Mobile’s MoonPie drop, now a New Year’s tradition, was once a ridiculed idea
The MoonPie drop downtown has become an annual Mobile New Year’s Eve tradition, but it started as nothing more than a whacky idea. The author of that idea, Fred Richardson, had a grand vision even in ...
Giant edible MoonPie arrives in Mobile
The world’s largest edible MoonPie has arrived in the city of Mobile, just in time for the MoonPie Drop events at MoonPie ...
A look at the “extra-bling” in the MoonPie Over Mobile
While a lot of people are there to enjoy the MoonPie Drop -- this is a working holiday for organizers of the event, who make ...
Clint Black ready for the big MoonPie: ‘Every show, to me, is the Super Bowl’
As midnight approaches on New Year’s Eve in Mobile, Clint Black will have the eyes of a Mobile crowd on him and the weight of a giant MoonPie hanging (figuratively) over his head. As befits a ...
Cool weather, top sports story of 2024: Down in Alabama
The MoonPie drops tonight in Mobile. That means it’s the last day of 2024. So some of us have to hurry if we’re going to tie ...
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A look at the “extra-bling” in the MoonPie Over Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Long before the live music started in Downtown Mobile -- the last-minute details for the “MoonPie Over Mobile” -- were being wrapped up. “I’ve been doing this a ...