Sears Call Center Sought About 200 Workers in Mobile in 2009
A Sears call center on Demetropolis Road planned to hire about 200 customer service and sales workers in Mobile in early 2009.
St. Luke’s Headmaster Palmer Kennedy Outlined a High School and a $10 Million Campaign
St. Luke's Episcopal School had bought the old Julius T. Wright campus on University Boulevard and was raising $10 million to add an upper school. Headmaster Palmer Kennedy laid out…
Baldwin County Schools Considered 300 Teaching Cuts in 2009
The Baldwin County School Board discussed cutting 300 teaching positions and other cost-saving measures during the 2009 school-finance crisis.
Senior Bowl Week Brought Phil Savage Back to Sunrise Rotary’s Podium
The Mobile native and recently departed general manager of the Cleveland Browns made his traditional Senior Bowl week appearance before the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile in January 2009.
Real Estate Economist Don Epley Headlined Sunrise Rotary’s First Program of 2009
With the housing market in free fall and credit frozen, the Sunrise Rotary Club of Mobile opened its 2009 program year by turning to one of its own members: University…
A Steel Plant, a Shipyard and a Tanker: Would Unions Come Back to South Alabama?
With ThyssenKrupp rising near Calvert, Austal expanding downtown and aircraft work possible at Brookley, a veteran labor lawyer was asked whether organized labor would ride the boom back into Mobile.…
Mobile Airport Leaders Sought More Local Passengers in 2009
Mobile Airport Authority leaders met with business and community representatives in 2009 to discuss fares, service and ways to draw more passengers to Mobile Regional.
Southern Living Named Fairhope Among the South’s Best Small Towns in 2009
Southern Living ranked Fairhope No. 2 among the South’s best small towns in 2009, citing its charm, hospitality, scenery and recreation.
Five Schools, One Worry: A New Coalition Took On Underage Drinking in Mobile and Baldwin
Jean Downing described the Mobile/Baldwin Counties Community of Concern to Sunrise Rotary — a five-school partnership on alcohol and drugs, with a public forum on the adolescent brain set for…
Sprinkler System Flooded Mobile County Probate Court in 2009
A fire-sprinkler system flooded Mobile County Probate Court in January 2009, damaging documents at the Government Street building that holds records including marriage licenses and voting materials.