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

Mobile

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

A quarter century after Mobile bet its downtown revival on a waterfront convention center, business and civic figures offered a candid, divided verdict on…

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