Prichard Police: Vigor High School Student Tried to Fire Gun on Campus
A 14-year-old brought a handgun to Vigor High School in Prichard and tried twice to fire it during a classroom altercation before being subdued.
Louisiana Delta Folk Duo SILO Headlines the Blind Mule July 26 with Leland Clay
Louisiana Delta folk duo SILO headlines the Blind Mule on Saturday, July 26, with support from Prichard, Alabama singer-songwriter Leland Clay. The show starts at 9:30 p.m. at the Blind…
Prichard Opens Its Battle Against Blight With Demolition on West Main Street
Prichard Mayor Troy Ephriam launched the city's Battle Against Blight in July 2014, watching crews tear down a fire-damaged house on West Main Street, the second of seven buildings targeted…
Former Prichard Police Chief Speziale to Stay On as Consultant
Jerry Speziale, who resigned as Prichard's police chief, will remain on as a consultant to help the city for another year, former Mayor A.J. Cooper says.
Prichard Work-Release Inmate’s Weekend Joyride in State Van Ends Back at Holman Prison
A Prichard work-release inmate serving a robbery sentence is back at Holman Correctional Facility after taking a state van on a brief unauthorized joyride over the weekend.
James ‘Thunderbird’ Davis: Prichard-Born Blues Voice Behind ‘Blue Monday’
James Davis was born in Prichard, Alabama on November 10, 1938, raised in a religious family and first schooled in music through gospel choir. His path from the choir lofts…
Prichard’s Own: How Lil Greenwood Went From Sunday School to Duke Ellington’s Bandstand
Long before she earned the nickname "One Take Lil" from Duke Ellington, Prichard native Lil Greenwood was a schoolteacher with a voice that would carry her from a San Francisco…
A Decade On: How a Grand Jury Moved to Remove Prichard’s Mayor and Council
Ten years after a Mobile County grand jury accused Prichard's mayor and council of willful neglect and incompetence, the case remains a cautionary tale about municipal finances gone wrong.
Talk Around Mobile County: Is Prichard Nearing the End as a City?
Political and governmental circles in Mobile County were openly discussing the possibility that Prichard might dissolve as a municipality, and what that would mean for policing.