Just two weeks remain until Sandy Stimpson takes office as the next mayor of Mobile, and he announced several changes coming for the city during a meeting with local media on Oct. 21. “Although after the campaign I said there...
Read MoreAs summer hands off the baton to fall for its brief sprint in the Port City, slightly cooler temperatures and lower humidity will not be the only changes we will see. Over the next few months Mobile city government will...
Read MoreInfirmary Health Systems filed a motion Oct. 7 asking a federal judge to throw out a potential billion-dollar lawsuit, claiming after a two-year investigation, the government failed to sufficiently plead that the hospital’s...
Read MoreWith only five Mobile City Councilors at the Oct. 9 meeting, many of the more controversial topics were held over until the Oct. 15 meeting, so the full council would be present to vote on them. Councilors William Carroll and...
Read MoreLevon Manzie was the overwhelming favorite in the municipal elections on Aug. 27, but just managed to edge out opponent Greg Vaughan in the Oct. 8 runoff. Manzie clinched the victory against Vaughan by securing 54 percent of the...
Read MoreAs of 3 p.m., only about 2,000 District 2 residents had voted in the Mobile City Council runoff. There are more than 18,615 active voters in the district, so the voter turnout at that point, was hovering just above 10 percent....
Read MoreMayor Sam Jones’ time in office is drawing to a close, and in the last few weeks he has left on the 10th floor of Government Plaza, he is attempting to fill four positions on a board that carries a lot of power. On the Oct. 9...
Read MoreWith the blue skies above BayFest President Bobby Bostwick, it was hard to believe what he was saying. “The performances on the Gospel, Launching Pad, Jazz and Café stages will be cancelled due to the unpredictability of...
Read MoreOn Sept. 24, not even 15 percent of voters in the First Congressional District primary of the great state of Alabama, sent former state senator Bradley Byrne and real estate developer Dean Young into a Republican runoff, slated...
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I am sitting on the back porch of a house overlooking Bon Secour Bay. The sun has just finished...
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