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Fairhope’s Fantasy Island Toys Named Silver Alabama Retailer of the Year During 50th Anniversary and Record Sales Year Witness Describes ‘Horrible’ Crash Between Mobile Police SUV and Car at Cottage Hill and Hillcrest Roads Baldwin County Weekend Crashes: Critical Injury in Daphne Rollover, Two Hurt in Lillian, Fairhope Police Vehicle Hit on Highway 181 Marion Junction Man Killed When Vehicle Crosses Center Line on U.S. 43 in Jackson; SUV Driver and Two Children Survive No Vets Left Behind, Founded by Mobile Restaurateur Frankie Little, Is a Finalist for $25,000 National Prize Saraland SWAT, Vice Unit Arrest Man Police Identify as Leader of Mobile County Prostitution Ring Saraland Reports 900-Gallon Sewer Overflow Into Norton Creek; Health Officer Urges Residents to Avoid Contact Rep. Napoleon Bracy Appeals Dismissal of Racial Discrimination Lawsuit Against Austal to the Eleventh Circuit

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Illustration for the news story: The Legend of the Boyington Oak: An 1834 Mobile Murder That Still Haunts a Downtown Graveyard

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The Legend of the Boyington Oak: An 1834 Mobile Murder That Still Haunts a Downtown Graveyard

The true story behind Mobile's Boyington Oak: an 1834 murder trial, a condemned man's claim of innocence, and the live oak that still stands…

Dec 7, 2009