Thomas Arthur, who is on death row, figured out a way to call me and other journalists by connecting through his daughter's cell phone. At some point prison officials figured this out and limited his phone access. What follows is part of a message he left me a few months ago. As a disclaimer, Thicket magazine doesn't agree or disagree with this audio recording.

Posted by Lee Hurley

Bay City's Booming

In our June/July issue—on the newstands or in your home now—Mobile native Chip Drago takes a good long look at all the changes occurring (and about to occur) in that city by the bay in his excellent feature, “Bay City Boom: Mobile’s economy takes off while the rest of the country slows to a crawl.”

We hated to leave out any of his story, so we posted his extended sidebar that we just couldn’t fit in the feature. In “At What Price Progress?” Drago examines Mobile’s explosive growth and the danger it may pose to the area’s fragile ecosystem.

In the Thick of it All

Just last week, Black & White, Birmingham's City Paper, ran a nice story by Christina Crowe about the launch of Thicket entitled, "In the Thick of It All: Thicket, a new, homegrown publication, celebrates what it means to live in Alabama." The full text is on their website, but the gist of it looks at what Thicket's about, what we're trying to do as the only statewide lifestyle magazine published in Alabama. We certainly appreciate the coverage from B&W, an urban bi-weekly that's been a great stalwart of local Birmingham coverage for more than a decade now.

Posted by Todd Keith