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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...