Author: Jason Johnson

Superintendent Martha Peek said the majority of teachers and principals in Mobile County Schools have had a positive reaction to designing individual End of Quarter Tests (EQTs) for the system’s 54 elementary schools. The...

Half of the Mobile Planning Commission approved Walter Energy’s Blue Creek Coal Terminal during a lengthy meeting on March 20. The 4-2 vote brings Mobile’s second coal processing facility closer to fruition. Those opposing the...

A Mobile man is being charged with the murder of a 23-month-old boy according to a press release from the Mobile Police Department. John Henderson, 24, was charged with murder for the death of Christian Henderson on March 19. On...

Nearly two years after passing sweeping reforms to the debt-riddled National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), Congress has passed a bipartisan bill that aims to ease the transition process for certain costal homeowners in the...

A Mobile County Public School System employee recently filed a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the school system, Superintendent Martha L. Peek and members of the Board of School Commissioners of Mobile County. Suellen...

Despite concerns over contract negotiation breaks with the United States Navy, Austal USA, which employees nearly 4,000 in the area, recently announced the construction of two additional Littoral Combat Ships (LCS). The ships...

The Mobile County school board passed a resolution March 10 opposing Senate Bill 443, which would allow school districts across the state to opt out of Common Core Standards that comprise part of Alabama’s College and Career...