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🌱 Dog Adoption Fees Discounted + Health And Vaccine Fair

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Get on up, Mobile! Let's get you all caught up to start this Friday, October 22 off on an informed note. These are the most important things happening today in town.


First, today's weather:

Partly sunny. High: 84 Low: 58.


Here are the top stories in Mobile today:

  1. The man wanted in connection with the armed robbery-turned shooting in Midtown Mobile has died, police said. After being found and cornered in a Midtown neighborhood, the man turned the gun on himself. Next of kin will be notified before the man is identified. (FOX10 News)
  2. A health and vaccine fair titled, "Stay Well Community Health Fair and Vaccine Event" will be held in Mobile this week. The event is being hosted by Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority and the Gamma Rho Omega Chapter on Oct. 23 and will feature COVID-19 vaccines, health screenings, an expert panel of doctors, and more. (WKRG News 5)
  3. Camp Connect, a day camp designed to support children who have experienced a loss, will host a bereavement event in Mobile County. (WKRG News 5)
  4. The Mobile County Animal Shelter will discount adoption fees for dogs for the month of October. (FOX10 News)
  5. The Mobile Area Chamber will host Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Oct. 26 as part of the Chamber's forum series. (NBC 15 WPMI)


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Sammi Caramela

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