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🌱 Bridge Work On Craft Highway + Virtual Courtrooms In Mobile
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Good morning, Mobile! Let's get you all caught up to start this Friday, December 17 off on an informed note. Here's everything you need to know today in Mobile.
First, today's weather:
A shower and thunderstorm. High: 73 Low: 67.
Here are the top 4 stories today in Mobile:
- The City of Mobile announced a five-month closure of Craft Highway between Velma and Osage Streets as crews work to replace a bridge. The work is expected to continue until May 2022, and traffic will be detoured to Prichard Avenue and Wilson Avenue. Once reopened, the new bridge will include an adjacent pedestrian bridge. (FOX10 News)
- Mobile County municipal court has added three virtual courtrooms to conduct more hearings and clear through the court's backlog of cases faster. The virtual aspects are secure and user-friendly, with enhanced audio and video capabilities, and attorneys only need to scan a QR code on one of the screens to start a meeting. Mayor Sandy Stimpson said he feels it's "a huge accomplishment for the city." (WKRG News 5)
- After a three-month investigation, the Mobile Police Department's Narcotics division executed multiple arrest and search warrants in the Maysville community Thursday afternoon. The investigation, dubbed "Operation Gift Wrap," focused on local cocaine and marijuana distribution and resulted in at least three arrests. (NBC 15 WPMI)
- Mobile's first COVID-19 vaccine recipient reflected on her experience in the year since vaccination. Kimberly Tucker, a head nurse at University Hospital, noted that everyone was a little apprehensive at the time, but "you just have to take a leap some time and trust the health care professionals ... and I'm glad I did." (WKRG News 5)
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Today in Mobile:
- Child Of The Wild Outdoor Adventures At The Mobile Public Library (9:00 AM)
From my notebook:
- Tomorrow from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the City of Mobile is hosting a Holiday Extravaganza and Toy Giveaway at James Seals Park, with food trucks, live DJ entertainment, Christmas crafts, visits with Santa, and more. (Facebook)
- A neighbor in the Jeff Hamilton neighborhood described an "odd encounter" with a man who walked up to their door today and asked for water as he walked to the transmission shop to get his truck. The neighbor noted there were no shops for at least five miles near their home and the man was "acting a little nervous." (Nextdoor)
- A neighbor in Leinkauf is seeking assistance with feral baby cats found underneath their house. (Nextdoor)
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— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."