City of Mobile

Alabama broadcaster Mel Showers, who broke racial barriers in a Deep South newsroom and became a beloved and trusted newsman along the state’s Gulf Coast, has died. He was 78. WKRG-TV, the station where he worked for 50 years, announced his death over the weekend.

Kathryn Coumanis, a member of the philanthropic organization Daughters of Penelope, sits down with her daughter Tonie Ann Torrans at StoryCorps to share how she founded Penelope House and the impact they’ve seen it have on the Mobile community.

The City of Mobile is announcing a night of cheer as Mayor Sandy Stimpson will light up the night and celebrate the start of the holiday season. The annual Lighting of the Tree on Friday, Nov. 15 in Mardi Gras Park.

After the success of the free Warrant Clinic back in May, the City of Mobile is putting on a second clinic in November. The goal is to help as many people as possible quickly resolve active traffic-related warrants in a relaxed and unintimidating space without the fear of arrest.

Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson is proposing the sale of city property to support a mixed-use development in downtown that will connect citizens and visitors alike to the Port City's waterfront. The Oct. 15 Mobile City Council meeting will include the first read for a purchase-sale agreement between the city and the developer.

The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department is set to host its annual fire expo at Langan Park on Friday, Oct. 11. The family-friendly event is open to the public and coincides with the National Fire Protection Association’s Fire Prevention Week.

The Mobile Museum of Art is celebrating a milestone: the 60th anniversary of its founding. The museum will hold a 1960s-themed Birthday Bash to commemorate the occasion. That's along with the opening of the special exhibition, 1960s Hard Edge and Op Art: Tribute to the Responsive Eye.

Mark your calendars, ghouls and goblins! The City of Mobile is inviting locals and visitors alike to a variety of "spooktacular" activities during the month of October. Join the frightening fun and get a little spooky!

Members of the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department are participating in the Fill the Boot drive. Funds raised help support Muscular Dystrophy Associations efforts to fund groundbreaking research, accelerate treatments and cures, as well as funding support services.

Mayor Sandy Stimpson and City Council Vice President Gina Gregory will host a ribbon-cutting ceremony in Lavretta Park at 9 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 27, to celebrate Mobile’s newest public pickleball courts. To showcase the newest courts, the city will also host a Pickleball Clinic at Lavretta Park on Saturday, Sept. 28.