Curbside Paper Recycling Expanded in West Mobile County in 2007
In 2007, curbside collection of post-consumer paper expanded to about 250 additional homes in western Mobile County, according to WKRG.
City Answers Annexation Suit Within Hours: ‘That’s Why You Have an Election’
Mobile's attorneys sought summary judgment the same day a lawsuit challenged the Sept. 18 annexation vote, arguing the four areas reflect real neighborhoods and that courts should not second-guess an…
Lawsuit Calls West Mobile Annexation Vote a ‘Sham’ and Seeks to Halt It
Three residents sued to stop Mobile's Sept. 18 annexation election, arguing the city drew its four voting areas to capture Schillinger Road tax revenue while stranding neighbors as unincorporated islands.
First Jobs, Part Four: The Mail Route, the DDT Truck and the Shoe Department Ambush
A substitute mail carrier's route through Tillman's Corner, a summer spent driving a city DDT truck and a teenage boy's crushing disappointment in a department store shoe department round out…
Gary Cooper Quits USA Fundraising Drive, Charging the University Has Failed Black Mobile
Retired Marine general and banker J. Gary Cooper resigned from the University of South Alabama's capital campaign, accusing the school of neglecting the Black community. President Gordon Moulton answered point…
Bedsole and Rich Endorse Peavy in Mobile Mayoral Runoff
Defeated mayoral candidates Ann Bedsole and Bess Rich threw their support to John Peavy days before Mobile's runoff, urging their supporters to back him over frontrunner Sam Jones.
Peavy Enters Election Week With $13,800 in Campaign Account
John Peavy's mayoral campaign spent $154,284 in the final reporting period and entered the last days before Mobile's Aug. 23 election with just $13,803.72 remaining on hand.
State Rep. Spencer Collier to Address Mobile County Young Republicans
State Rep. Spencer Collier, a state trooper representing District 105 in south Mobile County, was set to headline the monthly meeting of the Mobile County Young Republicans at Wintzell's on…
Bedsole Opens Campaign Headquarters With Supply-Side Message
Former state Sen. Ann Bedsole opened her main mayoral campaign headquarters in June 2005, pairing praise for Mobile's revitalization with a call for lower taxes and a leaner city payroll.
Teenagers Take Up Sponges for a Mobile Mayoral Campaign
A group of Mobile high school students calling themselves the Bess Empowerment Team organized a car wash on Cottage Hill Road to raise money for Bess Rich's 2005 campaign for…