A look at Alabama’s few competitive State House races in 2022
While all 140 seats in Alabama’s Legislature are on the ballot Tuesday, few are truly contested. In the House, just 25 of 105 districts have both a Republican and a…
Africatown Celebrates Discovery of the Clotilda, the Last Known Slave Ship to Reach America
MOBILE — Nearly 160 years after the Clotilda sank in the Mobile River, the remains of the last known slave ship to arrive in the United States have been found…
Alabama Historical Commission Launches Survey to Map Mobile River Shipwrecks
The Alabama Historical Commission is launching a Phase I sonar survey of the Mobile River to inventory shipwrecks and submerged cultural sites, work that could also help locate the long-sought…
Africatown Community Leaders Announce Investigation Into Possible Clotilda Wreckage
Africatown community leaders and researchers from the Smithsonian, National Park Service and Alabama Historical Commission announced an investigation into a shipwreck that may be the Clotilda, the last known slave…
Alabama midwives win victory as governor ends 40-year ban
Alabama has overturned a 40-year ban on midwifery after Gov. Kay Ivey signed House Bill 315, a victory years in the making for mothers, doulas and advocates across the state.…
Alabama Ends Decades-Long Midwifery Ban After Mobile-Led Push
A new Alabama law ends a four-decade ban on midwifery, a change pushed for years by Mobile-area doulas, midwives and lawmakers who say it will expand birth options for families…
Where Mobile’s Candidates Planned to Watch the Returns on Election Night 2006
From Wintzell's to a riverside restaurant on Dog River, Mobile-area candidates and their supporters made plans to gather across the region as voters prepared to decide their fates on Tuesday.
Mobile Business Leaders to Host a Major Fundraiser for Tyson’s Attorney General Bid
An array of Mobile-area leaders lined up to host a major fundraiser for District Attorney John Tyson's Democratic campaign for attorney general, with contributions sought at $500, $1,000 and $2,500.