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    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE— The Mobile City Council on Tuesday unanimously approved a $4.5 million contract with Sabra Demolition Corp. to tear down the Mobile Civic Center and Expo Hall. The vote gave the green light to demolish the 60-year-old structure, which is scheduled to begin on Aug. 15, and make way…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — The builder of three hotels in downtown Mobile said tourism here isn’t doing well and questioned the need for a $1 occupancy fee. Mike Cowart of Birmingham, who has been in the hotel business for 45 years, the last 20 as a market consultant, said the leisure…

  Among the Call News’ first-place awards in the Alabama Press Association contest were, above, “The Value of a Foot” and below, “Golson creating a new MGM,” both by editor Jimmy Wigfield.     Staff Report The Call News won 11 awards, including five by editor Jimmy Wigfield, in the Alabama Press Association’s 2024 Better…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — The fate of suspended police chief Paul Prine will remain in limbo for at least another week but the Mobile City Council said Tuesday it plans to investigate Prine’s claims of wrongdoing by Mayor Sandy Stimpson’s administration. Stimpson has recommended that the council fire Prine in the…

  By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — A 16-year-old LeFlore High female student accused of shooting two students has been put under house arrest with a $180,000 bond and will be tried as an adult, Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said Wednesday. The female suspect was given a $75,000 bond for each of two…

  By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — A suspect in the shooting of two LeFlore High students on the school’s campus Tuesday afternoon surrendered to police after originally fleeing the scene, police said. Mobile police chief Paul Prine told the Call News the two wounded students were taken to a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries…

    By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — Low-cost carrier Breeze Airways announced during a press conference at the Mobile International Airport on Tuesday it will provide non-stop service from Mobile to Orlando and one-stop service from Mobile to Providence, R.I., beginning April 10. Breeze Airways, headquartered in Cottonwood Heights, Utah, has service in major…

By ARTHUR L. MACK Ground was broken Wednesday for Heroes Plaza, which will feature statues of sports hall of famers from Mobile, including Hank Aaron and Satchel Paige. Aaron and Paige will be memorialized with nine-foot-tall statues in front of the Mobile Convention Center along with fellow Baseball Hall of Fame members Billy Williams, Ozzie…

By JIMMY WIGFIELD Saraland City Schools Superintendent Dr. Aaron Milner expressed dismay over what he called a tepid response from fans at Spartans football games and implored them to not take the team, band and cheerleaders for granted. “Our community loves the students of Saraland City Schools,” Milner said. “With this understood, it has become…

  By ARTHUR L. MACK MOBILE — Despite concerns about the cost, the Mobile City Council on Wednesday unanimously approved a $9.66 million transfer from the city’s general fund to the capital improvement fund to pay for the Civic Center parking facility. The original projected price for the project, a six-level parking facility with just…