Miss Manners: I just want to garden in peace, but my neighbors won’t let me
DEAR MISS MANNERS: I am lucky enough to have gardens all around my house, including along a city sidewalk. My problem is how ...
Beth Thames: The frozen 4-letter ‘S’ word is back
They’re using the four-letter S word again. No, not that one. The one that starts with S and ends with W and promises days ...
2 changes to No. 1 teams in ASWA high school basketball rankings
There are two changes to No. 1 teams in this week’s ASWA high school basketball rankings, resuming today after the holiday ...
Rip current statement affecting Mobile and Baldwin counties Friday and Saturday
The National Weather Service issued a rip current statement at 2:41 a.m. on Thursday valid from Friday 6 a.m. until Saturday ...
Dear Annie: My brother’s jealousy is tearing our family apart
My wife received a lot of guilt from them when we recently took a trip to Europe for our anniversary. Then we began to get ...
What’s open, what’s closed today? What to know about national day of mourning for Jimmy Carter
President Joe Biden declared the National Day of Mourning to honor Carter, the 39th U.S. president, to coincide with the official state funeral at the Washington National Cathedral. All flags will be ...
Miss Manners: My umbrella keeps me dry while drenching the unprepared
If absolutely stuck next to them, you could open your umbrella just enough to make a small tent over your head, in which case it will drip only onto your own shoulders. But you would be excused for ...
Former Birmingham doctor to serve 60 days in Hoover jail in Homewood ‘peeping Tom’ case
Paul Roller was initially arrested by Homewood police in July 2020. His medical license was permanently revoked after that ...
Nation’s biggest landlords used algorithm to overcharge renters in two Alabama cities, feds claim
Alabama is not a party to the suit, yet some of the companies named in the complaint manage or own properties in Alabama, ...
Mobile’s $300 million Civic Center project is about to begin: Here are 10 key dates
In about two months, construction should be ready to begin on a new Mobile Civic Center. But some major votes need to occur ...
Miss Manners: I watched in horror as a birthday host denied food to children
If the children are of an age to understand, one can take satisfaction in explaining the lesson in the car on the way home -- ...
911 call: Bengals’ Jermaine Burton ‘said he was going to kill himself’
A 19-year-old declined to press charges after reporting the former Alabama wide receiver had choked and hit her.