Posts by Jim 'Zig' Zeigler

No telling what Dusty Slay will say. It will be Alabama-based and trailer park originated. He came by it honest.

The Pink Moon will rise on Saturday but will be colored only shortly after sunset.

Ex-police chief Paul Prine and ex-district judge Spiro Cheriogotis presented their campaigns for mayor to West Mobile Republican Women. April 9.

A bill to re-open Mobile's Big Creek Lake advanced in a House committee and heads for the full House. A companion bill is moving in the Senate.

Alabama folks love to grow and eat strawberries. They will gather for strawberry festivals in both North and South Alabama in April.

27-year-old Trump supporter Derek Chen of Vestavia announced his candidacy for State Auditor, an open seat in 2026.

Mobile water board approves plan to partially reopen Big Creek Lake. Sportsmen say "not enough."

Former Alabama workforce official Lori Frazier Beaden has been appointed by President Trump to top workforce development post.

The almost-90-year-old Chuck Wagon Gang brings their Christian music to Andalusia for a free concert Thursday, April 10.

The public is invited to meet and hear Chief Justice Sarah Stewart speak to the Mobile GOP Monday April 7.

The MAWSS board that closed Big Creek Lake to boating and fishing meets April 7, likely to consider compromises to their ban.

Hundreds of Baby Boomers will gather in Sylacauga April 26 for annual Frosty Inn Reunion. The music, memories and food.

You can time-travel back to the 1800s now through April 6 at the annual Eufaula Pilgrimage. Visit the Old South mansions, people and customs.

Secretary of State candidate Andrew Sorrell made a $250,000 loan to his campaign Wednesday. The Republican primary is in May 2026.

A house committee hearing was held Wednesday on a bill to prevent water systems from closing public lakes to boating and fishing. A committee vote could come next week.

You might miss some Southern laughter if you miss Jeff Foxworthy's show in Oxford April 4. Check your neck.

The famous stone sign pointing the way to the gravesite of Hank Williams, Sr. has been hit by a car and destroyed.

Mobile County Commissioner Connie Hudson has requested info about why Big Creek Lake was ordered closed to public boating and fishing.

A committee will hold a public hearing on HB473 on April 2 but will not vote on it until a future meeting. The bill would reopen Mobile's Big Creek Lake.

Auburn's basketball team eliminated both Michigan powers on its way to the Final Four. Now, Lt. Gov. Will Ainsworth has posted a comical map that renamed Lake Michigan as "Gulf of Auburn."

Kohl's store in Spanish Fort has closed, but all other Alabama locations remain open.

You cannot go aboard the docked SS United States as it is being stripped in Mobile, but you can go on a "cruise-by" with a guide as emcee.

Chipper Jones has experienced a lot of sports, but never watching Auburn win in the Sweet 16, and never rolling Toomer's Corner. He and his two children at Auburn did that Friday.

Lifelong employee Charles 'Buff' Willis of Roshell's Cafe in Mobile dies at 52. A life of service to others.

The annual Sylacauga Marble Festival runs April 1-12. It is free. No tickets required.

The March 29 sunrise partial eclipse of the sun is not visible in Alabama except online.

A legal opinion from the Department of Conservation has held Big Creek Lake "public." It does not carry the effect of law.