Orange Beach Police Made 147 Arrests During 2008 Widespread Panic Run at The Wharf
Orange Beach police made 147 arrests, mostly for minor drug and alcohol offenses, during a three-night Widespread Panic run at The Wharf's amphitheater in 2008.
Baldwin County Therapists Used Wii Games for Rehabilitation in 2008
Mercy Medical therapists in Baldwin County used Nintendo Wii games in 2008 to help patients with weakness, brain injuries and spinal conditions.
The Captain’s Table: A Fine Place for Politics, a Poor One for Lunch
A burned roux, a jambalaya that resembled microwaved rice and greasy fried green tomatoes left our critic doing something he almost never does: leaving food on the plate.
On the Causeway, The Bluegill Earns Second Place and No Apologies
A spring 2008 lunch at The Bluegill on the Causeway turned up a respectable gumbo, a properly grilled grouper filet and a plainspoken verdict on where the restaurant ranks among…
Panera Bread Looked the Part. Then the Roast Beef Arrived.
Our critic called the Asiago roast beef one of the worst sandwiches he had ever eaten, and found the dining room of the Schillinger Road bakery-cafe littered while the staff…
Baldwin County’s Sages Named the One Problem They Would Fix First: The Traffic
Asked to name the single problem in Baldwin County that could be corrected with relative ease, business people and civic figures answered with near unanimity: the roads, the bridges and…
R & R Seafood Was Written Off by a Reliable Source. The Crawfish Said Otherwise.
A Causeway seafood market that became a restaurant after Katrina exceeded low expectations, with boiled crawfish cooked just right and a shrimp poorboy on New Orleans bread.
Mobile Republicans Wanted a Governor, a Southerner, or Condoleezza Rice on McCain’s Ticket
Asked whom John McCain should choose as a running mate, Mobile and Baldwin County Republicans named Charlie Crist, Mitt Romney, Haley Barbour, Condoleezza Rice — and, more than once, an…
Loxley Elementary Teacher Was Found Guilty on Drug Charges in 2008
Archived WKRG coverage reported that a Loxley Elementary math teacher was found guilty on drug charges in a Baldwin County courtroom in 2008.
Baldwin County Teacher Found Guilty on Drug Charges in 2008
A 2008 WKRG report covered the drug conviction of a Loxley Elementary math teacher and the school-system response.