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• Dr. Z’s Daily Zen

  July 03, 2009

  You’ll start to get that old familiar feeling today — the excitement of dealing with explosives! …

• Around the World in 2,190 Days

  July 02, 2009

  Meet Ferenc and Istvan Ivanics, two Hungarian nationals from conflict-torn Serbia, who decided to walk around the world. …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 07/2-07/5

  July 02, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 06/26-6/28

  June 26, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 06/19-6/21

  June 19, 2009

  Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 06/12-6/14

  June 12, 2009

  Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 6/5-6/7

  June 05, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 05/29-05/31

  May 29, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 05/22-05/25

  May 22, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Historic Mobile Preservation Society Looks Into Questions Surrounding Grant Money, While Dealing With the Resignation of Its Executive Director

  May 21, 2009

  The Historic Mobile Preservation Society accepted the resignation of executive director Marilyn Culpepper on Tuesday, according to board members. …

• J-Lo No Mo

  May 21, 2009

  WPMI abruptly fired Chief Meteorologist Jim Loznicka after Wednesday night’s 10 p. …

• Loaded Question for May 20, 2009

  May 20, 2009

  In this week’s Loaded Question, we ask some of the characters from Mobicon to give us some of their pics from this year’s list of hurricane names. …

• Photos: Mobicon 2009

  May 20, 2009

  Here are some photos from this year’s Mobicon. …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 05/15-05/17

  May 15, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 05/08-05/10

  May 08, 2009

  Music Pick: …

• Loaded Question for May 6, 2009

  May 06, 2009

  In this edition of the Loaded Question, we get people downtown (including TK 101 DJ Mark the Shark) to show us their ‘O’ faces. …

• El Cantador at Callaghans

  May 05, 2009

  Here’s some shots I took of El Cantador at Callaghans. …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 05/01-05/03

  May 01, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Florida Street to Close Again

  April 29, 2009

  Florida Street business owners might not want to take down their “open for business” signs just yet. …

• MPD Testing Stimulus Waters, Hudson Concerned

  April 27, 2009

  Inside the past month, the Mobile City Council on the behalf of the city’s police department, has applied for just under $3 million in federal grants for the hiring of 20 full-time police officers and other non-sworn civilian personnel. …

• Environmental Court Held on Toulminville Street

  April 24, 2009

  Environmental court took on a drastically more literal meaning today on Good Street in Toulminville as an evidentiary hearing was held directly outside a property – 2000 Good St. …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 04/24-04/26

  April 24, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Dean Vows to Talk With Jemison’s Bait Shop

  April 23, 2009

  Mobile County Commission President Mike Dean announced today that he wishes to talk and attempt to work out a solution with Jemison’s bait shop owner Harry Jemison regarding the comission’s plans to make the shop’s site part of a public access boat ramp. …

• Mobile to Get MoonPie General Store?

  April 23, 2009

  District 1 councilman Fred “MoonPie” Richardson, working behind the scenes, might have landed the City of Mobile another “piece of the pie. …

• ARB Denial Overturned by City Council

  April 22, 2009

  “A man’s home is his castle,” city council vice president Reggie Copeland declared yesterday. …

• Geronimo 2! Film Lineup

  April 17, 2009

  Co-sponsored by the Crescent Theater and the South Alabama Film Festival …

• Weekend Entertainment Guide 04/17-04/19

  April 17, 2009

  Centanni’s Music Pick: …

• Tea Baggers Take to the Streets on Tax Day

  April 15, 2009

  Close to a thousand “tea baggers” lined the north and south sidewalks of Government Street, just outside the walls of Government Plaza before marching to Cooper Riverside Park in what was Mobile’s installment of the national tax day Tea Party. …

• State Bar Denies Thomas Appeal, DNA Evidence Presented

  April 09, 2009

  Former Mobile circuit court judge Herman Thomas unsuccessfully testified in defense of his right to practice law today as the Alabama State Bar Association turned down his appeal, upholding their suspension of his law license. …

• Tyson Enacts Transition Team in Giardini’s Wake

  April 09, 2009

  A transition team has been put together to handle the cases of former assistant district attorney Steve Giardini, it was announced today by Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson Jr. …

• Mayor Jones, County Commission President Dean Deliver State of City and County Address

  April 08, 2009

  Mobile’s civic, business and religious leaders gathered today at the Arthur R. …

• Music Box and Jordan Working Together on Noise Issue

  April 08, 2009

  Alabama Music Box attorney Barry Friedman said this morning that his client, David Mathews and downtown resident Jeff Jordan are working together and have begun organizing an effort to measure vibratory bass emanating from the music hall. …

• Breaking News - Cates Leaving WKRG

  April 07, 2009

  Insiders at local CBS affiliate WKRG-TV tell Lagniappe longtime News Director Dan Cates is leaving the station at the end of April and being transferred to a station in Spartanburg, S. …

• Coker to Run Against “Moonpie” Fred

  April 07, 2009

  Before the next big moonpie drops (or rises) over the city in 2010, District One Councilman Fred “Moonpie” Richardson will have to defeat administrative assistant Yasmin Coker in the citywide municipal elections on Tuesday, Aug. …

• Tyson Reponds to NAACP Calls

  April 07, 2009

  Mobile County District Attorney John Tyson, Jr. …

• Breaking News - Thomas Lead Resigns From District Attorney’s Office

  April 06, 2009

  The assistant attorney heading up the prosecution of ex-Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas abruptly resigned from the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office April 5 after the FBI executed a search warrant at his home. …

• Breaking News - Supreme Court Upholds Johnston’s Ban of Thomas

  April 03, 2009

  The Alabama Supreme Court today upheld Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Joseph “Rusty” Johnston’s recent order banning his former colleague Herman Thomas from practicing law in his courtroom. …

• Photos: Cique Du Soleil Complete Their First Night of Performance in Mobile

  April 03, 2009

  Cirque Du Soleil performing their show “Saltimbanco” at their first night at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala. …

• Photos: Cirque Du Soleil Practice

  March 31, 2009

  Cirque Du Soleil performers practice before 4 days worth of performances at the Mitchell Center in Mobile, Ala. …

• Thomas’ Law License Suspended

  March 30, 2009

  Just three days after being indicted on 57 felony charges, former Mobile County Circuit Court Judge Herman Thomas had his law license suspended by the state bar. …

• Thomas Arrested After 57-Charge Indictments Filed

  March 27, 2009

  A special Mobile County grand jury today returned indictments on 57 felony counts against ex-circuit court judge Herman Thomas, including ethics violations, first-degree kidnapping, first-degree sex abuse, first-and-second-degree extortion and first-degree sodomy. …

• Thomas Attorney Momentarily Arrested

  March 27, 2009