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Dozens of students at Taylor-White Elementary School celebrated Earth Day by using their hands to scoop away dirt from ten newly constructed raised garden beds and plant tomatoes, squash, eggplant, peppers, herbs and ornamentals Tuesday morning, April 22.

The Mobile County school board is poised to honor a longtime public servant: Hazel Fournier, who retired in 2008 after 18 years on the school board and more than 50 years with the school system.

Live updates from the public hearing at Government Plaza.

The budget transfers also will pay for new lighting on Blacklawn Street in midtown Mobile.

Due to the opening of the Coastal Alabama Farmers and Fishermens Market on Baldwin County 20, the city's traditional Chicago Street Farmers Market will have a new look and new name when it reopens in May.

The Oklahoma City-based arts-and-crafts retail chain is expected to staff 35 to 50 employees, paying $15 per hour for full time and $10 per hour for part-time positions, according to a new release.

So, why hasn't construction begun on the new, $25 million Citronelle High School? Well, the problem runs deep: The soil isn't suitable for a two-story building.

A veterinarian accused of murder and assault stemming from a 2013 crash will be allowed special circumstances to visit his parents in north Alabama.

In the latest chapter of the seven-year-old billboard lawsuit between Lamar Co. and the city, the council agreed this week to make further concessions for a potential digital billboard location on U.S. 98.

Police on Monday reached out to the public to track down a convicted armed robber accused of putting a store employee into a chokehold during a recent daytime robbery.