Community Corner
🌱 ‘Hall of Fame’ Courtyard Statues + Social Media Threat Arrest
The quickest way to get caught up on the most important things happening today in Mobile.
Happy Saturday, neighbors! Here's everything you need to know about what's happening today.
First, today's weather:
Nice with clouds and sun. High: 71 Low: 58.
Here are the top stories today in Mobile:
- Proposals for memorializing Mobile's unique link to professional baseball history are set to be unveiled this month. The proposed features could become part of the city's "Hall of Fame" courtyard in downtown Mobile. Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the city plans to display 3-foot-tall statues within the next couple of weeks that were completed by artists who recently submitted work that could be included within the courtyard. (al.com)
- An official with the Mobile County Public School System says an arrest has been made in relation to the social media threat against two Semmes schools. The Mobile Public School System worked with the Mobile County Sheriff's to investigate a social media threat made against Mary G. Montgomery High School and Semmes Middle School. (WKRG News 5)
- The Mobile County Health Department is hosting three COVID-19 vaccine events in Mobile County in the weeks leading up to the Christmas holiday. (WKRG News 5)
- Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency's Highway Patrol Division responded to a multiple-vehicle crash on Alabama 158 near the three-mile marker in Mobile County early Friday morning. (FOX10 News)
Today in Mobile:
- Breakfast with Santa - SouthWest Mobile County Chamber of Commerce (8:00 AM)
- Christmas Parade - SouthWest Mobile County Chamber of Commerce (10:30 AM)
- Wreath Making Workshop - Colonial Fort Condé (11:00 AM)
- 911 Dauphin St. - Historic Mobile Preservation Society (12:00 PM)
- Colonial Carriage Rides - Colonial Fort Condé (3:00 PM)
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— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."