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Oyster stands on Government Street, the Lyric Theatre, wartime shipyards running around the clock -- all had a claim. But in the third entry of a series on Mobile's golden…
Asked to name Mobile's golden age, a 76-year-old retired banker names three, then explains how the city that hosted the inventor of the container ship failed to capitalize on it…
A collection of e-mails from a Mobile mother to her grown son captures the 2004 election season as it was lived in one Alabama household: gloom, gallows humor, wedding logistics…
With Mobile slipping to third-largest city in Alabama and annexation stalled, a satirical dialogue floats a radical fix: abolish the city entirely, fold it into the county and build metro…
Mobile City Council President Reggie Copeland said in December 2004 he would seek a record sixth term in District 5, even as city firefighter Bryan T. Lee weighed his first…
Newly elected Mobile County Commissioner Stephen Nodine acknowledged a spirited and forceful exchange with civic leaders at a December 2004 meeting, exposing deep divisions over annexation and city spending.
Federal data show Mobile's average wage per job fell from $400 above the Alabama average in 1992 to nearly $750 below it a decade later, a quiet reversal with real…
With U.S. District Judge Randy Butler set to take senior status, Mobile lawyers are quietly positioning for a lifetime appointment to the Southern District of Alabama bench.
Millard Refrigeration will build a 180,000-square-foot cold storage facility in south Mobile County, a $27 million investment aimed at shipping frozen chicken overseas.
The Mobile County school system's proposed purchase of the old Kellogg, Brown & Root building drew sharp criticism from commercial real estate professionals, and a vigorous defense.