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Jazz performers set tone for fundraiser

June 19, 2010

By Ashley Boyd Staff Writer The jazz music playing in the background at Wintzell’s Oyster House on Saturday set the tone for the West Alabama AIDS Outreach fundraiser.

Crews put out 190 miles of boom to stop oil spill

May 9, 2010

Officials are saying nearly 190 miles of boom have been put out to try to contain oil spewing out of a well at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. View full size (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) With condominium towers and beach homes in the background, workers handle oil-blocking booms…

Alabama’s port remains open despite oil spill in Gulf of Mexico

May 7, 2010

The Port of Mobile remains open, and state docks director Jimmy Lyons said Friday afternoon that he anticipated no changes in operational status through Monday. (AP Photo/Jay Reeves) A pelican lands on a piling with a natural gas rig in the …

‘Bowl and pitcher’ hotel had 33 rooms

April 18, 2010

By Betty Slowe A picture of a horse-drawn conveyance has Hotel McLester on the side. I suppose it was used by the hotel to bring travelers from the train station to the hotel. I am assuming the hotel is in the

Panalpina’s air freight flights from Huntsville to Europe not effected by volcano ash – yet

April 17, 2010

The company's chartered Boeing 747 returned from Luxembourg Thursday night. Its next scheduled flight to Luxembourg is tonight. However, a company spokeswoman said the airline will have to "wait and see" if the flight is disrupted. View full size…

Lawmakers look into background checks for universities

February 16, 2010

HUNTSVILLE, AL (WBRC) – The University of Alabama in Huntsville and the Alabama lawmakers may look into the background check polices of state universities. This is wake of the UAH shooting which left three dead…

Mobile police seek Food Mart robbery suspect

February 9, 2010

Mobile police are looking for this man in connection with a Feb. 2 robbery incident at the Food Mart at 158 S. Broad St. ? Mobile police surveillance photo Police are looking for the man in the background in connection with a theft at a grocery that escalated to a…