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These Rugged Days: Alabama in the Civil War
  The war became much more immediate on Dec. 9 , when what were likely Alabama’s first shots in anger rumbled over...
Mobile’s Own Michael Knight Talks 'Eveningland'
Mobile native Michael Knight (University of Tennessee creative writing professor and author of novels The Typist and...
Urban Reclaim
Barton Academy  There’s a resurrection happening in Mobile. As years and even decades passed, many of our historic buildings...
The Pirate Navigator
On the cusp of the 18th century, great changes were underway in the Gulf of Mexico. Spain’s almost two-centuries-long grip on the region...
Shooting the Breeze
On Mobile Bay, a cool breeze is a commodity, as tangible as the sweaty glass of lemonade in your hand and the porch...
Fruit of the Old Wise Men
Here’s a riddle for you. Which fruit will you most likely eat 28 pounds of this year? I’ll give you a hint:...
The Udder Truth
Have you ever wondered what occupied the land at the southeast corner of the Dauphin Street and Sage Avenue intersection? Driving past, you’ll...
Playin' in the Mud
Mobilians’ relationship status with bay mud is complicated. The powerful Mobile River cuts a deep, carving path as it flows but fans out and...
Mobile Ironwork
In 1864, in response to protests from the Mobile Daily Register for better illumination Downtown, the City of Mobile erected more than...
Mobile Bay's Top 15 Stories of 2015
Photo by Kathy Hicks "Guiding Light, " January 2015 One of the area’s brightest beacons, Middle Bay Lighthouse, is...