Dale Liesch

Mobile

Assistant Managing Editor at Lagniappe

@ALPressAssoc, @va_press_assoc. @SPJ_tweets SE award-winning asst. managing ed @lagniappemobile, husband to @hpliesch, proud father, home cook @UofAlabama grad.

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New medical cannabis bill aims to get program started

Feb 9, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

The Alabama Legislature will consider a bill this session aimed at cutting through legal obstacles facing the state’s burgeoning medical cannabis industry and getting the program off the ground, but not everyone is on board. Sen. Tim Melson, R-Florence, co-sponsor of the bill legalizing medical marijuana in the state, introduced SB72 this week.
DHL opening free logistics school in Mobile

Feb 6, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

Wesley Davis Jr., pastor of Nazaree Full Gospel Church in Mobile, knows the statistics. His church members come from areas of the city that lag behind the state average in poverty and education. With the help of shipping company DHL, a nationally recognized international trade reporter, he’s hoping his church can change that. Davis’ church on the Interstate 65 beltline will play host to shipping company DHL’s first-ever logistics school in North America, with classes beginning Thursday evening.
S.S. United States to begin journey to Mobile

Feb 5, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

The famous oceanliner S.S. United States will soon make its way to Mobile to be prepared to be sunk off the coast of the Florida Panhandle and become the largest artificial reef.
Mobile man found guilty of 2021 murder outside Prichard gas station

Feb 5, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

A Mobile County jury has convicted a Mobile man for the 2021 murder of Jarvis Anderson outside of a Prichard gas station. Mario Osborne Jr. was convicted of killing Anderson after a jury deliberated for an hour and a half, following a trial, according to a statement from Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood. kAm“%9:D EJA6 @7 G:@=6?46 H:== ?@E 36 E@=6C2E65 :? |@3:=6 r@F?EJ[ 96 D2:5 :? 2 DE2E6>6?E] “(6 C6>2:? DE62572DE :? @FC 565:42E:@?
Local veterans call bill to overhaul state office ‘disturbing’

Feb 5, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

Former warriors from the Mobile area are organizing to oppose a bill introduced by the legislature and championed by Gov. Kay Ivey in Tuesday night’s “State of the State” speech to make the Alabama Department of Veterans Affairs commissioner a cabinet position and reorganize the board that oversees the department. The bill, which was introduced on the first day of the 2025 legislative session, comes after Ivey used “supreme executive power” to fire former ADVA Commissioner Kent Davis in October.
New Alabama internet pornography law results in de facto ban, raises free speech questions

Feb 5, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

A law passed by the State Legislature in 2024 that aimed to prevent children from viewing pornography online has effectively blocked Alabamians of all ages from some of the most popular adult sites. While the legislation’s sponsor defended the move, which requires stricter age verification rules for the sites in question, First Amendment experts decry the law and similar ones in other states for going too far to restrict adult access to sexually explicit content. kA 5:ClQ=ECQmkDA2?
MAWSS to permanently close Big Creek Lake to recreational boaters

Feb 4, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

The Mobile Area Water and Sewer System (MAWSS) will permanently close Big Creek Lake to all recreational boating and fishing, the utility announced in a statement Tuesday morning. The decision to close the waterway to boaters will take place immediately and has been made to protect it as a main source of drinking water for the utility. kAm“!C@E64E:?8 @FC 5C:?<:?8 H2E6C DFAA=J :D @FC E@A AC:@C:EJ[” qF5 |4rC@CJ[ s:C64E@C @7 |p($$[ D2:5] “(9:=6 H6 C64@8?:K6 E96 :>A24E E9:D >2J 92G6 @?
Man killed by brother during fight with mother

Feb 3, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

A man was killed by his younger brother after he attacked their mother at a home in Prichard on Sunday, according to a statement from the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office (MCSO). Jymatric Pickens died as a result of being shot after he showed up at 1022 Dade Street and attacked his mother, an MCSO spokeswoman wrote in a statement. A younger brother came into the room while Pickens and the mother were fighting and shot the older sibling.
Senior Bowl players parade down Dauphin Street

Feb 1, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

Before Senior Bowl week concludes with the collegiate all-star game today, players spent Friday night participating in a Carnival-style parade down Dauphin Street. Players threw Reese's cups, rubber chickens, confetti, beads and more at awaiting fans during the festivities. The parade was followed by a concert by the Eli Young Band at Cathedral Square.
Graduates of St. Catherine’s school remember it during retirement mass

Jan 31, 2025 | lagniappemobile.com | Dale Liesch

It’s unusual to see a packed Catholic parish for mass on a random Thursday, but residents and visitors alike filled St. Catherine of Sienna on Springhill Avenue on Jan. 30 to say goodbye to the church’s accompanying school building. Flanked by St. Catherine’s parish pastor, the Rev. Fred Boni and other celebrants with connections to the school, the Rev. Paul Zoghby, a graduate of the school, led the special mass and spoke about the school that closed in 1986 during his homily.