case file 001
the bay is having an oxygen problem.
fish, crabs, and shrimp gather at the edge of mobile bay during a jubilee. the shoreline tradition has an underwater explanation: animals escaping oxygen-poor water.
editorial desk / well, that's weird
well, that's weird.
local curiosities with a source attached.
from the publication
case file 002
the tunnel arrived by boat.
the bankhead tunnel’s seven river-crossing sections were floated downriver and lowered into a prepared trench. the construction record is remarkable enough without promoting the opening-day crowd legend to a head count.
case file 003
a leprechaun has been reported to the news desk.
a crowd, a tree, and an amateur sketch entered a mobile newscast in 2006. the crichton leprechaun report became internet history while the sighting remained an unverified claim.
case file 004
the club's business was staying.
mobile’s can’t get away club organized care, supplies, and burials during the yellow fever era. its relief work and its racial and gender membership exclusions belong in the same historical record.
case file 005
the oak has entered a plea.
the murder of nathaniel frost, charles boyington’s conviction, and a later oak legend occupy different kinds of records. the tree’s story does not turn a procedural appeal into an exoneration.