18th Annual BBQ & Blues Cook Off returns to Heritage Park in Foley
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — An annual cook-off event is set to return to a park in Foley. The 18th Annual BBQ & Blues Cook Off is set for Saturday, March 14, at Heritage Park, beginning at 10 a.m. Teams will compete to take home top honors for their smoky treats.
Mobile police seek public’s help identifying Greenwich Hills vehicle break-in suspects
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify several people suspected of breaking into vehicles in the Greenwich Hills community. Early this morning, officers received numerous reports of people breaking into vehicles, according to MPD. Authorities say they know of...
Foley man arrested for electronic solicitation of a minor, police say
FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - Foley Police said they arrested a man for electronic solicitation of a minor. Foley PD said they were assisted by Gulf Shores Police in apprehending Marquise Scott, 23, of Foley on Feb 25. Detectives discovered Scott used an electronic device to solicit a juvenile under the...
Traffic stop leads to drug arrest in Creola
Video above: Most commonly reported crimes in the U.S. CREOLA, Ala. (WKRG) — A traffic stop in Creola led to a drug arrest, according to the Creola Police Department. CPD officers stopped a driver for driving 67 in a 50 mph speed zone on Highway 43 southbound shortly after 10 p.m Tuesday, according to a […]
Defendant in new anti-gang statute trial found guilty
A Mobile County jury delivering the first conviction under Alabama's new criminal enterprise statute.
Assistant principal in Baldwin County pleads guilty to DUI, placed on probation
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Belforest Elementary School’s assistant principal will be on probation for the next two years after pleading guilty to driving under the influence. Daphne Police most recently arrested Melissa Spriggs during a traffic stop in November; it was her second DUI arrest. Tuesday, she pleaded...
‘Much more dangerous’: Authorities reveal kidnapping suspect’s true identity, gang ties
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The man charged in connection with the disappearance of a Mobile County mother and her two children was not using his real name when he was arrested, authorities said Tuesday. Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch said the suspect’s name is Hector Gamaliel Argueta-Guerra — not Juan...
Mobile mayor hints at new security measures after recent downtown shootings
Marcello Tanner works behind the counter at Dauphin Street's Mediterranean Sandwich Shop... a job he loves. "I need this job," he says. "When I started this job, my lights were off. I was smoking roll up cigarettes, I couldn't pay my phone bill, I couldn't do nothing. And then, this guy gave me a job, and it's been a...
Mobile County drug trafficking case ends in historic conviction under new Alabama law
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood has logged Alabama’s first conviction under the state’s criminal enterprise statute. A Mobile County jury found Marcus Cobbs Jr. guilty of trafficking marijuana to benefit a criminal enterprise. “Following a trial that concluded on February 25,...
Mobile Police Searching For Man Accused Of Brutally Beating Son
Kendall Freeman is wanted for allegedly beating his 4-year-old son. The Mobile (AL) Police Department is asking the public for help in locating 33-year-old Kendall Freeman, who has been accused of physically abusing a child who had to be hospitalized. According to NBC 15, an arrest warrant has been issued...
