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Update: Man missing, feared drowned after falling into water near battleship

June 10, 2010

A flotilla of boats searched the waters east of the USS Alabama tonight for a man feared drowned after falling into the water in the late afternoon. View full size (Press-Register/Mark Kent) A helicopter and a search vessel…

Tourism officials say how $15 million BP grant will be split

June 1, 2010

MOBILE, Ala. — The Alabama Tourism Department announced today how it will spend much of a $15 million grant from BP PLC to pay for a marketing campaign to minimize the impact of the oil spill as conditions warrant, according to Lee Sentell, the state's tourism director. (AP Photo) …

Inferno inferno: Trailer catches fire this morning on Causeway

May 28, 2010

A K-Z Inferno Fifth Wheel caught fire and burned this morning alongside the roadway on the Causeway near Battleship Memorial Park. (Press-Register/Kate Mercer) A K-Z Inferno Fifth Wheel burns on the Causeway on Friday, May 28,2010. A …

Transportation advocate urges Mobile to make streets safer for bicyclists, pedestrians

May 7, 2010

The greater Mobile area leads Alabama in the rate of pedestrian and bicycle fatalities — 31 deaths in 2007-08 alone — but an advocate of traffic re-engineering says it's more than just judgment errors that kill MOBILE, Ala. — The greater Mobile area …

Daphne businessman enters GOP gubernatorial race on anti-aborton platform

February 9, 2010

Charles L.H. Taylor of Daphne, a salesman for Buck Taylor Manufacturer Sales Co., said Monday that he will run as a Republican candidate for governor this year. Charles L.H. Taylor of Daphne said Monday that he will run as a…