Giuliani Had a Following Among Mobile Republicans, and a Skeptic or Two
City council members, a district attorney and a state senator weighed in on the 2008 field. Rudy Giuliani drew the most support in Mobile, but not everyone in his own…
First Jobs, Part Two: Crab Picking in Bayou La Batre and a Quarterback Sweeping the Shop
More Mobile-area figures recalled the work that started them off, including a summer picking crab in Bayou La Batre that produced a lifelong vow about education, and a future NFL…
Drafting Gore, Backing Gingrich: The Candidates Mobile Wished Were Running
A restaurateur was writing letters urging Al Gore to run. A CPA was backing Newt Gingrich, who had not announced. Across the Mobile area, the most enthusiastic 2008 supporters were…
Black Bart’s Strategic Retreat: The Christmas Letter of a Mobile Oilman in Exile
Mobile oilman Bart Chamberlain Jr. died in the Bahamas at 93, having fled the country rather than pay a $19.4 million judgment. A 1989 letter to his employees laid out…
Gunfire Struck a MAWSS Truck as Crews Turned On Water in North Mobile
Two Mobile Area Water and Sewer System employees escaped injury when a shot shattered the rear window of their truck on Next Street. The utility's director called the episode very…
A Mobile Law Student Finished a Summer on Capitol Hill in Shelby’s Office
Meg Demeranville, daughter of Dr. Charles and Kathy Demeranville of Mobile, completed an internship in Sen. Richard Shelby's Washington office, sitting in on Banking Committee hearings and guiding Capitol tours.
1,600 Tons of Rubble Became a New Fishing Reef in Mobile Bay
The Alabama Wildlife Federation built the Upper Wreck Reef between Mullet Point and the mouth of Weeks Bay, a 1.25-acre underwater structure of recycled rubble finished in time for Memorial…
Hillary Clinton Raises $160,000 at an Eastern Shore Luncheon
The Democratic presidential candidate collected roughly $160,000 at a seated luncheon in the Baldwin County home of Pat and Bob Edington, drawing about 45 donors from five states to a…
After a Bruising Loss, Luther Strange Looks at the Attorney General’s Office
Sources said the Birmingham lawyer and lobbyist, whose 2006 run for lieutenant governor ended in defeat, was measuring a 2010 campaign for attorney general against incumbent Republican Troy King.
Might Kindergartners Return to Barton Academy?
With the school system's administration finally out of the building, talk around Mobile turned to sending children back into Barton Academy, possibly as the new home of a performing arts…