Justin Hannah named new head football coach at Murphy High
By ARTHUR L. MACK The Mobile County School Board on Monday approved Justin Hannah as Murphy’s new head football coach, filling a vacancy which had lasted several months. The Murphy position is the first head coach’s job for Hannah, 35, who spent the 2022 season as defensive coordinator at Jackson-Olin. He has also…
Read MoreThe Value of a Foot: A few inches and a gut check helped change history for Saraland
By JIMMY WIGFIELD When it was installed, the artificial turf at Saraland’s Spartan Stadium cost roughly $12 per square foot with a limited warranty. But a certain foot of turf near the north goal line has an incalculable value and a lifetime guarantee that what happened there will be forever…
Read MoreDru Powell named new head boys basketball coach at Saraland
By ARTHUR L. MACK Assistant coach Dru Powell was promoted as the head boys basketball coach at Saraland High School, the school announced Thursday. Powell succeeds Andy Ryan, who served as the Spartans’ head coach from 2012-23 and led them to area titles in 2017 and 2021. Ryan was 104-166 with nine losing seasons in…
Read MoreLabaron Philon named Alabama’s Gatorade Player of the Year in basketball
By ARTHUR L. MACK Baker High star and Auburn commit Labaron Philon was named the Alabama Gatorade Basketball Player of the Year on Wednesday. Philon, a 6-4 junior point guard, followed former McGill-Toolen standout Barry Dunning Jr. in winning the award. Dunning, who now plays at Arkansas, won the award in 2021 and 2022…
Read MoreStacy Luker named head football coach at Cottage Hill Christian Academy
By ARTHUR L. MACK Six-time state championship coach Stacy Luker has been named the new head football coach at Cottage Hill Christian Academy, the school announced Thursday. Luker, 58, who was inducted into the AHSAA Hall of Fame in 2022, directed Clarke County High to the Class 2A state title in 2021 and…
Read MorePlans unveiled for renovated Mount Vernon boat ramp
By WILLIE GRAY A renovated Mount Vernon boat ramp moved one step closer to becoming a reality last week when state Sen. Jack Williams (R-Wilmer) unveiled design plans. For more than a decade, outdoorsmen using the ramp have called for improvements. “This new design will ease the problems we have experienced at the Mount…
Read MoreMOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES 3-15-2023 CLICK HERE
MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE SALE Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Joan Marie Stewart Keebler (married) and John S. Keebler (married), originally in favor of Wachovia Bank, National Association, on September 25, 2006, said mortgage recorded in the Office of the Judge of Probate of Mobile…
Read MoreSaraland baseball coach Brett Boutwell gets 400th career win, deflects credit to others
By ARTHUR L. MACK Saraland baseball coach Brett Boutwell picked up his 400th career win with a 10-3 victory over Beauregard on March 11. “This win means a lot because it gives you time to reflect on what you’ve got,” he said. “I know the players at Saraland who helped us to get to…
Read MoreFormer football coach Billy Gardner pleads guilty to transmitting obscene material, gets three years of probation
By JASON BOOTHE Former local football coach Billy Gardner pleaded guilty and was sentenced to three years of supervised probation Tuesday by Washington County Circuit Judge Perry Newton for transmitting obscene material. Under the plea agreement, Gardner is also required by law to register as a sex offender. Gardner got a 10-year prison sentence…
Read MoreMOBILE COUNTY PUBLIC NOTICES 3-08-2023 CLICK HERE
NOTICE OF FORECLOSURE SALE MOBILE COUNTY Default having been made in the payment of the indebtedness secured by that certain mortgage executed by Jason P Davis, a married man joined by his wife, and Brigett Davis, originally in favor of Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., as mortgagee, as nominee for Homecomings Financial Network,…
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