Posts by Jim 'Zig' Zeigler

Public meeting on November 26 features Auburn University's Raptor Center.

November 30 will be the 70th anniversary of Sylacauga's Ann Hodges' unique experience that she lived to tell about. Amazingly, she was not seriously injured.

Feds change the rules after the game, issue new description of restrictions on permit to remove eagle's nest.

It's not a video game, but it is based on similar technology. A simulator trains police in options in mental crises.

Mobile International Festival is November 23 at "The Grounds." Seventy countries are showcased.

Two young start-up entrepreneurs from Alabama hit the big time Friday night on the nationally televised show "Shark Tank."

Lara Trump told Fox & Friends it would be good to have another young mom in the U.S. Senate, alongside Katie Britt

Attorney Dennis Nabors died Saturday. He served as Chief of Staff to Gov. Guy Hunt and was a healthcare law expert.

Two eagles continue flying over where their nest had been since 2017 before it was destroyed by workers overnight Friday.

Supermoon Friday, almost full Saturday and Sunday. Visibility excellent most places in Alabama.

Young spoke to a packed house, outlining what his group is doing to combat increased crime in Alabama — and anywhere else that will learn and apply his old-school principles.

Since Mobile is a port city, on Mobile Bay and near the Gulf, it is known as a seafood city, not a steak town.

It’s a long way from Hope Hull to the "Tonight Show" with Jimmy Fallon. That’s the journey taken by 25-year-old Ella Langley, an Alabama singer and songwriter.

One issue was crystal clear after Thursday’s congressional district 2 debate: Republican Caroleene Dobson has a plan to fund the new I-10 bridge without a toll charge; Democrat Shomari Figures does not.

Since the Alabama Supreme Court's decision, in-vitro fertilization has been at the center of political conversation in Alabama and nationally. A lot has been said about IVF, but everyone should agree that it is about bringing new life into the world. 

Josh Moon, an opinion writer for Alabama Political Reporter, is a self-styled intellectual, fancying himself smarter than all his readers. After reading Moon’s Oct. 10 hit piece against congressional candidate Caroleene Dobson, his readers might disagree.

On Aug. 1, 2024, just before the U.S. elections, a deal is brokered by the previously weak Biden-Harris administration. How convenient.

Read this 2022 forecast about J.D. Vance's future role as foretold by Alabama native Steve Allen. Prescient.

Comedian Jerry Seinfeld returns to Alabama November 1 with a show at Mobile's Saenger Theater.

Did Donald Trump survive and live to fight another day because of LUCK? Or was it something else?   

Early questions about assassination attempt on Trump.

Five days of free live music at Lake Martin Songwriters Festival July 24-28.

Former Decatur Mayor Don Stanford died Friday at age 82. He had led Decatur through the national recession of 2008.

A huge new shooting range and complex is being built in Shelby County.

“Rock the South" runs July 18-20 at York Farms in Cullman.

Former Lake View Mayor Paul Calhoun was arrested for possession of child pornography. He is held in the Tuscaloosa County jail without bond

Young interns have produced a video about the We Tip Hotline to report crime in Mobile.