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Look Back ... to a massive cleanup imminent at fort, 1999
Jul. 16—July 16, 1949: The date fell on a Saturday during a 12-year period (1940-52) when The Star didn't publish on that day of the week. July 16, 1999, in The Star: Army officials moved closer this week to beginning the cleanup of Fort McClellan's thousands of acres where unexploded munitions are scattered all over. Removal of the unexploded ordnance is vital to the redevelopment of the ...
Pensacola area restaurant inspections: Steakhouse receives administrative complaint
Here's the breakdown of recent restaurant inspections in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties for the week of July 8-14. Florida's restaurant owners are not required to post restaurant inspection results where guests can see them. So, every week, we provide that information for you. During the latest round of inspections from the Department...
Rowboat trip to Key West successful despite shark, manatee and bear threat
Well, Brian Brennan made it. Sure, he was attacked once by a shark, and another time his rowboat hit a manatee. There were some bears that kept him up one night and by the time he was done, his hands were calloused and he had lost 25 pounds. But Brennan had done it. The Navy veteran and retired chiropractor had rowed a small boat from Pensacola to Key West Florida on a months-long, nearly 900-mile journey...
Rainy weather pattern for the next week across Central Alabama
Thursday: We will have an active weather pattern for the next week across Central Alabama. It starts with a cold front moving across Alabama on Thursday. This will set off numerous showers and thunderstorms throughout the day. Some of the rain could be heavy, and winds could gust to 40-50 mph. Isolated flooding and wind […]
Tuberville helps secure $550 million for I-10 bridge and bayway
U.S. Senator Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) recently announced a $550 million federal grant for the I-10 Mobile River Bridge and Bayway Project. Senator Tuberville has been working with the U.S. Department of Transportation to secure this grant through the Bridge Investment Program for south Alabama since being sworn into office in 2021.
Massive cranes to be added to Mobile's skyline
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A ship carrying two big blue cranes sailed into Mobile Bay and slowly made its way to APM Terminals Wednesday afternoon. In a video released by the Alabama Port Authority, Director John Driscoll talked about how the structures, called Super Post-Panamax cranes, reach out wider and taller to get containers off larger ships. The port will be able to accommodate those larger vessels once the $366 million ship channel deepening and widening project is finished March 2025.
Alabama Death Row inmate denied handwritten appeal to stop his execution
Alabama Death Row inmate Keith Gavin had said in a court filing by his attorneys last month he didn’t plan any more appeals of his scheduled lethal-injection execution Thursday for the 1998 murder of man at a bank ATM in Cherokee County. But in the past few weeks he...
Austal Breaks Ground on Final Assembly Facility
MOBILE, Ala. - Austal USA, a global ship builder and prime defense contractor, last week broke ground on the company's new final assembly facility. The infrastructure expansion will include a new assembly building, waterfront improvements, and a new shiplift system. The expansion will enable the erection of large steel modules...
Century man seriously injured in crash on State Road 4 in Escambia County: FHP
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — A Century man was seriously injured in a Wednesday morning crash, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP Troopers said the crash happened on State Road 4 (West Highway 4) around 6:45 a.m. on Wednesday, July 17, after a78-year-old Century man driving a pickup truck pulling a trailer on eastbound […]
Prepare for strong thunderstorms in Baldwin County early Wednesday evening
The National Weather Service issued a report at 4:18 p.m. on Wednesday for strong thunderstorms until 5 p.m. for Baldwin County. Residents may experience wind gusts of up to 40 mph. "At 4:17 p.m., Doppler radar tracked a strong thunderstorm over Lillian, or 8 miles west of West Pensacola, moving...
Hinote Glass Road in Baldwin County to be impassable this week, officials say
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Baldwin County officials are warning drivers about a detour route as a road will temporarily close this week. According to county officials, a portion of Hinote Glass Road between Monsanto and County Road 65 will be impassable to traffic from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. The […]
Alabama child care grant, bonus money is ending. What happens next?
Alabama child care facilities have an opportunity to get one last round of grants from a pot of federal money. Once that money runs out, advocates say, they expect the state’s child care crisis to get even worse. They say they need long term investments to sustain the rapidly declining industry.
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