Mobile’s Moon Pie Drop Returns With Mardi Gras Parade, Live Music and Free Museum Access
Mobile is gearing up for one of its biggest New Year’s Eve celebrations yet, with the city’s signature Moon Pie drop, a Mardi Gras parade,…
Political Notebook: A Redneck Woman for BayFest and a New Fire Chief for Bayou La Batre
Country star Gretchen Wilson was headed to BayFest, a longtime Mobile firefighter was poised to lead Bayou La Batre's department, and a former sheriff was at work on a book.
Alabama’s Longest-Serving Judge to Leave the Mobile Bench Three Months Early
Circuit Judge Ferrill D. McRae, appointed by George Wallace 41 years earlier and the longest continuously serving judge in Alabama history, planned to step down from the Mobile bench on…
Shelby Presses Senate to Restore Funding for Tanker That Could Be Built in Mobile
Alabama's senior senator warned a Senate defense panel in July 2006 that cutting $203.9 million from the KC-135 tanker replacement program would delay a contract that could bring aircraft work…
Senate Passes Homeland Security Bill Carrying Mobile River Bridge and Coast Guard Aircraft Money
The full Senate approved a 2007 homeland security spending bill in July 2006 with $155.6 million for Coast Guard patrol aircraft trained on in Mobile and $4 million for the…
Gulf Fishermen in Line for $28 Million to Rebuild Oyster Beds and Shrimp Grounds
Federal officials moved in June 2006 to release $28 million for Alabama, aimed at reseeding hurricane-wrecked oyster beds and clearing debris from shrimp grounds off the Gulf Coast.
Senate Panel Backs $4 Million to Replace the 14 Mile CSX Bridge on the Mobile River
A Senate subcommittee advanced a 2007 homeland security spending bill carrying $4 million toward replacing the 14 Mile CSX railroad bridge, a chronic hazard for barge traffic on the Mobile…
New Concessionaire Bets $1.5 Million on Mobile Regional Airport Dining
The Hudson Group agreed to spend $1.5 million rebuilding food service at Mobile Regional Airport, replacing a predecessor criticized for shutting down while passengers were still in the terminal.
Gumbo, Revenge and Mercy: A Mobile Grandmother’s Verdict on Canned Salmon
When a Mobile attorney sent a canned-salmon gumbo recipe to his daughter's West Coast newspaper column, his mother wrote back with a letter that doubled as a lesson in Gulf…
Cruise Terminal Car Counts Showed Mobile Was Pulling Passengers From Across the South
Car counts from the Alabama Cruise Terminal in downtown Mobile showed nearly 27,000 vehicles in the first 11 months of cruising, with passengers driving in from more than 50 states…
Fifty States, One Stage: Mobile Welcomed the America’s Junior Miss National Finals
Contestants from every state arrived in Mobile for the 49th annual America's Junior Miss national finals, competing for $121,000 in scholarships and spending two weeks in the city that has…