Here are just five of the local stories you might have missed if you didn’t read the Mobile Lede last week.

· In our Sunday Q&A Mobile City Councilman Josh Woods talks about fixing the brain drain from the city by focusing on quality of life and bringing in jobs.

· Why did the federal government make a small rural road change its name? It had something to do with the word “Rebel” as John Sharp reported.

· The Lede’s Margaret Kates continued her reporting into how the city is paying for mental health services in a story about how Arc of Mobile will start a day program for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

· Did you get in on the Lede College Football Picks contest? If you’re a fan, check it out every Friday.

· Who are Mobile’s top-paid public employees? Kates charted the answer showing who is getting your tax dollars.

Every day the Lede brings you a lot more local news, not to mention state, national and world events worth reading about. And each edition has a page designed to tell you how to navigate The Lede. It even has a cool YouTube video.

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