Chickasaw News

This week, Free Fridays is taking on a patriotic theme. We start with free fireworks and fun.

The Chickasaw Chamber of Commerce honored the 2009 Chickasaw Citizen of the Year at a luncheon held at J.C. Davis Auditorium on June 18.

KIDS DAY IN BIENVILLE SQUARE a program for kids and parents every Thursday from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. through July 11.

Each summer they come clad in T-shirts and exuberance, ready to sing and study and hunker down over craft projects.

Published: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. Last Modified: Thursday, May 14, 2009 at 2:14 p.m. Thom Ray moved across town, away from his home near the library and church, to a place on the other side of the tracks, past the abandoned buildings, beyond the overgrown weeds, and went right to work.

Thom Ray moved across town, away from his home near the library and church, to a place on the other side of the tracks, past the abandoned buildings, beyond the overgrown weeds, and went right to work.

The North Mobile Gumbo Cook-Off, sponsored by the Chickasaw Chamber of Commerce , is May 9 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Miller's Park at W. Lee and Dumont streets.

Apr. 29 - One day after the school board announced it's closing 3 local schools, teachers and principals are speaking out.

Andy Paige says she gets her "Southern strength and charm" from her mother, grandmother and growing up in Chickasaw.

Saraland's first mayor, Oscar Driver, was making a big move in his quest to clean up the rural town.

Paper is pure. She can pinch it between her index finger and her thumb, hold it up and shake it when she wins.

Overturned 18-wheeler causes traffic jam on I-65 Traffic is moving again on Interstate 65, at least one lane northbound is as of 10p.m. Wednesday night near the state line.

You could be paying more for gasoline, but only in one Mobile County city. The Saraland City Council is looking into possibly increasing the tax on gasoline by a penny a gallon.

A contract worker died today after an accident at the Honeywell UOP plant on Linde Drive in Chickasaw, according to a company statement.

A late morning accident claimed the life of a worker at the Honeywell UOP plant on Linde Drive near Chickasaw.

April 6 - News of former Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Steve Giardini's departure has far-reaching effects on dozens of cases involving children, including the high profile case of 11-year-old Rebecca McEvoy.

For the third weekend in a row, vandals broke into Peter Joe Hamilton Elementary School in Chickasaw and inflicted heavy damage, police said today.

April 6 - Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Steve Giardini has suddenly resigned, multiple agencies confirmed Monday.

April 2 --Six public schools in Mobile County could soon close but some aren't going down without a fight.

Mobile's Metropolitan Planning Organization this morning approved 15 local transportation projects to receive the Mobile area's allotment of about $11 million from the federal economic stimulus package.