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MOBILE, Ala (February 13, 2026) – The Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Farragut (DDG 99) arrived in Mobile, Alabama for a scheduled port visit, in conjunction with the city’s 2026 Mardi Gras celebration, February 13.

As the oldest organized Mardi Gras in the United States, Mobile provides a unique opportunity for Sailors aboard Farragut to engage with the local community and showcase the pride and professionalism of the U.S. Navy.

During the visit, Farragut will participate in a variety of events in the community, including marching in Mobile’s historic Floral Parade. In addition to several local outreach events, the warship will offer public tours throughout the week, providing locals and visitors with a unique opportunity to step aboard and learn more about life and operations on a U.S. Navy warship.

Mobile’s annual Mardi Gras celebration with the U.S. Navy has been an ongoing and storied partnership going back over 100 years. These port visits allow crew members to connect with the public they serve, share in national celebrations, and foster pride in their service and dedication.

The ship’s namesake, Admiral David G. Farragut, has a historic connection with Mobile arising from his leadership during the Battle of Mobile Bay (1864). Building upon that connection, Farragut has visited Mobile twice previously during Mardi Gras, and several officers and crew have family ties to this area.

USS Farragut, commissioned in 2006, is homeported in Mayport, FL and assigned to Commander, Naval Surface Group Southeast. The ship supports multi-mission offensive and defensive capabilities and is capable of conducting sustained combat operations across multiple domains.

COMNAVSURFLANT mans, trains and equips assigned surface forces and shore activities, ensuring a capable force for conducting prompt and sustained operations in support of United States national interests. The SURFLANT force is composed of 77 ships and 31 shore commands.

For more SURFLANT news and photos, visit https://www.facebook.com/SURFLANT, www.surflant.usff.navy.mil.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Finding affordable housing is a challenge for many people, but it can be especially difficult for seniors living on fixed incomes. In West Mobile, city leaders and community partners are celebrating a new development they say will help fill that gap: Live Oak Trace, an affordable housing community built specifically for older residents.

On Monday morning, the City of Mobile joined nonprofit and private-sector partners to mark the opening of Live Oak Trace, a $19.8 million senior housing community on Overlook Road. The development will provide 56 apartment homes for residents ages 55 and older and is part of a broader effort to expand affordable housing across the city.

For future resident Ruby Tucker, it represents something deeply personal.

“I lost my husband about 12 years ago and me and my daughter and her kids stay together,” Tucker said. “We get along but I’m ready to be to myself.”

Tucker was the first person to apply to Live Oak Trace and will be among the first to move in. She says she’s especially excited about the amenities that will allow her to stay active and engaged.

“They have a recreation room, places I can get out and walk around,” she said. “I’m gonna love it… I am thankful and grateful.”

Located at 6275 Overlook Road in West Mobile, Live Oak Trace is designed to offer comfort, safety, and convenience for older adults.

Each of the 56 apartment homes includes:

Residents will also have access to:

These features are meant to support seniors who want to downsize from larger, harder-to-maintain homes while staying in their community.

“Senior housing is what we don’t hear enough about,” said District 7 Councilmember Gina Gregory. “There were applications up until the time we were breaking ground—so people are very interested.”

Gregory noted that many older residents are living in homes that have simply become too much work.

“They don’t have to get out and cut the yard, do the painting, fix an appliance,” she said. “We need more of these—there’s property next door. We’d like to develop it as well for more senior living apartments.”

Live Oak Trace is the result of a collaboration between the City of Mobile, nonprofit organizations, and private financial partners.

The project was developed in partnership with Aletheia House and The Morrow Companies. Funding came from the City of Mobile’s American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) allocations, with additional support from:

Once leasing begins, the Mobile Housing Authority will provide rental assistance to qualifying residents through housing choice vouchers.

“There is a clear need for more affordable housing across Alabama, and it’s encouraging to see meaningful progress in Mobile because of partnerships and developments like Live Oak Trace,” said Chris Retan, Executive Director of Aletheia House. “We’re proud to work alongside the City of Mobile and our other partners to help bring this project to life.”

Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis said the project reflects the city’s commitment to listening to residents and addressing their needs.

“Being a judge taught me one thing—how to listen,” Mayor Cheriogotis said. “I’m thankful for the neighborhood development team who listens to the needs of the community and address problems one piece at a time.”

He added that as Mobile continues to grow, the need for housing will only increase.

“We have thousands of jobs coming to Mobile in the next six years—we need lots of housing units,” Cheriogotis said. “The city is looking at building 600 units by 2028.”

Live Oak Trace is one piece of a larger affordable housing strategy underway in Mobile. By 2028, city-supported initiatives are expected to deliver more than 600 new affordable housing units across the city through a mix of single-family homes, apartments, and townhomes.

These projects are backed by approximately $86 million in federal funding, including ARPA dollars and support from the Alabama Department of Economic and Community Affairs. Through public-private and nonprofit partnerships, they are projected to generate nearly $215 million in total investment in affordable housing developments in Mobile.

Applications for residency at Live Oak Trace are now available on-site and online.

According to city officials, final inspections are underway, and the first group of seniors will be able to move in soon.

For additional information and photos, visit morrowapartments.net.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Downtown Mobile is buzzing the night before Fat Tuesday as families claim their spots and prepare for the biggest parade day of the year.

Families are setting up chairs and talking strategy along the parade route. One group of kids showed off a sign with a big target and a basket, hoping to improve their aim and their catch rate.

“Well, usually I just hold it up and I bounce it, said Merideth Bonilla, ”Then they try to hit in there, and I empty it out every time somebody hits it, so they want to hit it more.”

Others are already celebrating today’s parade haul. The Calhoun sisters said they’ll be cruising the route tomorrow riding a new hoverboard they caught in a parade today.

“We’re gonna be down here early, and we’re gonna be in front of the courthouse, hoverboarding and skateboarding,” Isabella Calhoun said.

“I screamed, and then I jumped over the gate”, said her sister, “I was holding my arms out, and they dropped it into my arms, and I almost dropped it because it was heavy.”

Fat Tuesday parade schedule

Tomorrow’s parade schedule is packed with six major parades:

Order of Athena kicks things off at 10:30 a.m. on Route A, followed by Knights of Revelry at 12:30 p.m.

King Felix III rolls at 1 p.m., with the Comic Cowboys right behind at 1:30 p.m.

At 2 p.m., the MAMGA Mammoth Parade takes over Route B.

The night wraps up with Order of Myths at 6 p.m. on Route C.

FOX10 will provide live coverage starting at 6 a.m., with parade streaming beginning at 10 a.m.

The free FOX10 Float Tracker app lets users know where the start of each parade is at any time. The app also includes parade routes, schedules and weather forecasts. The FOX10 Float Tracker app is available in the Apple App and Google Play stores.

Feb 10 (Reuters) - U.S. forces in Qatar's al-Udeid, the biggest U.S. base in the Middle East, put missiles into truck launchers as tensions with Iran ratcheted up since January, analysis of satellite images showed, meaning they could be moved more quickly.

The decision to keep the Patriot missiles in mobile trucks rather than semi-static launcher stations -- meaning they could rapidly deploy to strike or be moved defensively in case of an Iranian attack -- shows how risks heightened as frictions grew.

U.S. President Donald Trump has threatened to bomb Iran over its nuclear and ballistic missile programmes, its backing for allied groups in the Middle East and crushing of internal dissent, though talks to avert a war continue.

There are also U.S. bases in Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Turkey and on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

Iran's Revolutionary Guards have warned that in case of strikes on Iranian territory, they could retaliate against any U.S. base.

A comparison of satellite photographs in early February with those taken in January shows a recent build-up of aircraft and other military equipment across the region, said William Goodhind, a forensic imagery analyst with Contested Ground.

At al-Udeid, the Patriot missiles were visible parked mounted into M983 Heavy Expanded Mobility Tactical Trucks (HEMTT) at the start of February, Goodhind said.

"The decision to do so gives the Patriots much greater mobility, meaning they can be moved to an alternative site or repositioned with greater speed," he said.

It was not clear on Tuesday whether the missiles were still in the HEMTTs.

Iran says it has replenished its missile stocks after two weeks of conflict last summer when Israel bombed its nuclear facilities and some other military targets, a campaign that the United States joined late on.

Iran has underground missile complexes near Tehran, as well as at Kermanshah, Semnan and near the Gulf coast.

The Iranian naval drone carrier IRIS Shahid Bagheri was visible in satellite photographs on January 27 at sea some 5 km from Bandar Abbas. It was also visible near Bandar Abbas on February 10.

Images from February 1 showed an RC-135 reconnaissance aircraft, three C-130 Hercules aircraft, 18 KC 135 Stratotankers and seven C-17s. On January 17 there had been 14 Stratotankers and two C-17s.

Images from February 2 of one location in Muwaffaq showed 17 F15-E strike aircraft, 8 A-10 Thunderbolt aircraft, four C-130s and four unidentified helicopters. Images from January 16 were low resolution and it was not possible to identify all aircraft there.

February 2 images of a second location in Muwaffaq showed a C-17 and a C-130, as well as four EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft. Pictures of that location on January 25 had not shown any aircraft.

At Prince Sultan base in Saudi Arabia, images on February 2 showed a C-5 Galaxy and a C-17 aircraft. Images on December 6 showed five aircraft that appeared to be C-130s.

Satellite images from February 6 showed seven more aircraft than had been observed on January 31 at Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean.

A trash bin from Alabama journeyed from one beach town to another, traveling more than 4,000 miles from Fort Morgan to Weymouth, England, over more than five years.

“It’s quite a well-traveled bin, that one,” said Ryan Stalker, the Weymouth resident that found the bin.

Last month, a trash bin with “Baldwin County Alabama” written in faded print washed up on shore in Bowleaze Cove, a beach in Weymouth, a town in southern England.

Stalker, a scuba diver and underwater photographer, was walking along the beach, looking for treasures, when he saw the bin. He noticed it was covered in goose barnacles.

He walked up and started inspecting it. There was a big crack along the side, and it had clearly spent a lot of time in water.

Then, he saw “Alabama” on the side.

“I started having a little bit more of a look at it, and then I noticed the Alabama on the side of it and I thought, ‘Oh, I know where that’s come from then,’” Stalker said. “That’s come an awful long way.”

He got his car, put the trash bin in the back, and returned home. The bin is larger than most trash bins in the United Kingdom, he said, taking up most of the space in his car. Plus, it smelled, on account of the goose barnacles.

Stalker put the trash bin in his garden while he pondered what to do with it. He posted photos of it on social media, which soon gained traction, not just in the U.K. but internationally as well.

“I didn’t think it would make so much news, a bin,” Stalker said. “But when you’ve got that story and you can trace it across, then it’s quite interesting.”

Eventually, an employee of Baldwin County Solid Waste saw the photos and got in touch with Stalker. He asked if any of the bin’s identification number was visible.

Stalker took a scouring pad to the trash bin and was able to reveal most of the number.

Baldwin County Solid Waste was able to use the partial number and determine that it must have belonged to one of three houses in Fort Morgan, said Jennifer Doan, recycling outreach coordinator for Baldwin County.

The bin was lost during Hurricane Sally in 2020. The most recent hurricane to directly hit Alabama’s coast, Sally caused five to seven feet of storm surge and between 20 and 30 inches of rain.

Stalker thinks the bin stayed in warmer waters in the south Atlantic for some time. The goose barnacles, he said, are native to the Caribbean. They don’t survive for very long in the colder waters of the north Atlantic.

Storms are common in the winter in the U.K., so turbulence from the storms likely finally brought the bin to shore, more than five years later.

“I suspect it’s probably been around [the Alabama coast] way for a while, drifted around, then probably drifted around for years in the Atlantic, going round in circles, a bit more this way, a bit more back,” Stalker said.

Initially, Stalker thought he was going to recycle it. But then, after realizing the significance of his find, he decided to keep it. But it can’t stay in his garden forever, he said.

A local pub displays items that have washed up onshore, from shipwrecks or other continents or otherwise. Stalker said there’s a chance the pub will take it.

Stalker has found many unique objects in his time combing beaches and scuba diving. He said he’s found a refrigerator door before. But the bin is unique, he said, and has brought lots of attention in both the U.K. and the U.S.

A restaurant owner in Liverpool, who used to live in Fort Morgan, offered him a free meal. And if Stalker ever wants to make the trip to Fort Morgan, he can stay for free, he said.

“I was going to recycle it, to just get rid of it,” Stalker said. “But actually, with all the attention and five-and-a-half years at sea, I thought, ‘I should probably see if anyone wants it.”