Mobile Residents Pitch Names for Proposed I-10 Bridge Over Mobile River
As the $850 million I-10 Mobile River Bridge moves toward public review, residents are already floating ideas for its official name.
Shark Sightings Near Orange Beach Prompt Questions From Worried Swimmers
Researchers explain what caused a cluster of shark sightings near Perdido Pass and Orange Beach that closed swimming areas and rattled beachgoers.
Mobile Native Vivian Malone Jones Remembered as a Civil Rights Pioneer
Mobile native Vivian Malone Jones helped change the history of higher education in Alabama when she entered the University of Alabama in 1963 and became its first Black graduate two…
CMT’s ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Reality Series Set to Film in Fairhope
The cable network CMT announced in June 2011 that it would bring a new reality dating series to the small coastal city of Fairhope, Alabama. The show, titled Sweet Home…
CMT’s ‘Sweet Home Alabama’ Reality Series Set to Film in Fairhope
Fairhope spent the summer of 2011 doubling as a television set. In June 2011, the cable network CMT announced that a new reality dating series, Sweet Home Alabama, would film…
E. O. Wilson’s Mobile Roots: The Young Naturalist Who Studied Ants
E. O. Wilson spent formative years in Mobile, where a fascination with ants and South Alabama’s natural world preceded a landmark scientific career.
Judy Newcomb Runs on Falling Crime, Growing Caseload in Bid for Full Term as Baldwin County DA
Appointed Baldwin County District Attorney Judy Newcomb is campaigning for a full term, pointing to a drop in crime and a heavier prosecution caseload as she faces a crowded Republican…
Senate Confirms Mobile’s Angus Cooper II for Another Term on Alabama Trustees Board
The maritime executive and Cooper/T. Smith chairman was among three trustees reconfirmed by the Alabama Senate to terms running through 2015 on the University of Alabama board.
Naturalist E. O. Wilson Returns to South Alabama for Two Book Events on “Anthill”
Pulitzer Prize-winning biologist and naturalist E. O. Wilson returned to the region where his scientific career began this week for two public appearances tied to his latest book, a novel…
Kenyen Brown Sworn In as the Southern District’s First Black U.S. Attorney
Kenyen Brown took the oath as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, becoming the first Black person to hold the post, with a public ceremony expected to follow…