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Sirens of the Sea Mark 25 Years With Patriotic Gala Honoring First Responders Seven Crowned as 10th Miss Shrimp Festival Pageant Draws 90 Contestants and 8,000 Charity Items Matchbox Twenty Brings 30th Anniversary Tour to The Wharf in Orange Beach Aug. 5, 2027 Week 9 High School Football: No. 1 Williamson and No. 3 Vigor Collide Thursday at Ladd-Peebles More Than 200 Songwriters Head to the Gulf Coast for 42nd Frank Brown Festival Nov. 5-15 Brooms Up, Downtown: Foley Witches Ride Returns Oct. 24 With After-Party at Heritage Park Isaias Wipes Out Faith Academy Boardwalk Challenge as Alabama Cross Country Teams Juggle Rescheduled Meets Jessie McCovery, Theodore and Auburn Tight End, Remembered as ‘Big Brother’ by Willie Anderson and Teammates

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Illustration for the news story: David Cooper’s ‘Laundry Man’: A Mobile Host’s Life Turned Into a Southern Novel

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David Cooper’s ‘Laundry Man’: A Mobile Host’s Life Turned Into a Southern Novel

Mobile businessman David J. Cooper Sr. of The Cooper Group has written a novel, 'Laundry Man,' drawing on a life of stevedoring, Mardi Gras,…

Sep 22, 2026 Point Clear

Illustration for the news story: Twenty-Five Years On, Mobile Weighs Whether Its Convention Center Delivered

Mobile

Twenty-Five Years On, Mobile Weighs Whether Its Convention Center Delivered

Oct 12, 2010

Illustration for the news story: How Mike Dow Gambled on the Mayor’s Office in 1989 – and Changed Mobile’s Course

University of South Alabama

How Mike Dow Gambled on the Mayor’s Office in 1989 – and Changed Mobile’s Course

Mar 13, 2006 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: Bridge or Barrier? Mobile Reckons With Its City Council Super Majority

Mobile

Bridge or Barrier? Mobile Reckons With Its City Council Super Majority

Jul 18, 2005

Illustration for the news story: Dow’s Exit Sets Off a Scramble: The 2005 Race for Mayor of Mobile Takes Shape

Mobile

Dow’s Exit Sets Off a Scramble: The 2005 Race for Mayor of Mobile Takes Shape

Feb 15, 2005

Illustration for the news story: Mobile’s Golden Age: A Retired Banker Traces the City’s Rise, Its Missed Container Revolution and Its Long Plateau

Mobile

Mobile’s Golden Age: A Retired Banker Traces the City’s Rise, Its Missed Container Revolution and Its Long Plateau

Feb 6, 2005 Prichard

Illustration for the news story: Councilman Predicts No Racial Backlash From Mobile’s 2005 Mayoral Race

Mobile

Councilman Predicts No Racial Backlash From Mobile’s 2005 Mayoral Race

Jan 17, 2005

Illustration for the news story: Sessions’ Chief of Staff, With Deep Mobile Roots, Moves to a Washington Lobbying Practice

Mobile

Sessions’ Chief of Staff, With Deep Mobile Roots, Moves to a Washington Lobbying Practice

Jan 7, 2005

Illustration for the news story: Does Mobile Still Have an Establishment? A Debate About Power in a City That Lost Its Headquarters

Mobile

Does Mobile Still Have an Establishment? A Debate About Power in a City That Lost Its Headquarters

Dec 29, 2004

Illustration for the news story: Ann Bedsole Rules Out a Mayoral Bid and Joins the Campaign to Keep Mike Dow at City Hall

Mobile

Ann Bedsole Rules Out a Mayoral Bid and Joins the Campaign to Keep Mike Dow at City Hall

Dec 29, 2004

Illustration for the news story: Mobile Mayor Mike Dow Poised to Step Aside, Clearing the Way for a Peavy-Jones Contest

University of South Alabama

Mobile Mayor Mike Dow Poised to Step Aside, Clearing the Way for a Peavy-Jones Contest

Dec 5, 2004 Mobile

Illustration for the news story: To Dow or Not to Dow: The Mayor’s Long Shadow Over the District 2 Runoff

Mobile

To Dow or Not to Dow: The Mayor’s Long Shadow Over the District 2 Runoff

Jun 20, 2004 Spring Hill