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🌱 MPD Safety Checkpoints + Changes At Mobile Animal Shelter
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Get on up, Mobile! It's Thursday, so let's get you started with everything you need to know going on around town today.
First, today's weather:
Mostly sunny and delightful. High: 61 Low: 50.
Here are the top 3 stories in Mobile today:
- Drivers traveling through Mobile last night likely encountered one of the four police safety checkpoints that were set up throughout the city. The checkpoints, which were set up in Precincts One through Four, began at 5:00 p.m. on Dec. 22 and went until midnight. Mobile Police asked all drivers going through the checkpoints to show their driver's license, proof of insurance, and a valid tag, and investigated anything that gave them "probable cause." (WKRG News 5)
- The new director of the Mobile Animal Shelter knows there are problems at the shelter, and they are working on solutions. Ali Rellinger has been trying to improve the shelter since it transitioned from Mobile Police management to management by the new Animal Service Department. She says they will be implementing new software solutions and management strategies to "respond and address concerns in the community more quickly." (WKRG News 5)
- A porch pirate was caught on a home security camera in West Mobile snatching a child's Christmas present, just days before the holiday. The homeowner, who lives in the Huntleigh Woods subdivision, says her home has been targeted four times by porch pirates and put up a Ring doorbell camera to deter criminals. She is hoping somebody will recognize the woman caught on video and turn her in. (FOX10 News)
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Today in Mobile:
- Family Christmas Candlelight Communion Services At Christ United Methodist Church (5:30 PM)
From my notebook:
- Mobile County's offices will be closed on Thursday, Dec. 23 and Friday, Dec. 24 in observance of Christmas. (Facebook)
- In an effort to increase the visibility of police presence around the city's commercial corridors, the Mobile Police Department has announced it will patrol with stationary blue lights. Citizens can expect to see the enhanced police presence on Dec. 23 and Dec. 24 from dusk to dawn. (Facebook)
- Mobile Public Library will be hosting LibCon on Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022 for local residents to celebrate their favorite fandoms at the library. (Facebook)
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Now you're in the loop and ready to start this Thursday! I'll be back in your inbox tomorrow morning with your next update.
— Sammi Caramela
About me: Assistant Managing Editor at Lightning Media Partners and author of "Some Place Like Home."