Recently it came to my attention that people are leaving their garbage where it shouldn't be left. One place particularly is in front of the Catholic Social Services building on U.S. Highway 43 in Jackson. More...
Gov. Bob Riley says he has never had a conversation with anybody in an attempt to influence Don Siegelman's case, and said he told Siegelman that in person before the former governor's trial. More...
A planned center turn lane along Highway 43 from near Wal-Mart to the top of the hill at the McVay Road intersection is much needed. We were glad to see the recent public meeting on the project; that means it is progressing. More...
We've been fortunate in the last couple of years not to have had a major hurricane or a direct hit along our part of the Gulf Coast. While that is good, we shouldn't be lulled into complacency about being prepared. More...
The one issue dominating the correspondence with my office is soaring gas prices. Day after day and week after week, gas prices break one record after another. More...
June 19, 1864: The CSS Alabama, captained by Mobile's Raphael Semmes, is sunk at the end of a fierce naval engagement with the USS Kearsarge off the coast of Cherbourg, France. More...