Howard Russell has tended yards in this quiet Fairfield neighborhood for about a quarter century, so he knows an explorer when he sees one. He stops the mower he’s pushing on this hellish-hot morning, ...

FAIRFIELD, Ala. (WIAT) — There is frustration after a Fairfield Land Bank Authority meeting where one of the agenda items was about the former home of baseball legend Willie Mays. The city of ...

This is an opinion column. “Alabama has always been me and dad’s thing.” That’s Michael Mays talking, the 65-year-old son of the man who touched us all, the man for whom we still grieve. The son of ...

FAIRFIELD, Alabama (WVTM) — The question about what will happen to baseball legend Willie Mays’ childhood home in Fairfield is being asked again. Willie Mays’ son, Michael, wants to give the community ...

The center fielder, who died at 93, was the last surviving star who began his career in Black baseball. San Francisco Giant center fielder Willie Mays swings his bat during spring training in Phoenix, ...

Willie Mays bought a 15-room mansion in a New York City suburb to escape housing discrimination in San Francisco and remained under the radar, as rumors swirled about a crumbling marriage. When the ...