Downtown Mobile Apartment Fire Displaced 17 People in 2008
A March 2008 fire at the Garden District Apartments in downtown Mobile displaced 17 people, though all tenants escaped safely, according to WKRG.
A Fundraising Letter, a Field House Debt and a Commissioner’s $200,000 Promise
A supporter's letter told the men who co-signed a loan for the Alma Bryant field house that Commissioner Mike Dean would steer $200,000 in county money toward the debt if…
Mobile Man Indicted on 2008 Federal Bank Robbery Charge
A federal grand jury indicted a Mobile man in March 2008 in connection with the robbery of a Regions Bank on Dauphin Island Parkway, according to WKRG.
Why Jazz Has Never Quite Taken Root in Mobile
Mobile has never been much of a jazz town, and those who have tried to change that over the years say the reasons run deeper than simple taste. Back in…
2008 Report Described Growing Investor Interest in Mobile and Baldwin Counties
A 2008 WKRG report said investors from around the country were looking at property in Mobile and Baldwin counties amid major industrial-development expectations.
Baldwin County Pursuit Ended in Fairhope Arrest in 2008
A Baldwin County man was arrested after a March 2008 police pursuit from Loxley into Fairhope, according to WKRG.
Suspended Judge Ordered From His Home as Wife Files for Divorce
A judge ordered suspended Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose to vacate his Jackson home and barred him from threatening his wife, their daughters or her attorney, then sealed the…
Mobile Police Announced First Precinct Checkpoints in 2008
Mobile Police announced evening checkpoints in the First Precinct for March 27, 2008, after officers wrote 230 tickets during prior weekend checkpoints.
Byrne, Brooks and a Pig Roast: The Parties Worked the Coast
The Mobile GOP booked the two-year college chancellor and a state senator for its quarterly meeting, a councilwoman toured her district, and South Baldwin Democrats planned a pig roast with…
As Qualifying Closed, Career Employees Lined Up to Run the Offices They Worked In
The license and revenue commissioner races filled with insiders — a chief clerk, a longtime appraiser, a commissioner's secretary — while a former sheriff's candidate weighed one more run.