A Six Pack of Top 10s
David Bagwell's Top 10 Local Characters * A “character” is hard to define, but like Justice Potter Stewart explained obscenity, ...
Does Mobile Really Have “The Original Mardi Gras,” Or Not?
Dive into the history to see if this common claim is true, false or somewhere in between.
Ask McGehee: The former Higgins Mortuary
The building had a storied past as both a social club and a mortuary. One of the most well-respected funeral homes, Higgins...
Port City (Trivial) Pursuit – The Answers
1. Legend has it the Copeland outlaw gang buried ____________________ in water-proof kegs in Wragg Swamp, the name of the area where...
The Bridges of Mobile County
Mobile is a watery place. Besides Mobile Bay and the Mobile River Delta, which constitute the county’s eastern border, and the...
Boomerangers
Nathan Cox Owner and President, Bellator Real Estate and Development, Inc. Nathan Cox’s future was quite bright long before...
Spotlight on Courtland Barker
It’s not easy being Courtland Barker. You try commanding 125 teenagers. It takes leadership; it takes focus. It takes a drum major. LeFlore...
Sky High
The newly refurbished and renamed RSA-BankTrust Building at 107 St. Francis St. is an address with an impressive history. Originally the site of...
What’s in a Nickname?
The Campground After the Civil War Union troops occupied Mobile for several years, many of the units were composed of so-called...
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Simply the Best (and Sometimes the Worst) of 2011
Best Bachelor/Bachelorette
Both seasons of CMT’s “Sweet Home Alabama” gave America a glimpse at Southern courtship – reality television style. It also supplied some pretty...
