Bayou La Batre Nonprofit Hosts Thanksgiving for Families Still Hurting From Oil Spill
The Bayou Recovery Project hosted its first community Thanksgiving dinner at its new Children's Place building in Bayou La Batre.
White Rabbit Expands to Third Location in Bayou La Batre
What began as a single shop opened by a 23-year-old with a knack for making stash containers has grown into a three-location Mobile County business. Jesse Holland, owner of White…
Volunteers Bring ‘Bunny Cakes’ to Life for Read for the Record Day in Mobile County Schools
Volunteers read the picture book 'Bunny Cakes' aloud across Mobile County elementary schools for the national Read for the Record literacy event.
Mobile County Voters to Decide Fate of $66 Million Road and Bridge Overhaul in November
Mobile County commissioners approved a $66 million engineering report for 40 road and bridge projects, sending the 2014 Pay-As-You-Go Program to voters for final approval on Nov. 4.
Sugar Rush Donut Opens Midtown Mobile Location, Ending ‘Doughnut Wasteland’
Sugar Rush Donut Co., a Bayou La Batre bakery, opened a new shop on Airport Boulevard in Midtown Mobile, bringing fresh doughnuts to the area.
Former Mobile 911 Director Drops Free Family Insurance Plan Board Had Created Just for Him
Former Mobile County 911 director George Williams dropped a taxpayer-funded family insurance plan the communications district board had tailored specifically for him, even as the district moves to give retirees…
For a Second Straight Year, Mobile County’s Superintendent Earns High Marks From Her Board
During its annual retreat at the Grand Hotel in Point Clear, the Mobile County school board gave Superintendent Martha Peek a stellar performance review, citing a rising graduation rate.
Local Food Roundup: Chasing Fresh Opens a Market, Mudbugs Settles In, and Fairhope Brewing Taps a New IPA
From a new Chasing Fresh pickup market in Fairhope to Mudbugs' relocation in Mobile and Fairhope Brewing's new Causeway IPA, here's what's new across south Alabama's food and drink scene.
Interview: ‘Haunted Mobile’ Author Elizabeth Parker on the City’s Ghost Stories
Mobile writer Elizabeth Parker has spent years collecting the port city’s ghost stories, and in a recent interview she explained how that obsession became a book — and how a…
Bayou La Batre Sets Its Sights on a Comeback Blessing of the Fleet
After hard years marked by the Gulf oil spill, organizers of Bayou La Batre's 62nd annual Blessing of the Fleet aimed to make the day a family celebration and a…