New Foley Library Frees Space For Senior Center
Renovations to the current library will turn the first floor into a larger Senior Center. Foley, Ala. — (OBA) — City leaders in Foley are planning major changes to the current public library building. The work is meant to improve access for older adults and people with disabilities. The building will later become the...
“Libraries With Heart” Program Coming To Baldwin Locations
The American Heart Association will be launching its national blood pressure program at the Orange Beach Public Library. The initiative is called Libraries with Heart and is designed to help residents monitor their blood pressure at home. Community partners say the effort will give people easier access to important...
Prichard water utility receiver to give update Monday
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - The court-appointed receiver running for the Prichard Water Works & Sewer Board is set to give an update Monday, Dec. 8, on his ongoing efforts to turn around the troubled utility. The United Concerned Citizens of Prichard will host the town hall meeting at 4:30 p.m....
Mobile unveils historic marker honoring the Pelican Girls
The marker honors the “Pelican Girls,” French women who were sent to Mobile to marry and help establish the young community.
Saraland goes back to the drawing board to find the missing ingredients
BIRMINGHAM — With the exception of the last three Super 7s, Saraland usually makes good teams look bad and bad teams look forward to next year. But now it’s the Spartans who must again look ahead. Does Friday night’s 38-21 loss to Clay-Chalkville in the Class 6A state championship game make them a bad team? Of course...
Austal USA holding keel laying ceremony Monday for Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced it is holding a keel laying ceremony December 8th for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter USCGC Pickering (OPC 919). Here is a part of the news release:. Austal USA will host a keel laying ceremony for the U.S....
Mobile community hears firsthand account from Holocaust survivor
Sami Steigmann was born in 1939 in what is now Ukraine. As a toddler he was imprisoned with his parents in a Romanian labor camp during World War II. Too young to understand what was happening but old enough to bear the lifelong effects. “If you ask any survivor, how come you’re alive today? Everybody […]
Alabama Port Authority launches program to modernize Port of Mobile’s general cargo terminal
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Port Authority says in a press release it is launching a general cargo modernization program. Alabama Port Authority Launches General Cargo Modernization Program with $100 Million Pier B South Redevelopment. Phase I of the investment program modernizes historic infrastructure and...
Gulf Coast train line is among the most successful in Amtrak’s history. See ridership...
Since its launch in August, Amtrak’s restored Gulf Coast line has carried passengers through marshlands and mossy woods more than 46,000 times — a turnout that the Southern Rail Commission called “one of the most successful service launches in Amtrak's history.”. Between opening day and December, the...
Colonial Fort Condé: Pelican Girls Reenactment + Historic Marker Unveiling
Date(s) - December 7, 2025. Join the History Museum of Mobile on December 7th to welcome the Pelican Girls to Mobile! Colonial Fort Condé invites you to a reenactment of the landing of the Pelican, the ship that brought the first women from France to the capital of the French Louisiana territory, Mobile, in 1704. The...
