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A man was robbed of his car after he stopped to help a stranded stranger on Wednesday evening, according to the Mobile Police Department.

Educators and industry leaders are excited about the possibilities presented by the state's new career technical dual enrollment scholarship program; more in the School Zone column

Cool temps are forecast for Thursday night

Councilman Fred Richardson says he had a poor relationship with the Stimpson administration but a good one with former Mayor Sam Jones. Councilwoman Bess Rich's input is the opposite.

Missing disc jockey found

The hardest hit area appears to be before, in and just after where the river snakes into a more than 90-degree bend toward the south about a quarter-mile below the bridge, which crosses the river inside the Magnolia Springs town limits.

Come Thursday afternoon thousands of visitors from across the country will descend on Alabama's shores for the fifth annual Hangout Music Festival. And while the sold-out event is their main destination, many of the 40,000 concertgoers will first check in at rental properties that dot the coastline from Fort Morgan to Orange Beach.

During the Mobile County school board's work session Wednesday, schools Superintendent Martha Peek tabled a proposal for the sale of two of the system's historic properties.

Mobile County school system officials are eyeing a third site for the new Citronelle High School, and this one is right across the street.

Sunny conditions are expected to greet us Thursday with a high near 71 degrees and wind gusts as high as 20 mph.