Posts by Jim 'Zig' Zeigler

Troy won the Sun Belt Tourney on Monday and an automatic bid to the NCAA, defeating Arkansas State 94-81.

Alabama programs will be just fine during the pruning of federal spending by Elon Musk and DOGE.

The speaker at the ALGOP dinner April 3 is Donald Trump, Jr. He is denying rumors that he may run for President in 2028.

The 159-year-old Tuskegee News has an unusual new owner, the Macon County Economic Development Authority. The transfer was a means of maintaining a local paper.

Outdoor music concerts on many Friday afternoons in Fairhope. March 28 - May 30.

The beloved novel by Victor Hugo was turned into a long-running Broadway musical. "Les Mis' performs in Birmingham March 25-30.

The artist died, but his art did not. Clark Walker of the Montgomery art community died at age 85.

State Auditor Andrew Sorrell has nominated former State Auditor Agnes Baggett for the Alabama Women’s Hall of Fame.

Lafayette made a 'Farewell Tour" of America in 1824-1825 with 10 stops in Alabama. Now, seven of those stops have an observance on the 200th anniversary.

The time changes this Sunday, and a class in Mobile will study a timely topic: Time from a Biblical perspective.

Alabama native singer, American Idol winner Taylor Hicks sings on March 14 at the Song Theater in Columbiana.

End of voyage. SS United States is docked in Mobile to prepare for sinking as the world's largest artificial reef.

The Alabama Republican Party will consider a resolution to increase tax cuts for Alabama families at its next Steering Committee meeting.

Robert McCollum, former PSC candidate, announced his candidacy for the open seat of State Auditor.

Auburn and Kentucky fans were watching their basketball game Saturday when suddenly it went off. Auburn beat Kentucky in Rupp Arena for the first time since 1988 and won the SEC regular season championship, but viewers had been cut and missed it.

SS United States now expected to arrive in Mobile overnight on Sunday.

Ex Alabama football coach Gene Stallings turns 90 years old on Sunday

Hundreds of his former players and staff will honor Coach Pete Rich March 29 for his 90th birthday -- an influence in Pell City and Sylacauga.

Fred Denton Jr. has died at age 92. He was an early leader in industrial development in Alabama.

Jim Nagy has left Mobile's Senior Bowl going to Norman, Oklahoma. He will be the newly expanded General Manager of Football for the Sooners.

Now through Saturday, the finals of state high school basketball are played in Birmingham. You can watch there or on TV. ALL games televised.

Go outside on Friday night after sundown. Look to the west. You can see five to seven planets.

Former State Rep. Jack Williams is at a national conference in D.C. He has accidentally networked there.

James Spann does not "do politics." He posted Tuesday supporting the National Weather Service, a federal agency.

A Beatles tribute band, the Fab Four, is coming to Birmingham, Montgomery and Huntsville. It's the 61st anniversary of the Beatles invasion.

Alabama's Devlin "Duck" Hodges and Nashville country singer Lainey Wilson are engaged.

The annual Birmingham Irish Cultural Dinner is March 14. Details and ticket information.