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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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Bookkeeper at Fairhope store Page and Palette accused of embezzling $50,000

Jan 8, 2009 12:59 pm

A financial bookkeeper for the Page and Palette in Fairhope was arrested Tuesday on charges that she skimmed about $50,000 off the bookstore by writing checks in its name over the past two years. Th...

Jury orders insurer to pay $100,000 to woman in high-speed chase case

Jan 8, 2009 12:48 pm

In answering the question of whom to blame for a Chickasaw car crash during a high-speed police chase two years ago, a Mobile jury on Wednesday ordered State Farm insurance to pay $100,000 to its own ...

Ruby Tuesday earnings down, but company pleased with success of cost-cutting measures

Jan 7, 2009 11:41 pm

Maryville, Tenn.-based Ruby Tuesday Inc. (NYSE: RT) today reported that revenue declined from $320.9 million in the second fiscal quarter 2007 to $289.8 million in the fiscal quarter ended on Dec. 2, ...

South Alabama places ranked high by Southern Living readers

Jan 7, 2009 11:28 pm

FAIRHOPE, Ala. -- This bayside community ranks as the second-best small town in the South, according to a survey by Southern Living magazine involving 47,000 readers. It's one of many things that ...

Tomorrow's forecast today for southwest Alabama

Jan 7, 2009 10:32 pm

Thursday: Mostly sunny and mild. Highs low to upper 60s. Lows mid-30s to upper 40s. Rain chance 5 percent both Thursday and Thursday night. Friday: Continued sunny and pleasant. Highs low to upper ...

"Nunsense" opens Friday in Chickasaw

Jan 7, 2009 12:50 pm

DAVID CLOTHIER/CorrespondentChickasaw Civic Theatre is presenting the musical comedy "Nunsense," which opens Friday at the Lola Phillips Playhouse. The show stars, from left, Allie Palmero, ...

New Year's Eve Moon Pie-raising inspires poetry at Mobile City Council meeting

Jan 7, 2009 12:48 pm

Even though it's no longer aloft in Mobile's sky, The Moon Pie is still sparking the imagination of at least one guy. During Tuesday's Mobile City Council meeting, Councilman Clinton Johnson wrote...

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