Posts by Jim 'Zig' Zeigler

13 men at First Baptist Church Sylacauga were victims of a prank by their wives Sunday morning. It worked.

People from all over Alabama journey to Columbian June 27-28 for Liberty Day weekend.

Come out this Wednesday June 25 for the free Tomato Sandwich Lunch in Montgomery. Bring your appetite and maybe a bib.

The chefs of tomorrow could be trained in North Alabama under a new culinary arts program at Calhoun Community College.

The annual Alabama Blueberry Fest is Saturday, June 21 in downtown Brewton.

Fireworks, food, fun and music will be at the USS Alabama Park on Friday, July 4. No ticket required. A charge for parking.

Singer Lightning Lou Christie was popular in Alabama at the Shower of Stars shows of the 1960s. He has died at age 82.

When Bayou La Batre celebrates it 70th anniversary June 21, it will also name its city park for former Governor George C. Wallace.

Herman Pair has preached all over the world. June 22, he goes home to Stamp, Alabama in the pulpit of his home church.

June 18 marks the 71st anniversary of the murder of attorney John Patterson in Phenix City. It is remembered in a movie and an annual award.

Services are set for June 21 for longtime Fairhope barber Vern Scheer. The end of an era.

North Alabama's WXJC will be disabled or on low power for one to two weeks. Programming continues on other signals.

Thornton Willis was an abstract expressionist. He died June 15 at age 89 leaving a world of works.

Rock the South is this weekend in Cullman. "The biggest party in the South."

The Allman Brothers are gone, but their music is not. It comes to Talladega's Ritz Theater June 20.

Over 100 female pilots from over the nation take off from Fairhope at 8 a.m. June 17 racing to Spokane in the Air Race Classic.

Viewers at the movie "The LIfe of Chuck" will recognize sites in Mobile and Baldwin Counties in this Stephen King film.

Robin Roden sees the city of Albertville daily as a school bus driver. Now, she is running for the city council.

Two graduates of Alabama's Million Dollar Band have won appointments to the U.S. Army Band.

June 14 is Flag Day, the birthday of the Army and President Trump's birthday. All three patriotic occasions will be feted by a giant parade in Washington.

For 22 years, Alabama's capital city had a tough law-and-order mayor. Now, Los Angeles needs a mayor like Emory Folmar.

A Smithsonian traveling exhibit starts in Alabama June 20-July 19. SPARK! is free.

Democrat Sen. John Fetterman explained in just three sentences why Democrats are wrong to support the LA rioters. Alabama Sen. Katie Britt re-Tweeted it and said, "Well said."

Stephen Nodine has suspended his campaign for mayor of Mobile, citing a delay in clearing former guilty pleas from a plea bargain.

Conner Smith, 24, the songwriter and singer of the country hit "I Hate Alabama," struck and killed a 77-year-old woman walking her dog in a crosswalk in Nashville.

Grace Newcombe Colvin survived a plane scare and emergency landing Monday. She is the wife of State Rep. Brock Colvin of Marshall county.

Dr. Wayne Reynolds, Alabama State Board of Education member, goes to Washington June 14 for the 250th anniversary of his beloved U.S. Army.