Coyote problems heating up in Mobile, how Continental Aerospace's CEO couched an attempted acquisition, and parties trade barbs in a state lawmaker's lawsuit against Austal.

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Perception of safety in Downtown Mobile, local sports with Tommy Hicks, and a ship show of controversy over vessels in the Port of Mobile.

Aggressive tossing by a mystic landed him in handcuffs Tuesday night. The Lagniappe staff runs through all the Mardi Gras madness, local sports news with Tommy Hicks, and legislative efforts to change the Alabama Public Service Commission.

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Plans for a large solar project in an old rural Baldwin County, Alabama, community to support a new Meta data center 150 miles away have sparked local pushback.

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Chapters

• 1:52 Tuberville's Residency Controversy
• 8:34 Solar Field Developments
• 14:08 Downtown Mobile Blight Issues
• 29:25 DA Funding Tensions
• 30:19 Mobile Mardi Gras Updaters

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School choice and high school recruiting/competitive balance controversies collided this month in a decision by the state's top athletic association to divorce private and public school regions and post-season play.

We also discuss:

• Mardi Gras w/ the Mobile Mask

• Laws being advanced by local lawmakers

• Primary elections set

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Where music meets mission at the USA Health Doc Rock fundraising event on January 29th at Soul Kitchen in Downtown Mobile. The show starts promptly at 7 p.m. You can purchase tickets and vote for your favorite bands online today

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Legendary Fox 10 anchor Byron Day joins the show to share insights on the evolution of journalism, life in media and changes in news delivery.

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Where music meets mission at the USA Health Doc Rock fundraising event on January 29th at Soul Kitchen in downtown Mobile. The show starts promptly at 7 p.m. You can purchase tickets and vote for your favorite bands online today

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The editorial staff dives into Gov. Kay Ivey's final state of the state, local transfer portal activity, a local surgeon's bout with an 800-pound gorilla, and possible "gray clouds" on the forecast for Montgomery.

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Stories in this episode:

• Ivey's final state of the state
• Former Jags finding new homes
• Breast cancer patients caught in network dispute
• Lawmakers bracing for ‘gray clouds’ in budget

Lagniappe joins Mobile Mask Editor in Chief Alyson Sheppard to discuss the impending Carnival season and the newest edition of the magazine hitting shelves today.

We also touch on:

• The 'war on police' a couple attempted in Midtown

• Business personal property taxes

• This week's cover story is on an Afghan-U.S. ally who started a new life in Mobile

• Riley Leonard's NFL debut

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In the latest episode of the award-winning Lagnia-POD, the news team looks back on some of 2025's greatest journalistic hits and previews the stories they plan to break in 2026. Happy New Year!

The Indianapolis Colts called Phillip Rivers' number. The 44-year-old St. Michael's Catholic Head Football Coach answered and gave the Seahawks a run for their money. Back in Mobile Bay, A.J. McCarron says he's bowing out of a political bid.

Also in this episode:

• Some Baldwin County mayors say they were erroneously announced as endorsing a local state senator.

• New data suggests Mobile and Baldwin County are six circuit judges short.

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