RSA Tower lights up at Battle House reopening (NBC 15 Mobile)
Crowds celebrating the reopening of the historic Battle House Hotel in downtown Mobile cheered the lighting of a 91-foot-tall spire atop Alabama's tallest building that ties into the hotel....more...Port terminal key to Ala. winning mill (The Advocate)
MOBILE, Ala. ? One of the keys to bringing ThyssenKrupp AG?s steel facility to north Mobile County was solving a rather large logistical problem: how to get crude steel slabs shipped in from Brazil to a plant on the Tombigbee River....more... Skateboard fall fatal to Indiana teen on visit to Alabama (The Daily Comet)
A 19-year-old Indiana man visiting relatives in Alabama fell from a skateboard on a downhill ride and died from a head injury. Fairhope police spokesman Cpl. Craig Sawyer said Kevin Duncan, of Swayzee, Ind., died early Tuesday after the accident at the city's pier on Mobile Bay....more... Teenager shot; friend charged (Mobile Press-Register)
An 18-year-old man was critically injured Friday and his 17-year-old friend was charged with first-degree assault after the older teen was shot in the head with a rifle inside a home near Ladd-Peebles Stadium, according to Mobile police....more... MyFox Birmingham | Latest Alabama News (FOX6 WBRC-TV Birmingham)
BIRMINGHAM, Ala (WBRC-TV MyFoxAL.com)-- Here is the latest Alabama news from The Associated Press......more... Yesterday's news (Mobile Press-Register)
"Col. Percy Walker, in a frank and manly letter to his constituents, declines being a candidate for re-election to Congress in the Mobile District. Differing somewhat from both the Democratic and Know Nothing parties, yet agreeing cordially with the former on the slavery issue and supporting Mr. Buchanan, Col. W. cannot consent to divide the people of his district by being a candidate again, as ......more... Yesterday's news (Mobile Press-Register)
Despite the alarm of rising waters, "Neither did it flood on Friday ... so we hope the deluvian fears of our good friends have now subsided into quiet.......more... Alabama, Louisiana await decision Friday on giant steel plant (Mobile Press-Register)
How much will it take to win ThyssenKrupp? That's the $2.9 billion question facing Alabama and Louisiana as the two states make a final, furious push for the German steelmaker and its proposed 2,700-worker, multi-billion dollar steel mill....more... Skateboard fall fatal to Indiana teen on visit to Alabama (NBC 15 Mobile)
A 19-year-old Indiana man visiting relatives in Alabama fell from a skateboard on a downhill ride and died from a head injury....more... |