3 Alabama medical schools part of ‘transformative breakthrough in education,’ feds say
Medical students at 53 medical schools across 31 states, including three in Alabama, must complete 40 hours of nutrition training before graduation beginning this fall. Leaders gathered Thursday, March 5 in Washington for the announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Education....
Stockton solar farm: Quiet approval, Loud reaction
STOCKTON, Ala. (NBC 15) — When Stockton Solar I and II appeared on the Alabama Public Service Commission’s December 2 agenda, most people in Baldwin County had no idea the projects even existed. There were no public hearings. No required town halls. No formal comment period before the...
You Could Spend Hours In This Sprawling Alabama Bookstore Without Breaking The Bank
There’s a special kind of magic that happens when you walk into a place where books are stacked so high they practically touch the ceiling, and your wallet doesn’t need to file for bankruptcy just to leave with an armful of reading material. Welcome to the Book Exchange...
Great Wolf Lodge debuts Ranch Milkshake topped with carrots, celery and chicken nuggets
A ranch milkshake with a bunch of toppings is coming to Great Wolf Lodge.
Adopt Minnie the hound mix from Mobile County Shelter
Minnie is a 2-year-old, 65-pound, female hound mix available for adoption at the Mobile County Animal Shelter. She is described as calm, friendly, and heartworm negative. Minnie enjoys relaxing with people and other dogs and is ready for a new home.
Court documents: Man entered USA dorm with intent to murder, threatened two students at...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Court documents say a 23-year-old man who is not a University of South Alabama student entered a campus residence hall with the intent to murder. King Diamond is charged with burglary, menacing, unlawful imprisonment and illegally carrying a firearm. What happened. University officials said...
Glass bottle attack leads to arrest in Mobile: MPD
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police have arrested a man in connection with an alleged assault that took place on Wednesday. According to an MPD news release, 46-year-old Noah Vines was arrested Thursday and charged with second-degree assault following an investigation. Just after midnight on March 4, officers were...
Fire destroys Big Fish Moving Company building in Foley, cause under investigation
FOLEY, Ala. -- A two-story building in Baldwin County was destroyed in a fire Thursday morning. Foley Fire was dispatched to Big Fish Moving Company at approximately 7:14 a.m. Fire Chief Joey Darby says when crews arrived they noticed the fire upstairs. As they began attacking the fire conditions worsened,...
Double murder suspects found competent for trial, but intellectual capacity questions remain
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A psychiatric evaluation concluded that two men accused of a double murder at a home barbershop in Mobile are mentally competent to stand trial, authorities said, though questions remain about their intellectual capacity. Prosecutors say they will seek the death penalty against Michael Stone and...
Wintzell’s Oyster House fulfills decades-old promise to Mobile father and son
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A sign on the wall at Wintzell’s Oyster House in downtown Mobile has promised free oysters to any man who turns 80 and walks in with his father. For decades, no one had claimed it — until now. Jimmy Rush, who just turned 80,...
