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Sale of Ladd-Peebles Stadium hits snag as Mobile councilmembers halt meeting
By ARTHUR L. MACK Three Mobile City Councilmembers stopped Wednesday’s meeting before it got started over dissatisfaction of a proposed sale of Ladd-Peebles Stadium to the Mobile County Public School System. Councilmembers Cory Penn and William Carroll, along with Council President C.J. Small, abstained from voting to pass the agenda, causing the meeting to be…
Read MoreFamily of man who was tased and later died want Mobile police to release bodycam footage
By ARTHUR L. MACK The family of a Mobile man who was tased by Mobile police and later died is demanding the release of bodycam footage. On July 2 at 9:46 p.m., Mobile police responded to a residential burglary in progress at Plantation Mobile Home Park at 5413 Carol Plantation Road in Theodore and attempted…
Read MoreMorgan Davis, the best ever from Mobile, could be in the Olympics one day
I told people earlier in the year and I’ll say it again — Saraland’s Morgan Davis is the most famous female track and field athlete to come out of the Mobile area. She captured 56 individual titles during their high school career and set records that may take years, or even decades, to break. …
Read MoreJared Hollins ready to finish the job at Mary G. Montgomery and make an impact at South Alabama
Mary G. Montgomery quarterback Jared Hollins has committed to South Alabama, where he hopes to make as much of a difference for the Jaguars as he has for the Vikings. (Call News file photo) By JIMMY WIGFIELD The first time new Mary G. Montgomery coach Zach Golson met Jared Hollins, he didn’t know what…
Read MoreMorgan Davis on track for greatness
By ARTHUR L. MACK It’s hard to believe that perhaps the best female track and field athlete in Alabama high school history once hated practice so much she had to be bribed to do it. At Semmes Middle School, Morgan Davis was a blossoming volleyball standout due to her leaping ability but her mother signed…
Read MoreK.J. Lacey throws for 12 TDs, Saraland chews up defenses in 7-on-7 without Ryan Williams
By JIMMY WIGFIELD People weren’t sure if the artificial turf on Saraland’s practice field neared 100 degrees Tuesday because of the summer sun or K.J. Lacey. Lacey, a four-star prospect who has committed to Texas, showed why he is rated one of the country’s best quarterback prospects, searing four opponents in a 7-on-7…
Read MoreGround broken for latest part of Mobile’s Three Mile Creek Greenway Trail
By ARTHUR L. MACK City of Mobile officials broke ground for the next section of the Three Mile Creek Greenway Trail covering a half mile from the Tricentennial Park trail terminus in Toulminville to the University Hospital campus. The project, which is expected to be complete in nine months, was designed by Dix.Hite + Partners…
Read MoreA fresh approach: Mary G. Montgomery is keeping its talent at home
By JIMMY WIGFIELD Until Zach Golson was hired to raise it from the dust, the Mary G. Montgomery football program constantly hemorrhaged its lifeblood — the talent from the Semmes park system and Semmes Middle School to other public and private schools which won and offered better exposure for college opportunities. How else to explain…
Read MoreMary G. Montgomery football isn’t being overhauled, it’s being created
Zach Golson didn’t come down from the heights of Semmes — it’s only a couple of Alexander Shunnarah billboards above sea level — clutching a sacred playbook to show Mary G. Montgomery the way to the promised land. Golson isn’t that presumptuous but, then again, he is not merely reviving the Vikings’ football program since…
Read MoreGround broken for new Williamson High School stadium
By ARTHUR L. MACK Williamson High head football coach Antonio Coleman was all smiles after groundbreaking ceremonies Wednesday for the school’s on-campus stadium. The stadium will be built where the practice field is located and the Mobile County School Board will seek bids for construction once plans are approved by the state. Until then, the…
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