Mobile and Baldwin County News
Coverage of transportation from South Alabama News, the local news source for Mobile, Baldwin and the surrounding counties of the Alabama Gulf Coast.
Mayor Sam Jones hosted a regional summit in Mobile bringing together mayors, federal officials and rail advocates to press for the return of Gulf Coast passenger rail service lost after…
Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson's 2012 'Pay As You Go' road program totaled $7 million, with nearly $3 million directed to projects inside the city of Mobile, including a new…
The Jack Edwards Airport in Gulf Shores was awarded nearly $2.4 million from the Federal Aviation Administration to build hangar access taxiways, an investment aimed at strengthening the coastal Baldwin…
Members of the 100 Black Men of Greater Mobile appealed to the county school superintendent to reconsider a plan to bring the district's alternative schooling program in-house, ending the group's…
Baldwin County officials explored a toll-road option in 2009 for a proposed $300 million connector between Interstate 65 and Interstate 10.
Mobile leaders endorsed a preferred route for a proposed high-rise I-10 bridge over Mobile Bay in 2009, seeking relief for tunnel and Bayway congestion.
Several Mobile public pools remained closed after Memorial Day in 2009 while the city addressed federal safety requirements and repairs estimated at about $25,000 per pool.
Mobile Airport Authority leaders met with business and community representatives in 2009 to discuss fares, service and ways to draw more passengers to Mobile Regional.
Because of a Mississippi River oil spill near New Orleans, the Carnival Fantasy ended and began voyages in Mobile in July 2008.
A 2008 report covered a proposed state commission to study financing and building a freeway from Florence to Mobile.