Mobile Alabama

The University of Mobile community is honoring one of its basketball players who collapsed and died on campus. A spokesperson for the private institution says 18-year-old Kaiden Francis was found unresponsive this week. This happened shortly after he finished a workout with the university’s coaching staff and trainers.

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. The yearly event has become the annual launching point for the Holiday Season in Mobile.

The City of Mobile is reminding that signups are still open for a free event that aims to quickly resolve active traffic-related warrants. The upcoming Warrant Clinic will take place from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 15 at the Springhill Recreation Center.

A project aimed at helping restore passenger rail service to the Gulf Coast for the first time in nearly two decades is well underway. The start of the Gulf Coast Corridor Improvement project began on Oct. 22 in downtown Mobile with a groundbreaking ceremony.

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.

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 County Health Department (MCHD) is announcing a positive test for West Nile Virus (WNV). This comes from a specimen in a mosquito trap used to detect mosquito-borne diseases in the community. The virus has been confirmed by laboratory results, and the mosquito trap is in the 36541 ZIP Code area.