Mobile AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Get ready to pay a little less for a cart full of groceries. Alabama house bill 386 is set to take effect a month from today after Gov. Kay Ivey signed off on it earlier this summer. It lowers the state sales tax on groceries from...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile woman who currently lives in Kahului, Hawaii, had to evacuate Tuesday afternoon after the statewide Tsunami Warning went into effect. Raven Wright was just 30 minutes away from her house when the alert was issued around 2 p.m. At first, Wright said she “wasn’t really worried about it.”...

It was just after daylight arrived Saturday morning when the call went out... "Engine 3, engine 8, engine 2, truck 4, Rescue 3, District One chief.," blared the police scanner. "Electronic alarm, high rise... at 107 St. Francis Street." That address happens to be one of Mobile's tallest buildings, the...

MOBILE, Ala (WKRG) — Firefighters with the Toulminville Fire Station and a few volunteers went above and beyond the line of duty to help a Mobile man and his elderly mom. Gwendolyn Stokes has lived in Mobile for five years with her son Robert, but this isn’t your average mother-son duo. Robert is autistic, diabetic,...

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The City of Mobile and its partners are building more workforce housing. New homes are going up on Phillips Lane near Forest Hill Elementary School. The city is calling this a true public private partnership with a developer who brought the idea before the city.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — As temperatures spike across the Gulf Coast, experts warn that the heat may be doing more than just making people uncomfortable. “Heat not only affects us physically, but that physical effect, the dehydration and the exhaustion and just the temperature itself can lead to psychological issues,”...

Studying music and advancing as an artist has always been my goal. Through this journey I’ve realized that I want to create and provide a platform for other artists like myself by learning the business, doing the business and teaching the business. —Yo Jonesy Jones. Those are the...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - SARAH’S SPOTLIGHT: Scam(s) Alert! New scams are making the rounds and they are targeting everyone from back to school shoppers to travelers to car owners and more. We are taking a look at what exactly these new scams are and what you can do to protect your money and your personal information.

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala (WKRG) — With the first day of school right around the corner, school resource officers from Baldwin and Mobile Counties spent the week in specialized training designed to keep students safe and prepare for emergencies. “These guys this week, they learned a lot about mental health, mental health...

Seven years ago, life got extra hectic when a single mom of two boys married a single dad of two girls. The newlyweds soon made a happy home for their blended family in Fairhope, but as the kids grew, became teens and entered their twenties, their space became a bit cramped when everyone was home. The couple began...