Mobile County Child Sex Offender Faces New Abuse Charges After Earlier Conviction
A Mobile County man previously convicted of a child sex crime is back in jail, now facing new charges of sodomy and sexual abuse of a child under the age…
Quarter-Century Later, 1993 Irvington Murder of Renee Bergeron Remains Unsolved
More than 25 years after a passerby discovered a woman’s body along a dirt road off Interstate 10 near Irvington, the brutal killing of 27-year-old Renee Bergeron — also known…
Environmental Group Warns of Catastrophic Failure Risk at Plant Barry Coal Ash Pond
More than 21 million tons of coal ash sit behind a roughly four-mile earthen embankment at Alabama Power’s Plant Barry, and a two-year study by the environmental group Mobile Baykeeper…
Alabama Coastal Cleanup marks 30 years with new recycling push
The Alabama Coastal Cleanup, the state’s largest single-day volunteer event, returns for its 30th year on Saturday, Sept. 16, inviting residents and visitors to “get the trash out of the…
Gulf Coast Calendar: 20+ Things to Do Around Mobile and Baldwin County Nov. 24-30, 2016
The week after Thanksgiving packs the south Alabama calendar with pow wows, holiday light shows, art markets and championship soccer. Here is a rundown of what is on tap across…
Gulf Coast Calendar: Greater Gulf State Fair, Halloween Fun and More Around Mobile and Baldwin County Oct. 27-Nov. 2, 2016
Halloween week brings one of the biggest events of the fall — the Greater Gulf State Fair — plus ghost tours, costume races, ballet and a full slate of trick-or-treat…
Gulf Coast Calendar: Shrimp Festival, Greek Fest and More Around Mobile and Baldwin County Oct. 13-19, 2016
Festival season hits full stride across south Alabama this week, with the state’s biggest beach food festival, a downtown Greek tradition and a long list of charity runs, concerts and…
Alabama Music Box Keeps Its Joe Cain Sunday Tradition Alive with the Pine Hill Haints’ Return
Joe Cain Day — the uniquely Mobile Sunday that sits between the Ionic and Comic Cowboys parades in the Mardi Gras calendar — gained two newer musical traditions by 2013:…
Crescent Theater Debuts $8 Weekend Matinees in Downtown Mobile, Starting With ‘Up in the Air’
The historic Crescent Theater on Dauphin Street is adding 2 p.m. Saturday and Sunday matinees at $8 a ticket, kicking off the new weekend schedule with the George Clooney film…
Talk Around Mobile County: Is Prichard Nearing the End as a City?
Political and governmental circles in Mobile County were openly discussing the possibility that Prichard might dissolve as a municipality, and what that would mean for policing.