President Barack Obama held a press conference at the Theodore Staging Area for oil spill cleanup June 14, 2010 in Theodore, Alabama. The trip, which included visits to Gulfport, Miss. and Pensacola, Fla., marked Obama's third trip to the Gulf Coast since the Deepwater Horizon explosion April 20, 2010.

Three people were injured and several homes and businesses sustained heavy damage when an EF-2 tornado hit Theodore, Alabama on March 9, 2011.