Community Corner
🌱 Jazz On The Roof + Community Shred Day + Action Group Protest
Welcome to the Mobile Daily— your go-to for updates on everything happening in town.
Rise and shine, Mobile! It's Saturday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on today in town.
First, today's weather:
Sunny and pleasant. High: 83 Low: 63.
Here are the top stories today in Mobile:
- 2021 Jazz on the Roof event will take place on Oct. 24 where guests can bring lawn chairs and enjoy a night of music outdoors. Tickets are limited to ensure a safe gathering at Central Presbyterian on Dauphin Street. A $10 donation is encouraged. (FOX10 News)
- More than 12,000 pounds of paper was collected at the Community Shred Day in Daphne on Friday. WKRG News 5 partnered with the Better Business Bureau to hot the event from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The shred day allowed the community to safely dispose of important documents. (WKRG News 5)
- Cell A65, an Alabama community action group planned a protest and started petitions against two University of South Alabama presidential candidates. (NBC 15 WPMI)
- The owners of an Alabama apartment were fined $20,000 for discriminating against children under 12 during the coronavirus pandemic. (AL.com)
- National Drug Take Back Day allowed safe disposal of unneeded drugs in Mobile. (FOX10 News)
Today in Mobile:
- Arts & Crafts Storytime - Mobile Public Library (9:00 AM)
- African American Genealogy Workshop with Mary Jones-Fitts: Jails, Prisons, & Convict Leasing (10:00 AM)
- DIS-IS-ABLE: Book-signing & Sensory Storytime (1:30 PM)
- Saturday Crafternoons: Silly Scarecrow Craft (2:00 PM)
- Outdoor Spooktacular Showings: The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993) (5:30 PM)
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— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."
