Mobile AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Chamber says in a press release that a lumber company is expanding operations at its facility in Mobile County. MOBILE, Ala. – New South Lumber Company, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Canfor Southern Pine, Inc., is investing $10.5 million to expand operations at its Mobile County...

Rising Tides is an opinion column exploring all things Mobile. There’s been a lot of excitement – and, I think it’s safe to say, a lot of hype – around Alabama’s effort to deliver the workforce needed to support shipbuilding in Mobile. Make no mistake:...

“I always tell folks my roots are in a place called Eutaw, Alabama, but I was born and raised in Mobile. I’m named after my grandmother—Tempey Daisy Hamilton—and I’m the granddaughter of a sharecropper. My mom was the baby of thirteen kids. She was too young to pick cotton like my aunts did; her job was to ride the...

Amtrak service on the Gulf Coast stopped after Hurricane Katrina damaged transportation infrastructure in 2005. | Rainclaw7, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons / Wikimedia Commons. Amtrak's newly revived Mardi Gras Service between New Orleans and Mobile, Alabama is exceeding expectations for ridership, timeliness,...

CITRONELLE, Ala. (WALA) - Citronelle Fire & Rescue posted on its Facebook page information about a fire call where they were advised that an elderly resident might be inside the home. Here’s the post:. Engine 601, Engine 602, Engine 603, Sprint 605 and Brush 610 responded along with Georgetown-Fellowship...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The former controller of a Daphne business has pleaded guilty to a federal embezzlement charge, admitting that that he used company money for unauthorized Christmas bonuses, first-class travel and other personal expenses. According to Colin David Walsh’s written plea agreement, the total fraud...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - McGill-Toolen graduate Justin Robinson has been living the dream thanks to his personality and his passion for cooking. For Robinson, it all started when he taught himself how to cook in his dorm room at Auburn. “I was just cooking to survive. No college kid wants...

SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — A former Mobile County Sheriff deputy is being called to serve the public in other ways than fighting crime. Johnny Ledger is writing and composing Christian music. He composed his new Easter song, “Kings of Kings,” in January at his home in Semmes. “Kings of Kings’ came about over some ideas […]

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MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - At least one Mobile church and one organization in Baldwin County have changed plans for Sunday morning because of expected rain. In Mobile, Forward Church has announced on its Facebook page an Easter event was being moved from Sunday to Saturday. Here is the post:. Weather...