Mobile County Chase Ended on Dauphin Island Parkway in 2008
A 2008 WKRG report covered a Mobile County chase involving a stolen vehicle that ended in a crash on Dauphin Island Parkway.
Gill Nets in the Statehouse: A Bayou La Batre Lawmaker Faces Down a Conservation Campaign
The Coastal Conservation Association pressed Alabama lawmakers to ban commercial gill nets in April 2008. State Rep. Spencer Collier, the netters' champion, wanted science and a voluntary buyout instead.
Forecasters Told the Gulf Coast to Expect a Busier Than Normal Hurricane Season
A University of South Alabama meteorologist relayed word that the 2008 hurricane season would likely run above normal, with elevated odds of a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast.
A Fundraising Letter, a Field House Debt and a Commissioner’s $200,000 Promise
A supporter's letter told the men who co-signed a loan for the Alma Bryant field house that Commissioner Mike Dean would steer $200,000 in county money toward the debt if…
The Gill Net Bill Ran Aground Between Bayou La Batre and the Sport Fishermen
A bill to outlaw commercial gill net fishing in Alabama's coastal waters passed the Senate in a form the Bayou La Batre legislator said the House would kill, reopening a…
A Cullman Upset Set South Alabama’s Political Class Arguing Over What It Meant
James Fields' lopsided win in a north Alabama special election, in a district that is roughly one percent Black, prompted Mobile-area Republicans and Democrats to draw sharply different conclusions.
Workforce Alliance Finished Its Plan and Went Looking for Someone to Run It
With a strategic plan complete and major industrial projects arriving in Mobile County, the South Alabama Regional Workforce Development Alliance opened a search for a director to carry the plan…
Coastal Lawmakers Pressed an Insurance Bill as Farm Lobby Weighed a Rival Plan
Mobile and Baldwin legislators pushed a property insurance reform bill aimed at homeowners south of Interstate 10, while ALFA searched for a sponsor to carry its own version through Montgomery.
Hurricane Planner Named to Lead Alabama’s Emergency Management Agency
Gov. Bob Riley appointed Brock Long, a former FEMA hurricane program manager for six southeastern states, as director of the Alabama Emergency Management Agency, putting a storm specialist atop the…
Retired Police Lieutenant Opens Republican Challenge for District 3 County Commission Seat
John E. Graham, a retired Mobile police lieutenant who has run a west Mobile fitness and martial arts gym for two decades, said he would seek the Republican nomination for…