Hello, people of Mobile! Samantha Friedlander here with the latest issue of the Mobile Daily.
First, today’s weather:
Sunny and pleasant. High: 88 Low: 70.
Here are the top stories in Mobile today:
- Africatown is planning to become a tourism spot in 2022, but the small community north of downtown Mobile is also in need of revitalization. The Africatown Redevelopment Corporation met for the first time on Thursday and members are focused ‘solely on the total revitalization’ of the community founded by slaves. Their mission is to improve housing and attracting and developing commerce within the historic community. (AL.com)
- A Mobile man has finally left the hospital after more than two months fighting COVD-19. This father of three struggled for 73 days against the Delta variant. He spent two weeks on a ventilator and chest tube, and is the first patient to survive this variant after having been on a ventilator. (NBC 15 WPMI)
- On Thursday evening, a man was shot in the chest on Alba Street…