AfricaTown holds great historical significance as one of the nation’s oldest African-American neighborhoods. It’s credited as being one of the first places where freed slaves from Africa settled in ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The 5k Africatown Bridge Challenge is this weekend. The Challenge is a certified 5k run/walk course that offers a view of historic Africatown, the Mobile River, Port of Mobile, ...

A native of Mobile’s Crichton neighborhood, Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood has served the Mobile County area, the state of Alabama and the country through her work as an attorney. She ...

City officials began the process of revising Mobile’s zoning code several years before the hull of the Clotilda was discovered kickstarting a renewed focus on the Africatown community as a tourism ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile has chosen a team to lead the design and engineering work for the Africatown Welcome Center. The group includes firms and non-profit organizations that have ...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Africatown Redevelopment Corporation’s mission to preserve the town’s history, revitalize housing, and attract and develop commerce is coming along as a new home was ...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile City Council on Tuesday approved a $190,000 contract to grow and develop tourism related to the discovery of the Clotilda. The Clotilda was the last known slave ship ...

A look inside the historic southern Alabama neighborhood where descendants of America’s last slave ship still reside today Tucked along an unassuming stretch of land three miles north of downtown ...

The Senior Bowl has called Mobile, Alabama, home for all but one of its 75 years of existence. It is the pre-draft season's largest and most celebrated college football all-star game, an annual affair ...