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Downtown Mobile business owners complain about panhandlers

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 14:16:07 GMT

(Press-Register/John David Mercer)A group of people feeding the homeless on Cathedral Square is coming under fire from downtown business leaders and homeless shelters and advocates for exacerbating problems of loitering and panhandling in the...
Source: Everything Alabama

Future of Mobile's downtown business improvement district will be up for debate Tuesday

Mon, 30 Nov 2009 12:45:37 GMT

The district, which was created in 2005, comes up for renewal by the council every five years. (Press-Register/John David Mercer)David Bronner The district covers a 75-block area in the eastern part of the Hank Aaron Loop.
Source: Everything Alabama

Naval officer relieved of command

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:33:48 GMT

NAPLES, Italy — The commanding officer of the U.S. Navy base in Bahrain has been relieved of his command two weeks shy of his scheduled departure date, Navy officials said.
Source: Stars and Stripes

Proposed Baldwin County toll route concerns local officials, environmentalists

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 13:01:05 GMT

(Press-Register file/John David Mercer)Bay Minette mayor Jamie Tillery, seen here on Sept. 24, 2009, said it's a "real mystery" why the state is considering a toll road route on the eastern side of Baldwin County.State transportation officials...
Source: Everything Alabama

Stormy days pay for Mobile County employees

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 12:02:30 GMT

(Press-Register/John David Mercer)Fairhope Public Works crews clean up debris Nov. 10 on the beaches along Fairhope Pier and park after Tropical Storm Ida made landfall.
Source: Everything Alabama

Surveillance video in Early school vandalism

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:56:07 GMT

EARLY, Texas (AP) - Security video helped lead police to three male students blamed for vandalizing Early High School. Police Chief David Mercer says the suspects, who are 14, 17 and 18, are accused of burglary of a building and criminal mischief.
Source: KLTV

Prichard council fears using golf course as collateral could add to debt

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 13:02:42 GMT

(Press-Register/John David Mercer)Mayor Ron Davis, seen here on Monday, Sept 29,2009, asked council members to put up a plot of land at the city's High Pointe Golf Course as collateral for a half-million-dollar line of credit before the city...
Source: Everything Alabama

Theodore softball coach says female athletes treated unfairly at school

Sun, 15 Nov 2009 16:44:14 GMT

Theodore High softball coach Tyler Murray said that she's the one who filed the anonymous Title IX complaint against Mobile County schools, believing that her team was mistreated in comparison to the football team.
Source: Everything Alabama

LIVING WATERS FELLOWSHIP PASTOR DAVID MERCER IN CHRIST RAPTURE

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 22:04:50 GMT