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South Alabama is a term used to describe various parts of southern Alabama. Its usage does not however reflect a strictly defined geographic region. The most general description of the area would be all Alabama counties south of the Black Belt.

However, the largest population center of Mobile, Alabama, often makes the argument that South Alabama refers only to the extreme southernmost parts of Alabama. This is reflected in the name of the University of South Alabama, located in Mobile.

Following that usage, South Alabama is properly applied only to the two counties which border the Gulf of Mexico and Mobile Bay: Baldwin County and Mobile County. The area is characterized by extensive wetlands, but also by long, sandy beaches which are very conducive to tourism. Many deluxe golf courses have been developed in the area in recent decades.

 

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Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama

Jan 5, 2009 11:35 pm

Tuesday: Flash flood watch. Strong to severe storms with heavy rain possible. Highs low to mid-70s. Lows mid-40s to mid-50s. Rain chance 30-40 percent Tuesday, 70-80 percent Tuesday night. Wednesda...

 

Baldwin County school board to discuss budget cuts

Jan 5, 2009 11:29 pm

Baldwin County school board officials are looking to cut millions and will start with a meeting tonight to survey their options. The board has already discussed freezing locally funded step raises, ov...

 

Foley Elementary teachers move to new building

Jan 5, 2009 11:16 pm

Students at Foley Elementary School may notice Tuesday that some of their classroom decor is not in its normal place -- much of it was moved today to the new school being built next door. More than 2...

 

Loxley police: Woman cut boyfriend in neck

Jan 5, 2009 11:14 pm

A Mobile woman was being held in Baldwin County's jail tonight after allegedly cutting her ex-boyfriend in the neck and arm with a razor knife, Loxley police said. Carey Christina Alysse Carey, 21,...

 

State responds to Bay Minette veterans home report

Jan 5, 2009 10:07 pm

The state Department of Veterans Affairs responded today to a report issued last month accusing the staff of a Bay Minette veterans home of neglect that contributed to health problems and the deaths o...

 

BCS championship game to be shown live and in 3-D at Carmike Wynnsong 16 in Mobile

Jan 5, 2009 9:04 pm

MOBILE, Ala. -- Carmike Cinemas' Wynnsong 16 movie theater in Mobile will be one of only 81 theaters in the country to show the biggest game in college football live and in 3-D on Thursday. The game...

 

The Order of Myths documentary on Mobile, Ala., Mardi Gras will hit DVD on Jan. 13

Jan 5, 2009 8:59 pm

MOBILE, Ala. -- Last year's documentary about Mardi Gras in Mobile, "The Order of Myths," will be available on DVD beginning next week. (Press-Register/G.M. Andrews)Filmmaker Margaret Brow...

 

Manatee spotted in Satsuma area creek

Jan 5, 2009 8:39 pm

SATSUMA, Ala. -- A manatee seen swimming in a creek in Satsuma over the weekend wasn't found by Dauphin Island Sea Lab officials who went looking for the sea mammal this morning. A West Indian manate...

 

Winter visitors flocking South

Jan 5, 2009 8:10 pm

But will economy But will economy hamper migration? Press-Register photoBill and Marlene Klein, from Kalamazoo, Mich., enjoy a bike ride on Ala. 59 last April in Gulf Shores. The Michigan Club is the...

 

Snuffy's, colorful Wilmer store, thrives near state line

Jan 5, 2009 12:54 pm

WILMER - On a cloud-darkening afternoon on U.S. 98, Grady Wooley leans on the counter at Snuffy's store and gas station and greets regulars who mosey in the door. "We got everything from worms to...

 
 

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