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Mattingly died on October 31 at age 87. He lived a long and abundant life.
I am going to give a high compliment to the book by Dr. Karl Stegall of Montgomery. "An Amazing Alabama: A county-by-county journey around the great state of Alabama" is like something I would have written myself.
The Country Music Association’s annual awards show on November 8 will feature a tribute to the late, great Jimmy Buffett.
Fairhope is often described as “picturesque.” Nowadays, picturesque means not only the bayside scenery and classic architecture but also the moving pictures that are showcased.
Southern lawyer turned novelist John Grisham is out with his latest.
Greek dishes. Political dinners. Networking. Saturday morning Southern breakfasts. Rep. Dimitri Polizos hopping from table to table greeting all; it’s all ending with the closing of Mr. Gus’ Ristorante in east Montgomery.
A former Platters singer is living back home in Mobile County and still singing.
ESPN announced Saturday that its "College Gameday" is coming back to Tuscaloosa before the LSU- Alabama game on November 4.
The group announced Wednesday that they have established “The Dr. Lou Campomenosi Patriot of the Year Award.”
Lloyd’s owner Bogue Stephens announced the second coming of Lloyd’s in 2024 at a yet-to-be-disclosed site in the Birmingham area
Wawa stores could be described as quick in-and-out food marts/gas stations with a personality.
Auburn University head basketball coach Bruce Pearl was featured on FNC's "Fox & Friends First" Wednesday to rally support for Israel.
U.S. Rep. Tom Emmer (R-Minn.) has won the vote of the House Republican Conference as their candidate for Speaker of the House.
Jimmy Buffett had one hit before "Margaritaville." His first big national hit. His breakthrough or breakout.
Alabama's sixth district U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) announced Tuesday morning that he has withdrawn from the race for Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives.
U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) put out a challenge to all candidates running for Speaker, asking his fellow contenders to commit to five principles.
Former band members from Sylacauga High School will gather on October 25 to recognize their band directors. For 75 years, one family supplied all the band directors – Fess Simpkins, Buddy Simpkins and David Simpkins.
Palmer faces eight other Republican congress members who qualified to run for speaker before the October 22 deadline.
Sixth district U.S. Rep. Gary Palmer (R-Hoover) was one of nine Republican congressmen who qualified by the noon ET deadline of October 22 to run for U.S. Speaker of the House.
Alabama's first district U.S. Rep. Jerry Carl (R-Mobile) says House Republicans have a new plan to elect a new Speaker of the House.
The active Greek community of South Alabama shows off this week.
The band features an eclectic mix of big band music, jazz vocal arrangements, patriotic songs, and instrumentals.
A rite of passage is the changing of location for the annual “Meeting of the Minds,” the national gathering of members of Parrot Head clubs. For 28 years, it has met in New Orleans and then Key West. Not anymore. It will now meet on Alabama’s Gulf Coast in Gulf Shores.
The Mobile Big Band is Alabama’s version of New Orleans’ Preservation Hall Band, only the music genres are different. In New Orleans, you hear Bourbon Street’s Dixieland jazz. In Mobile, you hear swing, big band, Benny Goodman, and Glenn Miller.
The newest Jimmy Buffett song (so far) has now been released posthumously. “University of Bourbon Street” was co-written by Buffett and Mobile native Will Kimbrough.
Imam operates a retail shop named “The Alabama Shop” at David Street No. 60 between the Christian Quarter and the Armenian Quarter in old Jerusalem. He was a student at the University of Alabama from 1985 to 1989. His brother in the United States is also a ‘Bama graduate.
It will be an unusually early Saturday for paraders and parade watchers at Alabama’s homecoming.