YM Modesty, a 961 foot by 131 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Liberia, heads into the port of Mobile Thursday morning. With a draught of 41 feet, the ship moves at 11 mph while finishing a trip that began Tuesday in Houston. According to ship manifests, YM Modesty carries about 16 tons…
JUL 22 2025 concludes over Mobile Bay…
Shrimp and grits ($16.95) at Julwin’s in Fairhope. Shrimp with bits of Conecuh sausage along with onions, bell pepper, tomatoes and a grit cake covered in sauce. This dish has been a favorite of customers for years. Haven’t had this in a long time, making me ask, what was I thinking?
A lot of good natured ribbing takes place in front of Fairhope’s VFW Post 5660 JUL 19 2025. Fat Boys Grilling, a local cooking group that provides on-site cooking services for charitable causes, cooks slabs of ribs to raise money for Fairhope resident Charlie Barkley, who recently lost Catrina Phillips, his partner and business associate….
When you’re driving along S Mobile St in Fairhope and the impatiens (or whatever they are) call out to you…
A Sikorsky UH-60L Black Hawk flies over the Fairhope area JUL 17 2025. Black Hawks are used for a variety of mission roles by the US military, including air assault and emergency response. The twin engine Black Hawk has been called a workhorse for the US Army, moving soldiers, delivering supplies and performing search and…
Jubilees don’t happen often. But just such an event takes place during the early morning hours of JUL 17 2025. People wanting to retrieve fish out of Mobile Bay have to be ready to respond in a flash when they occur. Jubilees are a natural phenomenon known to take place in Mobile Bay. Research suggests…
The hot server comes up with a spectacular idea about how to put some recently obtained Chilton Co. peaches to good use: Peach cobbler a la mode. Served warm straight out of the oven with cold vanilla ice cream. Whatever her plan is, delicious is an understatement. It’s a flight in plush first class seats…
Avianca Cargo flight 4259 passes directly over Fairhope’s Paddock Estates neighborhood the afternoon of JUL 15 2025 while heading from Miami to Lake Charles, LA. Captured at an altitude of 40,000 feet or about 7.5 miles, the Airbus A330 freighter moves at a ground speed of 460 knots or 529 mph during the roughly two…
APL Danube, a 984 foot by 158 foot container ship sailing under the flag of Malta and configured to carry major hazard cargo, passes Gaillard Island on the way into the port of Mobile the morning of JUL 14 2025. With a draught of 41 feet (distance from water level to bottom of hull), the…