Urban walking is experiencing a renaissance. The Governors Highway Safety Association has done an informative study on pedestrian traffic fatalities. According to sources in that report, there has been a 21 percent increase in the number of people who reported walking to work in 2014 over 2005. Nearly a million more people reported walking or […]
One out of every 4,000 males under 25 years of age experiences a medical condition known as testicular torsion. The most commonly affected age group is 12 to 16 but the condition can occur at any age. The hallmark of testicular torsion is a sudden onset of severe pain to a testicle particularly without an […]
A Port of Mobile-based company should conduct a risk benefit analysis before storing or handling coal, maintains a lawsuit against the City Council and city Planning Commission. The lawsuit, filed Feb. 5, claims the council and commission failed in recent months to determine the extent to which public health would be affected by coal dust […]
Last Thursday the Planning Commission voted to recommend the downtown form based code to the city council. That was great news for those of us who simply must have a plan. Hopefully the final ordinance will arrive at the city clerk’s office by the morning of January 23, the “Call for Public Hearing” can be […]
