Mobile County News

"VICKSBURG, Miss., May 19 -- Five of the enemy's fleet arrived in sight yesterday at noon.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Students can get their teachers end-of-the-school-year gifts, so long as they cost $25 or less.

MOBILE, Alabama -- A registered sex offender, listed as being in jail in Montgomery, was arrested Saturday on a new rape charge in Mobile County, according to records at Mobile County Metro Jail.

MOBILE, Alabama -- A 17-year-old male was arrested Sunday night shortly after a person reported being robbed in the 1600 block of Knollwood drive, Mobile police said.

MOBILE, Alabama -- A dispute over how to divide more than $11.8 million for indigent care to Mobile County hospitals was settled today after the area's major mental health care provider agreed to withdraw its claim to a portion of the funding.

MOBILE, Alabama -- 60 percent of the teachers and other school employees working in Chickasaw and Satsuma said they'd like to continue working with the Mobile County Public School System when the cities split and form separate school districts this summer.

A busy docket was heard in Circuit Judge Rusty Johnston's courtroom on Wednesday, July 20, 2011, in Mobile, Alabama.

During a brief ceremony Monday, military veterans and staff at the William F. Green State Veterans Home paused on Memorial Day to remember the fallen as well as those residents and friends lost during the previous year.

During World War II, George Lassett was drafted into the U.S. Army Air Corps at age 18, assigned to work as a radar and radio technician for B-29 bombers.

On Oct. 1, Jefferson County will likely have an operating budget that is less than that of Mobile County, which has one-third fewer people than Jefferson.

Foley City Councilwoman Vera Quaites, second from right, and City Clerk Vickey Southern accept the Alabama Community of Excellence sign.

Are you looking for a place where you can get the freshest possible produce in Mobile, Alabama? If you're willing to drive just a little west of the city to the community of Grand Bay, you can get a great selection of seasonal produce at terrific prices.

Thyssenkrupp Steel Chief Executive Heinrich Hiesinger told a German newspaper that the company's Steel Americas business will continue operating at a loss until at least next year, according to Reuters .

B.C. Rain High on Dauphin Island Parkway has one of the lowest graduation rates in Alabama, at 49 percent, according to new state figures.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile County will be closing the intersection of Lott Road at Prine Road in Citronelle for about a month, beginning May 29, as part of a two-mile paving project and intersection upgrade.

MOBILE, Alabama -- Mobile Police Narcotics and units with the Mobile County Street Enforcement Narcotics Team conducted a citywide street sweep on May 23 and 24 resulting in 83 people arrested, according to a news release.

Mediacom subscribers with older televisions and no cable box will need these digital adapters to receive channels 23-78 starting June 5. The adapters are available at Mediacom offices in Mobile and Satsuma, or by ordering online.

A man accused of killing two women while driving under the influence of cocaine and marijuana was found guilty Thursday, but not of the charge sought by the Mobile county district attorney.

MOBILE, Alabama -- A Mobile County circuit judge this week refused to move the capital murder trial of Michael Lee, the accused shooter in the slaying of Kyser Miree in Midtown Mobile.

The Mobile County District Attorney's Office says a change of venue has been denied for Michael Lee.