Wade on August 2009
By Wade KwonA look back at all things and people and events 2009 …
Video: Bill Blount joins Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks
with a guilty plea.
Aug. 1 | We counted down the days to former mayor Larry Langford’s original Aug. 31 trial date with our greatest series ever, Birmingham’s Biggest Crooks. Seriously, look how many criminals we stuffed into one month …
- Mary Kay Beard | James Bevel | Bill Blount | Mary Buckelew | Rube Burrow
- Gregory Clarke | Matthew Cloyd, Russell DeBusk and Benjamin Moseley | Jeff Germany | Dedrick Griham | Richard Hawes
- The HealthSouth 16 | Virginia Hill | Troy Ingram | John Katopodis | Al LaPierre
- Don MacDermott | E.B. McClain | Jeff and Jessica McCord | Chris McNair | Danny Ray Miles
- Jack Montgomery | Samuel Pettagrue | Richard Scrushy | Don Siegelman | Lakendall Sims
- 16th Street Baptist Church bombers | Simon Speights | J.B. Stoner | Marvin Warner | Gary White
Who didn’t make the list? Langford, convicted Oct. 28. And pipe maker McWane Inc., whose latest fine is $4 million.
Aug. 10 | A juicy morsel: Wade on Birmingham had the exclusive scoop on the exclusive screening of the documentary “Food, Inc.” P.S. We love our news tipsters.
Aug. 11 | The dirge continued as we presented the Birmingham Heritage Festival lineup and demise in the same day. P.S. Never piss off Ludacris. Ever.
Aug. 25 | Our Vote 2009 coverage kicked into high gear with our extensive look at the Birmingham city council and board of education races. Later, we had results from all 18 races, nine of which were headed to runoffs.
Aug. 27 | The end of August also means the start of our monthlong coverage of the Sidewalk Moving Picture Festival, with an in-depth look at the local films plus the opening night documentary, “Best Worst Movie.”
See all of our August coverage.
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Haiku flashback
football season: dear coach (Aug. 31)
Please take us to the
national championship
(or else, you’re fired).
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