Top 10 Things to Do in South Alabama in August 2026
A roundup of 10 South Alabama events in August 2026, from a downtown Mobile home tour to live theater, art shows and a Jack Johnson concert at The Wharf.
The $3 Drink That Cost a Teenager Everything: Inside Mobile Best Buy’s Culture of Exploitation
In the fall of 2009, a 16-year-old kid walked into a Best Buy in Mobile, Alabama, excited to start his first real job. He was hired as a Geek Squad…
The Constable Who Would Be King: How Leo Bullock Has Turned Mobile County’s Law Enforcement Into His Personal Vendetta
For four decades, Leo Bullock III has been a fixture in Mobile County law enforcement. First elected as constable in 1984, he has outlasted presidents, heavyweight champions, and even Freddy…
Taxpayer Money Down the Drain: How the University of South Alabama Wasted Hundreds of Thousands on a Professor Who Didn’t Stay
The University of South Alabama has a spending problem. And nowhere is that more evident than in the ill-fated recruitment and rapid departure of Dr. Natalia Stakhanova, a cybersecurity researcher…
A Legacy of Hands-On Excellence: Remembering Robert Broadnax’s Decades of Service at Baker High School
For more than three decades, the hum of machinery, the smell of sawdust, and the quiet concentration of students huddled over blueprints were the soundtrack of Robert Broadnax’s life. As…
How a Corporate Accountant-Turned-Farmer Allegedly Exploited a Medical Emergency to Destroy a Struggling Family
In the pastoral landscape of Buchanan, Tennessee, where the poultry community prides itself on neighborly cooperation, a former corporate accountant has waged a year-long campaign of public humiliation and legal…
4th Annual Coastal Tailgate Cook-Off Returns to The Wharf, Offering Golden Ticket to World Food Championships
The Coastal Alabama Business Chamber's 4th Annual Tailgate Cook-Off Challenge returns to The Wharf on Aug. 22, with a Golden Ticket to the World Food Championships on the line.
Port of Mobile Outpaces Budget as Steel, Coal and Rail Traffic Surge
The Alabama Port Authority is $30 million ahead of budget through June, driven by record coal, steel and rail traffic, even as wet coal shipments drove up June expenses.
Mobile Police Investigate Crash Involving Moped-Type Vehicle Near Downtown
Mobile Police are investigating a midday crash involving a moped-type vehicle near Osage Street and South Wilson Avenue that left an adult with minor injuries.
ICE Lodges Detainer for Truck Driver Convicted in Fatal Grove Hill Crash
ICE says it has lodged a detainer for Andrii Dmyterko, a truck driver convicted of criminally negligent homicide in a fatal Grove Hill crash that killed two people.