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The Greater Gulf State Fair began as a fund-raising initiative for the Mobile Jaycees, a group of members of the Mobile Junior Chamber of Commerce. [1] It was first held at Blakeley Island in 1955 [2] and drew 60,000 people in its inaugural year. [3]
Lagniappe has also won several awards in the Alabama Press Association's Better Newspaper Contest, [6] the Society of Professional Journalism's Green Eyeshades Awards [7] and the Association of Alternative Newsweeklies' annual contest. [8] In 2018, the Lagniappe was a finalist for the Mobile Area Chamber of Commerce's "Small Business of the ...
Mobile (/ m oʊ ˈ b iː l / moh-BEEL, French: ⓘ) is a city and the county seat of Mobile County, Alabama, United States.The population was 187,041 at the 2020 census. [8] [9] After a successful vote to annex areas west of the city limits in July 2023, Mobile's population increased to 204,689 residents, making it the fourth-most populous city in Alabama, after Montgomery, Birmingham, and ...
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Mobile County is the home of the University of South Alabama (USA), a public research university divided into ten colleges, including one of Alabama's two state-supported medical schools. USA has an enrollment of over 16,000 students and employs more than 6,000 faculty, administrators, and support staff.
On May 26, 2022, the Mobile (Ala.) Chamber of Commerce announced Byrne would serve as the chief executive officer and president of the organization, effective June 1, 2022. Byrne is an attorney and currently serves as of counsel for Adams and Reese, LLP, a position he will retain while devoting his full-time efforts to the Mobile Chamber. [105]
The Mobile Metropolitan Area comprises Mobile in the southwest corner of Alabama in the United States. As of the 2020 census the metropolitan area had a population of 430,197. [1] The Mobile metropolitan area is the third-largest metropolitan area in the state of Alabama, after Birmingham and Huntsville.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 6 January 2025. CBS affiliate in Mobile, Alabama WKRG-TV Mobile, Alabama Pensacola, Florida United States Channels Digital: 20 (UHF) Virtual: 5 Branding WKRG 5; WKRG News 5 Programming Affiliations 5.1: CBS for others, see § Subchannels Ownership Owner Nexstar Media Group (Nexstar Media Inc.) Sister ...