Emmett Burnett
Former Princess, Fierce Leader
Stephanie Bryan is proud of what she calls “humble beginnings.” Raised on an Indian reservation in Atmore, she remembers little girl days of...
Mystic Fantastic LLC
Actually, nothing is typical around Ron Barrett’s business. King Tut’s sarcophagus shares space with Wizard of Oz figurines and enormous dragon heads. ...
Namesakes
Charles and Patsy Collat School of Business The University of Alabama at Birmingham “I am blessed to have the means to help, ” says...
High Seas Adventure Travel
She is 14, frightened, packed in a tiny ship, voyaging from France to Mobile. In 1704 the teenage Parisian set sail...
USS Alabama Whistles Aboard Major General Janet Cobb
Janet Cobb drove past the USS Alabama hundreds of times before her first visit in 1995. “I escorted a friend’s grandson aboard, ” the...
Alabama Rolling Toward Direct Auto Export
All systems are go at the Alabama State Port Authority for cars to roll on ships and fleets to set sail, as cars...
How Alabama Stacks Up
Alabama adds up. Statistically compared to the nation and neighboring states, the Heart of Dixie excels in some categories, is worse in others,...
Downtown Gold Standard
Three cities that have nurtured an eclectic collection of locally owned downtown storefronts.
Dream Themes
“The best laid plans of mice and men oft go astray” — unless the mouse’s name is Mickey and a big theme park is...
Often a Great Notion
If “necessity is the mother of invention, ” Alabama is a good mom. Here are some of her sons, 10 remarkable men you...