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Memorial Day holiday events, observances planned around Mobile area

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:07:47 +0000

Memorial Day events in Mobile and Baldwin counties include band concerts, flag ceremonies and memorial observances honoring fallen members of the military from all wars.

Memorial Day holiday events, observances planned around Mobile area

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 23:07:47 +0000

Memorial Day events in Mobile and Baldwin counties include band concerts, flag ceremonies and memorial observances honoring fallen members of the military from all wars.

16-year-old discovered at Mobile County home where 7 were arrested for manufacturing meth

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 21:47:37 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — Mobile County Sheriff’s Office arrested 7 people Wednesday after receiving an anonymous tip about a possible meth lab.

‘Vets on Segs’ passing through coastal Alabama to raise awareness of veteran suicides (gallery)

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:47:39 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — Two U.S. Army veterans, Justin Bond and Jason Day, who call themselves “Vets on Segs,” leave Battleship Memorial Park in Mobile, Ala., and ride across the Causeway on Segways Wednesday morning, May 23, 2012, in Spanish Fort, Ala.,

Westlawn, Orchard elementary schools getting 1,000 new children’s books

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:47:34 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — The Pearson Foundation will be donating 1,000 new children’s books to Mobile’s Westlawn and Orchard elementaries on Thursday and Friday.

Mobile County high school graduations being livestreamed on the internet

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 20:47:28 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — Thousands of Mobile County public school students are graduating this week. And if you don’t want to fight the crowds at the University of South Alabama’s Mitchell Center, you can watch the ceremonies live via the internet.

Road work on Interstate 10, U.S. 98 planned after beach season

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 11:04:52 +0000

Starting after Labor Day, the Alabama Department of Transportation plans to resurface Interstate 10 across most of Baldwin County, Mobile division engineer Vince Calametti said Tuesday.

Bayou trial Day 2 recap: FEMA officials say mayor had conflict of interest

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 03:04:08 +0000

MOBILE, Alabama — A pair of high-ranking officials from the Federal Emergency Management Agency testified Tuesday that no one ever told them that Bayou La Batre Mayor Stan Wright owned property that was part of a federally funded housing project.

Diverted flight from Paris had 11 University of Mobile students and instructor on board

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:44:54 +0000

The US Airways jetliner diverted to Bangor today after a passenger’s suspicious behavior carried 11 University of Mobile students and an instructor, UM spkoeswoman Kathy Dean said.

Jimmy Buffett welcomes thousands to his brand-new Margaritaville Casino in Biloxi (gallery)

Alabama Notes — Wed, 23 May 2012 01:44:51 +0000

BILOXI, Mississippi — Jimmy Buffett told some 3,000 guests that it was 5 o’clock somewhere — namely, in Mobile, Pascagoula, Biloxi, Bay St. Louis, Hattiesburg, Tuscaloosa and Ocean Springs — when he took the stage outdoors at the grand opening of his Margaritaville Casino & Restaurant Tuesday.