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Riding on the heels of recently announced plans for a combination high school and college campus on the Beach Express as part of a larger growth blueprint for the city, officials have scheduled a community meeting.

A man walking near the intersection of Cody Road and Peachtree Avenue was stripped out of his clothes at gunpoint by a pair of robbers on Monday afternoon, according to the Mobile Police Department.

In a unanimous vote Monday night, the council in the absence of Council President Jack Burrell approved the spending of $100,000 over a four-year period to help construct a 4,950-square-foot addition to the club on Young Street. More than half of the funding is to be in-kind services by the city.

Former Mobile Mayor Sam Jones' appointment to the Mobile Area Water and Sewer System board of directors is on hold for one week to give council members "more time to talk about it."

As storms started pummeling the Gulf Coast region Wednesday afternoon, emergency operations centers were activated in Mobile and Baldwin counties to prepare for the chance of flash floods and tornadoes.

A 79-year-old Chunchula woman died Monday after a pickup truck struck the SUV she was riding in and ejected her from the vehicle, according to Alabama State Troopers.

A simple bond hearing turned into a near-melee on Tuesday morning as a victim's parents became vocally emotional during testimony on behalf of the man who killed him.

Lee Baron Atchison Jr., 21, of Bay Minette, is being held on drug charges at the Baldwin County Corrections Center.

For the second night in a row the Salvation Army of Coastal Alabama will open its doors to anyone needing shelter as the threat of severe weather looms over the Gulf Coast.