https://azaleacitytoday.com/Local news for Mobile, Alabama: city hall, schools, police and fire, real estate, high school sports and things to do across Mobile County.en-GBSat, 14 Nov 2026 05:14:32 +0000https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-fraud-timeline-147-million/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-fraud-timeline-147-million/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsAn impersonator first contacted Mobile's Finance Department May 22, the city said. The $14.7 million arena payment went to a fake account Oct. 5.https://azaleacitytoday.com/taylor-landing-affordable-housing-baltimore-street/https://azaleacitytoday.com/taylor-landing-affordable-housing-baltimore-street/Sat, 14 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMobile is set to break ground on Taylor Landing, more than 60 affordable apartments and townhomes at 1030 Baltimore St. Every unit will be affordable housing.https://azaleacitytoday.com/former-uss-enterprise-tow-mobile-ship-channel/https://azaleacitytoday.com/former-uss-enterprise-tow-mobile-ship-channel/Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe channel from the Gulf to the Cochrane Bridge is shut to commercial traffic for the 8- to 10-hour tow. A safety zone will ring the berth for about four years.https://azaleacitytoday.com/morning-notes-2026-11-13/https://azaleacitytoday.com/morning-notes-2026-11-13/Fri, 13 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsNov. 13: 3 items from Mobile's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-council-denies-5070-old-shell-road-rezoning/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-council-denies-5070-old-shell-road-rezoning/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMobile's City Council denied Food Pak's request to rezone a wooded lot at 5070 Old Shell Road for a store. The lot in Spring Hill stays zoned for single-family homes.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-fire-rescue-boot-drive-2026/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-fire-rescue-boot-drive-2026/Wed, 11 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMobile Fire-Rescue's annual boot drive runs Thursday through Saturday at four stores. Last year it raised $20,000, split between Dumas Wesley and the MDA.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-tif-districts-midtown-riverfront-tillmans-corner/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-tif-districts-midtown-riverfront-tillmans-corner/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMobile's council told the mayor Nov. 10 to draft TIF project plans for Midtown, the South Riverfront and Tillman's Corner. It did not set the Dec. 1 hearing.https://azaleacitytoday.com/ss-united-states-sinking-after-mobile/https://azaleacitytoday.com/ss-united-states-sinking-after-mobile/Mon, 09 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe 990-foot ocean liner that spent 20 months being stripped at a Mobile River berth is set to be sunk off Destin, Florida, on Thursday. Here is how to watch.https://azaleacitytoday.com/nutcracker-and-holiday-shows/https://azaleacitytoday.com/nutcracker-and-holiday-shows/Sun, 08 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMobile Ballet's The Nutcracker is at 2 and 7 p.m. Dec. 19 and 2 p.m. Dec. 20 at the Saenger, tickets $22 to $69. Plus the symphony's holiday swing and more.https://azaleacitytoday.com/cypress-creek-golf-course-six-days-rates/https://azaleacitytoday.com/cypress-creek-golf-course-six-days-rates/Sat, 07 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMobile County's new public course in southwest Mobile opens Tuesday through Sunday. An 18-hole round costs $30 midweek, and the first 100 members pay $1,750.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-county-election-results-2026/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-county-election-results-2026/Wed, 04 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsSheriff Paul Burch won a new term with 51.4% and the $82 million road program passed with 63.6%. Unofficial Mobile County results with all precincts counted.https://azaleacitytoday.com/veterans-day/https://azaleacitytoday.com/veterans-day/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMobile's Veterans Day parade starts at 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 11, on Canal Street downtown, with a free flag ceremony and concert at USS Alabama the same day.https://azaleacitytoday.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/https://azaleacitytoday.com/arts-and-exhibitions-this-month/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMobile arts this month: GATEWAY at the Mobile Museum of Art, Finding Neverland and Noises Off to Nov. 22, and Mobile Ballet's The Nutcracker on Dec. 19-20.https://azaleacitytoday.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/https://azaleacitytoday.com/things-to-do-this-weekend/Sun, 01 Nov 2026 00:00:00 +0000What's OnMobile this weekend, Nov. 6 to 8: the Gulf State Fair's last days and free rodeo, Port City R&B on the waterfront, the Mac Down and Beethoven at the Saenger.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-unemployment-september-2026/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-unemployment-september-2026/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsMobile's jobless rate was 4.5% in September, up from 3.9% a year earlier and now above the U.S. rate. The city has 1,680 fewer residents working than in 2025.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-fires-employee-147-million-fraud/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-fires-employee-147-million-fraud/Sat, 31 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOne Mobile city employee was fired and two put on paid leave over the $14.7 million theft. The mayor said a fraudster posed as a real vendor.https://azaleacitytoday.com/morning-notes-2026-10-28/https://azaleacitytoday.com/morning-notes-2026-10-28/Wed, 28 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 28: 3 items from Mobile's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://azaleacitytoday.com/daily-debrief-2026-10-27/https://azaleacitytoday.com/daily-debrief-2026-10-27/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 27: 3 items from Mobile's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://azaleacitytoday.com/morning-notes-2026-10-27/https://azaleacitytoday.com/morning-notes-2026-10-27/Tue, 27 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsOct. 27: 3 items from Mobile's city hall, police, schools and county, each linked to the official source.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-147-million-fraud-council-hears-residents/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-147-million-fraud-council-hears-residents/Sat, 24 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsFive residents asked the Mobile City Council on Oct. 27 for answers on the $14.7 million fraud. One employee has since been fired and two are on paid leave.https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-county-pay-as-you-go-2026-ballot/https://azaleacitytoday.com/mobile-county-pay-as-you-go-2026-ballot/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsVoters approved the $82M Pay-As-You-Go road plan with 63.8% on Nov. 3. About $30.9M goes to Mobile streets, including Dauphin Street and Michigan Avenue.https://azaleacitytoday.com/port-of-mobile-record-revenue-50-foot-channel/https://azaleacitytoday.com/port-of-mobile-record-revenue-50-foot-channel/Sat, 17 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000NewsThe Alabama Port Authority took in about $245 million in fiscal 2026, up more than 20%, as 168 deep-draft ships used the 50-foot channel in its first year.