Kyle Hamrick

A highly anticipated exhibition exploring the life and legacy of Jimmy Buffett is set to open with much Parrothead pomp next month. The “Jimmy Buffett: Son of a Son of a Sailor Experience” has been in the works at the National Maritime Museum of the Gulf since the Mobile-born “trop rock” troubadour died from a rare type of skin cancer in September 2023 at the age of 76. kAmp44@C5:?8 E@ 2 ?6HD C6=62D6 7C@> ':D:E |@3:=6[ E96 A6C>2?6?E e[___\DBF2C6\7@@E 6I9:3:E H:== @A6? @?

The morning after Jerry Carl won the Republican nomination in Congressional District 1, Democratic nominee Clyde Jones challenged the former congressman. “After a long election season filled with confusion and voided votes due to a mid-season redistricting, the Republican Party has finally selected their candidate for Congressional District 1,” Jones wrote in a Wednesday morning Facebook post. “Our constituents deserve to know our positions on the issues.

Former congressman Jerry Carl emerged from the political wilderness Tuesday night and defeated three challengers for the Republican Party’s nomination in Congressional District 1, according to unofficial returns. Carl, who served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 2021 to 2025, won 22,488 votes (roughly 75.74 percent) from Baldwin, Mobile and Escambia counties, at the time of publication. Covington County has not yet reported its votes to the Alabama Secretary of State’s Office. kAmpFDE:?