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Planning Commission recommends approval for expanded Islamic Center in west Mobile

A redevelopment of the Islamic Center in west Mobile will get a second chance at consideration by the Mobile City Council after the Planning Commission voted Thursday to recommend the project’s approval.

 

What's the cow chip got to do with the mullet toss? Flashback to the Great Gulf Coast Beach Party's early days

The Mullet Toss celebrates thirty years next weekend. You may be surprised to learn it all started with a 'cow chip.'

 

Unpaid property taxes? Better pay them before the property goes on the market

State law requires that the Mobile Revenue Commission set a Tax Sale for all unpaid property taxes for the 2013 tax year.

 

‘They didn’t allow us to tell our side,’ says wife of ex-Mobile politician convicted of child enticement

The wife of a former Mobile County commissioner is standing beside her husband after a jury found him guilty of enticing a child for sex on Thursday morning.

 

Candidate for House District 1 seat says, if elected, he'll donate full salary to charities

A candidate for the Alabama House of Representatives said, if elected, he will donate his entire paycheck to a non-profit fund for charitable donation.

 

Challengers: Don't cut mental health funding in Baldwin County

Should money earmarked for mental health in Baldwin County be used to fund the salary of a probation officer at the county's juvenile jail?

 

Teen shot in forearm at Gulf Shores beach

No arrests have been made in connection with a shooting at the beach in Gulf Shores.

 

Lifeguards warn rip currents particularly dangerous today through Friday

Rip currents can cause people to drown if they don't know how to survive them. The NWS warns that the risk of rip currents is high Thursday and Friday.

 

Mobile officials seeking high-demand grant to rebuilt and revitalize Broad Street in advance of Airbus production

City officials have almost everything they need to apply for a highly competitive $10 million grant to renovate Broad Street, from Water Street to the Brookley Aeroplex.

 

A famous Mobilian you should know: Yolande Betbetze Fox, an outspoken beauty queen

She grew up a serious student and singer in Mobile and became a groundbreaking Miss America 1951. But Yolande "Bebe" Betbeze Fox made it sound like becoming a beauty queen was almost an accident.

 

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