MCSO identifies suspect in fatal Gethsemane Cemetery shooting
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Authorities are searching for a suspect wanted in connection with a fatal shooting at a local cemetery earlier this month, the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. Deputies responding to a report of a deceased male Sept. 3 at Gethsemane Cemetery, at 2850 S. Shelton...
Alabama launches $4 million reentry workforce initiative for Gulf Coast skilled trades
Alabama is launching a nearly $4 million workforce initiative aimed at building a new pipeline of skilled workers for some of the Gulf Coast’s fastest-growing industries. The Alabama Restart Initiative will use $3,999,999 in federal funding to train 550 adults in Mobile and Baldwin counties for careers including weldin
Work set to begin Monday at busy Mobile intersection
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Be watchful for work beginning this coming week on North McGregor Avenue and Spring Hill Avenue. The Mobile City Council announced on its Facebook page that work is set to begin Monday. Here is the post:. Work is scheduled to get underway on North McGregor Avenue...
Crash involving semi-truck shuts down interstate near Wallace Tunnel
UPDATE (8:01 p.m.) — The interstate has reopened to traffic. ORIGINAL REPORTING MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A crash involving a semitrailer shut down I-10 Eastbound at the Wallace Tunnel Sunday evening. The crash happened around 5:15 p.m. near the eastbound entrance of the Wallace Tunnel. A semi and an SUV were involv
This Wednesday and Thursday are set to be important days for the new Mobile...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - This coming week is shaping up to be an important one for the new Mobile River Bridge & Bayway Project. A two-day process Sept. 16 and 17 should give Alabama the cash it needs to start construction of a six-lane cable-stayed bridge that will carry drivers from Mobile to a newly restriped Bayway th
Mobile County Commissioners set to look at park expansion
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Commission is set to meet Monday morning, September 14 and, among the items on the agenda, are expanding a local park. The commission is set to look at amending the 2025 Capital Improvement Plan to create a project for West Mobile County Park Expansion.
UPDATE: Mobile Police say evacuated residents can now return to their homes following gas...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - UPDATE: Mobile Police say residents can now return to their homes. Roads are also reopening in the area. LATEST INFORMATION: Mobile Police are still asking for residents in the immediate area of a gas leak in the 300 block of Burton Avenue in the Crichton area to evacuate if they can leave their h
Gas leak prompts evacuations in North Crichton
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police and Mobile Fire-Rescue are on the scene of a gas leak in North Crichton. A leak was reported on a two-inch gas main at about 11:45 Sunday morning. An official on the scene said about 20 homes were evacuated in a neighborhood near Bay Shore Avenue. You can hear […]
Halftime Studs and Duds: Tulane vs USA
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‘Mobtown Mural’ and ‘Son of a Sailor’ festivals hit Downtown Mobile
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Downtown Mobile was filled with color and music as both the inaugural Mobtown Mural Festival and the 4th annual Son of a Sailor Festival took over Cedar Street Social Club. 15 artists in total, including eight from Barton Academy, worked on painting murals around Downtown on Saturday. One o

















