Jim Zeigler
News Reporter at 1819 News
Zeigler is a retired Public Service Commissioner of Alabama.
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1 day ago |
1819news.com | Jim Zeigler
Normally, the only type of event that would overflow Birmingham’s Legion Field was an Iron Bowl. An exception was evangelist Billy Graham's 1972 Alabama Crusade, held May 14-21. It has now been 53 years since that crusade, and what a difference it made. The news media and Billy Graham in his sermons pointed out that Birmingham and Alabama were changed places since his previous Birmingham crusade in 1964.
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2 days ago |
1819news.com | Jim Zeigler
Robert Battles has an ironically appropriate last name. He has been fighting battles for decades at the Mobile City Council, in community issues, on the ballot and on the Mobile County School Board. Now, he is fighting a battle to win the city council seat in District 7. It will be an uphill battle, as incumbent Gina Gregory holds that seat in a newly redrawn district.
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2 days ago |
1819news.com | Jim Zeigler
It’s an irony of history. This Thursday is the 53rd anniversary of the shooting of Alabama Governor and presidential candidate George Wallace. It is also the day that convicted shooter Arthur Bremer will be a free man. It’s the end of his mandatory supervised release. Bremer has been out of prison since 2007, but has been living in Maryland on supervised parole.
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3 days ago |
1819news.com | Jim Zeigler
Nobody sings or sounds like Dwight Yoakam. His unique songmanship is a combination of neotraditional country, alternative country, honky-tonk, rock and roll, bluegrass, and the Bakersfield Sound. Yoakam is bringing his unique style to Alabama on Thursday, May 29. He will perform at 7:30 p.m. at Orange Beach’s Wharf Amphitheater. Details and tickets can be found here. It will be Dwight Yoakam and the Mavericks with Drayton Fraley.
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4 days ago |
1819news.com | Jim Zeigler
If their music has been your Soul and Inspiration, you can be inspired one last time. If You’ve Lost that Loving Feeling, you have this chance to go and get it back. If you have never seen the Righteous Brothers, you need to do it Just Once in My Life. The Unchained Melody is about to be chained. The ‘Righteous Brothers’ are on their farewell tour, and their final appearance in Alabama is on Thursday, May 29 at 7 p.m. at the Oxford Performing Arts Center.
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