WWII POW Sy Lichtenfeld Named Mobile’s 2014 Veteran of the Year
A former World War II prisoner of war was honored as Mobile's 2014 Veteran of the Year at the Mobile Bay Area Veterans Day Commission luncheon.
Baldwin County plans a full day of Veterans Day tributes
From a Bay Minette parade to a ceremony at the state veterans home, Baldwin County lined up a full day of Veterans Day events open to the public.
Memorial Day Ceremony at Mobile National Cemetery to Honor the Fallen
The South Alabama Veterans' Council held its annual Memorial Day ceremony at the National Cemetery on Virginia Street in Mobile, with a World War II Marine featured in two acclaimed…
From a Morehouse Busboy to a Caddy Master at Spring Hill: More First Jobs
A legislator who bussed tables on the Atlanta graveyard shift, a minister who ran the caddy shack at Spring Hill College and a judge who picked cotton at $2.50 a…
Shoeshine Kits, Snow Shovels and a Projector: Mobile Remembers the First Job
As a new class of graduates went looking for work, novelists, doctors, lawyers and legislators from the Mobile area recalled the jobs that taught them what work was, at a…
Is Mobile’s Golden Age Right Now? A Realtor Makes the Case for the Present Tense
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…