Auburn Beats Baldwin Cities As Alabama’s “Boom Town”
For the past few years the City of Foley has held distinction for it's percentage of growth and new businesses. A new report states Auburn is now Alabama's "Boom Town." According to Go Banking Rates, the city on the plains has surpassed other Alabama towns in growth and per capita income.
Sources: South Alabama finds next offensive line coach
Derek Warehime, who has college coaching experience at one of the sport's premier brands, is set to move on his career after most recently being on Tim Beck's Coastal Carolina staff. Sources tell FootballScoop that Warehime is expected to be the next offensive line coach for Major Applewhite at the...
Cold, rainy weather fails to dampen 40-year ‘Christmas on the Hill’ tradition
Celebration at the Village at Spring Hill draws hundreds despite rain shutting down other Gulf Coast events.
New Foley Library Frees Space For Senior Center
Renovations to the current library will turn the first floor into a larger Senior Center. Foley, Ala. — (OBA) — City leaders in Foley are planning major changes to the current public library building. The work is meant to improve access for older adults and people with disabilities. The building will later become the...
“Libraries With Heart” Program Coming To Baldwin Locations
The American Heart Association will be launching its national blood pressure program at the Orange Beach Public Library. The initiative is called Libraries with Heart and is designed to help residents monitor their blood pressure at home. Community partners say the effort will give people easier access to important...
Prichard water utility receiver to give update Monday
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - The court-appointed receiver running for the Prichard Water Works & Sewer Board is set to give an update Monday, Dec. 8, on his ongoing efforts to turn around the troubled utility. The United Concerned Citizens of Prichard will host the town hall meeting at 4:30 p.m....
Mobile unveils historic marker honoring the Pelican Girls
The marker honors the “Pelican Girls,” French women who were sent to Mobile to marry and help establish the young community.
Saraland goes back to the drawing board to find the missing ingredients
BIRMINGHAM — With the exception of the last three Super 7s, Saraland usually makes good teams look bad and bad teams look forward to next year. But now it’s the Spartans who must again look ahead. Does Friday night’s 38-21 loss to Clay-Chalkville in the Class 6A state championship game make them a bad team? Of course...
Austal USA holding keel laying ceremony Monday for Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced it is holding a keel laying ceremony December 8th for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter USCGC Pickering (OPC 919). Here is a part of the news release:. Austal USA will host a keel laying ceremony for the U.S....
Mobile community hears firsthand account from Holocaust survivor
Sami Steigmann was born in 1939 in what is now Ukraine. As a toddler he was imprisoned with his parents in a Romanian labor camp during World War II. Too young to understand what was happening but old enough to bear the lifelong effects. “If you ask any survivor, how come you’re alive today? Everybody […]
