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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.
What Africatown Hall means to community founded by survivors of the Clotilda slave ship
The Africatown Heritage House opened almost 11 months ago and became known as one of the top new museums in the United States. The next project within the historic community is opening soon. Within in a matter of a few short weeks, Africatown Hall will open and represent the second major initiative within the community since the unearthing of the hull from the Clotilda slave ship approximately five years ago in May 2019.
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 […]
Alligator spotted near museum in downtown Mobile Wednesday
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An alligator was seen out on the dock at the Gulfquest National Maritime Wednesday. City officials said animal control worked with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to put the alligator back into the water. People had come in contact with the gator at the museum before it was […]
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