beach and…
Jake Peavy, Philip Rivers headline Alabama Sports Hall of Fame class with local ties; area divers shine at state meet
Two figures with strong south Alabama connections are among the newest inductees into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. The Hall’s Class of 2022 includes former major league pitcher Jake…