Mobile County News

Fairhope Public Works crews clean up debris Nov. 10 on the beaches along Fairhope Pier and park after Tropical Storm Ida made landfall.

Nov. 20 - Mobile's unemployment rate is higher than the national average, and people are crowding Alabama Career Center booths.

It is hard to imagine anyone fighting as hard as Linda Selensky has to hold onto a 500-square-foot apartment with blown electrical circuits, no heat or air conditioning and no working stove.

November 17 - " Still dressed in his Murphy High School uniform, Donta Stone posed Monday for his mug shot.

Two Alabama residents will be charged with multiple crimes after driving a stolen vehicle into Jackson County, dumping a methamphetamine lab and eluding authorities for a day, according to Sheriff Mike Byrd.

A 17-year-old who Alabama State Troopers said caused a three-vehicle crash Oct. 24 was returned tonight to Mobile and jailed on five charges of first-degree assault and one probation revocation charge, the Mobile County Metro Jail said.

Alabama Attorney General Troy King has issued an opinion suggesting the Mobile County Commission could give money to the University of South Alabama football program.

Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine, seen here on Sept. 10, 2008, is threatening to cut off funding for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce MOBILE, Ala.

Officials expect to hear that Hurricane Ida has been downgraded to a tropical storm during the next hurricane advisory at 9 a.m. They continue to warn of heavy rains and winds of up to 50 mph or 60 mph.

Weather-hardened Gulf Coast residents refused to retreat from a steadily weakening rare late-season tropical storm that crept toward shore Tuesday, bringing heavy rain, stiff winds and some flooding.Ida's winds had dissipated to about 50 mph , and at 4 a.m., the center was about 60 miles south-southwest of Mobile.

Nov. 9 - Mobile County public schools let out two hours early Monday, and schools will be closed Tuesday, too.

Emergency officials will open three shelters and are recommending evacuation for people who live in mobile homes and low-lying, flood prone areas in Mobile County as Tropical Storm Ida approaches the Gulf Coast.

Twenty-five years ago, a landmark education study on class size was conducted throughout the state of Tennessee.

Authorities say a twice-convicted sex offender was arrested just a few blocks from the Mobile home of a woman he assaulted five years ago.

Nov. 5 - There are more growing pains for the city of Mobile. The city wants to grow even larger, but the county wants to stop that from happening.

Authorities are trying to find a 76-year-old Alzheimer's disease patient who has been missing since 3 a.m. Thursday.

November 4 - A neighborhood unites to find out why convicted sex offender Michael Brooks was able to move onto their street without anyone knowing.

A Mobile County man accused of killing his father-in-law, an Army veteran, has been arrested on 15 felony charges in the last four years, court records show, and had only recently been paroled after serving a fraction of his sentence.

March 27-- A former Mobile County Judge is accused of letting inmates out of jail early in exchange for sexual favors.

LaVincent Hunter doesn't want to drop out of high school. That's why he is one of 80 students who have enrolled in the Mobile County Public School System's new night school program.