OSHA cites, fines Mobile-area company after 2 sewer gas deaths
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (NBC 15) — A U.S. Department of Labor investigation found numerous safety hazards at a Mobile worksite where Construction Labor Services Inc. workers were exposed to sewage gases, resulting in two fatalities. Investigators with the department's Occupational Safety and Health Administration that on...
McDuffie Coal Terminal shakeup deepens as Alabama port theft inquiry expands
Two additional employees have been fired at McDuffie Coal Terminal as part of an ongoing investigation by the Alabama State Port Authority into an alleged theft involving abuse of the agency’s procurement system for personal benefit. The latest development comes as the Port Authority confirms it has notified the...
Mobile City Council moves money to pay for cruise terminal improvements
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Despite reservations from a councilman, the City Council on Wednesday voted to move $2 million to a capital fund to pay for improvements at the Alabama Cruise Terminal. The city plans to award a contract soon for new fenders to protect the cruise ship from bumping...
Mobile PD seeks help identifying person in connection with shooting investigation
MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — The Mobile Police Department needs your help identifying the pictured subject in connection with a shooting investigation that occurred on Wednesday, February 18, 2026, in the area of 274 Dauphin Street. It is important to note that this incident is not related to the...
Mobile police make multiple arrests in drug bust
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police completed a drug bust at a home in the 1100 block of Belvedere Circle today that resulted in two arrests. Police arrested the target of the investigation, 24-year-old Trayveun Goff, and his girlfriend, 22-year-old Tenya Knight. During the bust, police seized 90 pounds, 15...
Mobile’s new civic arena shows progress with exterior walls going up
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The first exterior walls are now going up on Mobile’s new civic arena, with construction crews installing red brick along the exterior this week. The arena is being built on the old Civic Center site in downtown Mobile. The previous facility closed in August 2024, leaving the city without a...
Kidnapping suspect faced multiple immigration holds but was never deported
MOBILE CO, Ala. (WALA) -It has been 18 days since a Theodore mother and her two children vanished. The man accused of abducting them remains in Metro Jail, but he is not talking. Court records reveal Juan Carlos Argueta-Guerra has been arrested six times but there is no record of him ever being deported.
One person arrested after multi-state police chase that ended in Alabama
ALABAMA — Authorities say a man was arrested in Mobile County after a multi-state car chase that began in Mississippi early Thursday morning. According to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office, deputies assisted law enforcement from Jackson County, Mississippi, in pursuing a suspect who drove across state lines while...
Suspect arrested after throwing supposed drugs off Pascagoula River Bridge, leading deputies on chase
JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - A suspect was arrested in Alabama after a pursuit that began in Mississippi Thursday morning. According to Jackson County Sheriff John Ledbetter, the department’s interdiction unit was attempting to make a traffic stop on a vehicle near Highway 57. A pursuit began. That’s when...
‘Our crime rate is going to multiply’: Chickasaw considers revoking city’s only hotel license
CHICKASAW, Ala. (WALA) - Tensions boiled over at a public hearing Wednesday night as Chickasaw residents debated whether the city’s only hotel should keep its business license. The M Star Hotel on Lee Street faces potential license revocation after police say they responded to an excessive number of 911...

















