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Everything you need to know about Amtrak’s return to Mobile City Council for first time since 2020
Amtrak officials will return before the Mobile City Council for the first time Tuesday in four years and three months -- 1,575 days -- to talk about the Gulf Coast project and continue to seek support for it. The council’s Economic, Cultural & Civic Development Committee will meet at 1...
Small group works to upkeep graves including those of Buffalo Soldiers; looking for more volunteers
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A North Alabama man travels to Mobile every three weeks to make a dent in an overgrown cemetery where the graves of Buffalo Soldiers are hidden in the brush. He’s looking for more local volunteers. While many people spent their Memorial Day on the beach or grilling with friends, Alvin Crawford, […]
Alabama IVF providers claim parents ‘failed’ when agreeing to treatment
A Mobile hospital and in vitro fertilization clinic are seeking to disqualify IVF patients in lawsuits recently restored by the Alabama Supreme Court, claiming they “failed to perform parental duties” when they signed agreements for time-limited storage of their frozen embryos.
USS ALABAMA Battleship Memorial Park holds flag lowering ceremony
MOBILE, Ala (WKRG) – The USS Alabama Battleship Memorial Park kicked off Memorial Day Monday with a special flag-lowering ceremony at the Vietnam Memorial. Earlier today at 7 a.m., the park lowered the American flag halfway while holding silence in honor of the service members who died fighting for this country. Several armed forces members […]
Take a personal historic Fairhope walking tour with these new digital building markers
A local education committee installed 20 new historic building plaques to teach visitors more about significant places in Fairhope history. The Fairhope Single Tax Corporation (FSTC), which began as an organization of single-taxers who founded Fairhope in the late 1800s and today serves as a non-profit in the community, put together a map of buildings with historic value designed to be a walking tour.
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