Mobile man sentenced for bank fraud
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man was sentenced in federal court for conspiracy to commit bank fraud and bank fraud, according to the Department of Justice. A USDOJ news release said 45-year-old Travis Sopson pleaded guilty to defrauding a number of banks and credit unions from August 2022 to January 2023 by...
Father and son steal $774,000 from elderly woman, court documents say
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A father and son are accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from an elderly Mobile woman. Investigators say 54-year-old Charles Cook and his son, 30-year-old Dillon Cook, own a local lawn care company and worked for the victim. Court documents show The Cooks took...
Remembering the Last Days of Julius T. Wright
In Mobile’s educational history, few events were as significant or transformative as the merger between University Military School and Julius T. Wright College Preparatory School for Girls. For generations, the schools operated in parallel: UMS with its reputation as an all-boys school with a strict military...
A/C on school buses
A Robeson County man will spend over a decade in prison after the shooting of an off-duty officer. Police are investigating a Pee Dee shooting from Tuesday. A vacant motel in Myrtle Beach is no longer standing. FIRST ALERT: Higher clouds move in as Erin passes offshore. Updated: 6 hours...
911 call: ‘My husband shot me in my head’
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Transcripts reveal a woman called 911 after she said her husband shot her in the head. According to Citronelle Police Chief Chris McClean, this all happened Aug. 12 at a location near Highway 45 and Chunchula-Georgetown Road. Court documents said the husband, Joseph Smith, got drunk...
Mobile woman accused of robbing gas station
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police said a Mobile woman was arrested after she allegedly threatened a clerk and tried to steal items from a local gas station. According to a Mobile Police Department news release, officers were called to the Clarks Service Station at 4063 Moffett Road at about 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in...
2021 murder case against man accused of killing three-year-old in jeopardy
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The capital murder case against Abraham Hatch for killing his girlfriend's 3-year-old son Tyren Edwards is in legal jeopardy, according to Assistant District Attorney Ashley Rich. According to court records, on August 15th Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Windom ruled that statements made by...
Mobile County Sheriff’s Office responds to remarks on Paul Burch’s Facebook page
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office has issued a response to comments that Sheriff Paul Burch recently made on his personal Facebook page about a local judge. “We are aware of questions regarding remarks made on Sheriff Burch’s personal Facebook page about recent rulings by a judge in criminal...
Changes coming soon to Airport Boulevard’s traffic light signals
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile is moving forward with the next phase of its multi-year traffic light project, this time focusing on one of the busiest stretches in town: Airport Boulevard. “A few years ago, we entered into the program with ALDOT to retime and bring communication to all of the traffic […]
Man accused of robbing grocery store in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A man is accused of robbing a grocery store in Mobile. Mobile police say officers responded to the Piggly Wiggly store on St. Stephens Road on Aug. 3 around 7 p.m. A security officer was found injured. Police say the “officer was injured during a physical...
