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NEW: The Wharf announces shop lineup + anchor for huge expansion, Portside on Main
Big changes are in store for The Wharf in Orange Beach. Just yesterday, officials announced the names of the 12 businesses joining the under-construction Portside on Main expansion to The Wharf. This announcement includes a new golfing experience—and we have the details. Tee Off at The Wharf, coming 2025.
Celebrate National Ice Cream Day at Yabba's Wacky Snack Shack
Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – One of the sweetest national days on the calendar happens on the third Sunday of July, National Ice Cream Day. National Ice Cream Day was established by President Ronald Reagan in 1984 and is the perfect excuse to indulge in your favorite frozen treat.
Mobile District completes project in historic Selma on bank along Edmund Pettus Bridge
MOBILE, Ala. – Sometimes, the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds them helping to preserve or protect historic locations and sites. The Mobile District participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the City of Selma, Alabama, on July 8, 2024, to celebrate the completion of Project 14, which stabilized the bank behind the historic train depot.
Local athletes compete in AHSAA All-Star Week
Homewood’s Annie McBride (11) attempts a pass as Mountain Brook’s Sophie Hicks (16) blocks the ball during a Class 6A second-round playoff game at Waldrop Stadium on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney. The Alabama High School Athletic Association held its annual All-Star week in...
Look Back ... to a proposal for regional primaries, 1999
Jul. 19—July 19, 1949, in The Star: In state news, Alabama Attorney General A. A. Carmichael will not be taking Julius Vance Harper, 21, back into custody to complete a 10-year sentence for the theft of $5. In Trenton, N.J., today, Federal District Judge Phillip Forman declined to send the Black labor camp escapee back to the Heart of Dixie, finding very credible Harper's testimony that he had ...
Alabama Executes man For 1998 Cherokee Co. Murder
A man convicted in a 1998 murder in Cherokee County, Alabama was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. According to court records, Keith Edmund Gavin was convicted of murder in Illinois on June 9, 1982. In February 1998, just months after he was released from prison, he and his cousin, Dewayne Meeks, traveled to Fort Payne, Alabama, to pick up girls, and for Gavin to get away “because he had been gone a long time.” ...
Ready for fall? Here’s the Farmers’ Almanac’s 2024 autumn forecast for Alabama
Is it too soon to be ready for fall? Fall-feeling weather (cooler temperatures, less humidity) typically arrives in Alabama much later than the official first day. Meteorological fall begins Sept. 1, and astronomical fall will be Sept. 22, or the day of the fall equinox. What does the weather have...
Time now to plant pumpkins for Halloween
Halloween season starts in July, at least according to gardening standards. For those wanting to grow their own pumpkins for spooky jack-o’-lanterns or festive fall centerpieces, early to mid-July is the time to get those pumpkin seeds in the ground. Getting Started Bethany O’Rear, an Alabama Cooperative Extension System home grounds, gardens and home pests […] The post Time now to plant pumpkins for Halloween appeared first on The Brewton Standard.
Prominent Republican leader hopeful for GOP upset in closely watched Alabama congressional race
Republican Caroleene Dobson is running in a congressional district that was drawn last year “for a Democrat” but which could be competitive for Republicans, according to the chairman of the National Republican Congressional Committee. Richard Hudson, chair of the NRCC, in his first public comments about the 2nd...
JD Vance came to Alabama in 2018 to talk about money and opportunity
Six years ago, when JD Vance came to Birmingham, he was simply a well-known figure in venture capital with a bestselling book under his belt. Now, of course, he’s the Republican senator from Ohio and his party’s nominee for vice president. But back in May of 2018, Vance...
Saraland reports sanitary sewer overflow into Bayou Sara: MCHD
SARALAND, Ala. (WKRG) - The Saraland Water and Sewer Service reported a sanitary sewer overflow that occurred on Wednesday, according to the Mobile County Health Department. According to an MCHD news release, the overflow occurred because of an isolated heavy rain event. 1 person...
Judge Lifts Social Media Gag Order on Heather Wyatt
PASCAGOULA, Miss – Chancery Court Judge Mark Maples lifted Heather Wyatt’s social media gag order during a hearing on Thursday afternoon in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Heather Wyatt, from Ocean Springs, claims that bullying led her 13-year-old daughter, Aubreigh Wyatt, who died by suicide. Earlier this week, the parents of the other children involved dropped their defamation case against the mother.
Is the story of the Clotilda a hoax? One author thinks it could be
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A theory questioning the legitimacy of the story of the Clotilda slave ship is gaining attention. The claims are outlined in an article that was published by the Wall Street Journal. The Clotilda is widely believed to be the last slave ship to come to America, but this theory challenges that title and the existence of the ship itself. The theory is facing criticism from researchers and descendants whose ancestors were on the Clotilda.
MPD investigates fatal traffic accident on U.S. 90
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department reports officers are investigating a traffic accident that resulted in a fatality this morning. It occurred around 5:20 a.m. on Highway 90 between East Rite Road and the Highway 90 East Service Road, police said. The MPD said it will release additional...
Lowndes County resident, ABBA founder to be inducted in Alabama Business Hall of Fame
Hope Hull resident and Alabama Black Belt Adventures (ABBA) founder Thomas A. Harris was among others that will be inducted into the Alabama Business Hall of Fame on Nov. 14. Harris is an investment banker and entrepreneur who graduated from Auburn University in 1971 and later went on to found Merchant Capital based in Montgomery.
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