New amphitheater for Monroeville's "Mockingbird" production

The annual spring production of "To Kill a Mockingbird" opened Thursday evening in a new outdoor amphitheater sponsored by Georgia-Pacific. Patrons attending the play, based on Monroeville native Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize winning novel, will now enjoy a completely new venue on the enhanced landscaped lawn on the downtown courthouse square.
http://www.wsfa.com/story/17634165/new-amphitheater-for-monroevilles-mockingbird-production

Published: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:18:15 -0700

Flash Flood Watches out for parts of Southern Alabama, Florida Panhandle

Flash Flood Watches are in effect for portions of Southern Alabama and the Florida Panhandle for the threat of heavy rains.
http://www.wtvy.com/home/headlines/Flash_Flood_Watches_out_for_parts_of_Southern_Alabama_149971865.html

Published: Thu, 03 May 2012 02:35:08 -0700

Deborah L. Morrison is recognized by Continental Who's Who as a Pinnacle Professional in the field of Safety Management

WETUMPKA, Ala., May 9, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- /Continental Who's Who/ -- Deborah Morrison is the chief safety management service for the Central Alabama Veterans' Health Care System.  The health care system ...
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/deborah-l-morrison-recognized-continental-193000103.html

Published: Wed, 09 May 2012 12:30:00 -0700

Conecuh woman gets probation for selling Social Security numbers to corrupt tax preparer

MOBILE, Alabama -- A federal judge this afternoon sentenced a Conecuh County woman to probation for her role in what the Internal Revenue Service has called that biggest fraud case of its kind in Alabama history.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/conecuh_woman_gets_probation_f.html

Published: Fri, 04 May 2012 12:05:17 -0700

Author Mark Childress to appear

HERNANDO — An upcoming visit by two acclaimed Southern authors could be subtitled "crazy about Mississippi."
http://www.desototimes.com/articles/2012/05/06/news/local/doc4fa1cf548cac9290397060.txt

Published: Sun, 06 May 2012 22:06:52 -0700

Author Mark Childress is Crazy about Mississippi

Robert Lee LongCommunity Editor HERNANDO — An upcoming visit by two acclaimed Southern authors could be subtitled "crazy about Mississippi."
http://desototimes.com/articles/2012/05/03/news/local/doc4fa1c51b63bfc169236590.txt

Published: Wed, 02 May 2012 23:18:30 -0700

Hernando library to host two authors

As the author of such acclaimed, best-selling books as "One Mississippi" and "Crazy In Alabama," Mark Childress has introduced readers to a weird and wonderfully comic world full of murderous aunts, amnesiac prom queens and Nazi submarines in Mobile Bay.
http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2012/may/05/hernando-library-to-host-2-authors/?partner=yahoo_feeds

Published: Fri, 04 May 2012 22:00:00 -0700

Harper Lee makes surprise appearance at writers' luncheon

Author Harper Lee made a surprise appearance last week at the South Alabama Writers' Symposium, which was honoring Fannie Flagg with the Harper Lee Award, according to a story on The Daily Beast.
http://blog.al.com/live/2012/05/harper_lee_makes_surprise_appe.html

Published: Thu, 03 May 2012 05:20:18 -0700

New U.S. literary tourism: read it, watch it, live it

(Reuters) - Fans of "The Hunger Games" will soon have a chance to channel the survivalist spirit of the novel's heroine by zip-lining through a North Carolina forest and taking classes in camouflage, archery, making fire and shelter-building. The woodsy, adrenalin-pumping experiences move beyond traditional tourism for fans of books and the movies they inspire, targeting enthusiasts whose ...
http://news.yahoo.com/u-literary-tourism-read-watch-live-191740234.html

Published: Sun, 22 Apr 2012 12:17:40 -0700

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Thomas B. Bennett 'ideal person' at the center of precedent-setting trial

Bennett has been, since Jefferson County filed its $4.23 billion bankruptcy in November, a no-nonsense, by-the-book judge .
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2012/05/us_bankruptcy_judge_thomas_b_b.html

Published: Sun, 06 May 2012 07:07:47 -0700