Port Authority Names Two Leadership Hires
As the Alabama Port Authority in Mobile has announced two senior leadership appointments designed to strengthen operational execution and support delivery of its capital investment program. Alex King was named chief operating officer, effective March 1. King will oversee terminal operations and the port’s existing...
Attorney representing Semmes shop owner wounded by police has questions
It's one of those auto repair shops that you'd expect to see in a small town... This time in Semmes, just across Moffett Road from Crawford's Chapel... A weathered metal building surrounded by a few cars that have obviously seen better days. An old travel trailer out back. And a...
Alabama library denied funding because it won’t move classic book ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’
A Baldwin County library will not receive state funding after months of turmoil involving “sexually explicit” and “inappropriate” content in books for teenagers. In a meeting fraught with crosstalk and tension, the Alabama Public Library Service board voted to withhold state funding to the Fairhope Public Library....
APLS to continue withholding Fairhope Library funds over ‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ other books
The Alabama Public Library Service Thursday said that Fairhope Public Library remains out of compliance with the administrative code and will continue to withhold state aid until the library is back in compliance. The library must remove at least 10 books from a section for teenagers that the Fairhope Library Board...
Mobile police investigating shooting at the Court Yard Apartments
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department says they are investigating a shooting this morning at 3210 Pleasant Valley Road, the Court Yard Apartments. Police say one man has non life threatening injuries at this time. The victim and the shooter know each other, according to Mobile police. MPD...
Alabama lawmaker pushes for death penalty for public murder
DAPHNE, Ala. (WKRG) — The death penalty could be on the table for those in Alabama who are found guilty of using a weapon to murder someone in public. The Saenger Theater in 2025 and the 2024 MoonPie over Mobile are just two shootings where one person died, but many other lives were put in […]
Spanish Fort PD worries “TikTok Trickster” may slip away due to $15,000 bond
The so-called "TikTok trickster" was captured in North Carolina on Tuesday, but Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber says getting the accused Casanova con artist back to Alabama to face justice is proving to be a challenge. Barber says 56-year-old Brenton Fillers woos women on social media, then scams them out of...
The Slow-Paced Town In Alabama Where You Can Live Peacefully And Debt-Free
There comes a point in life when the rat race starts feeling more like a hamster wheel – spinning endlessly while getting nowhere fast. If you’ve ever found yourself daydreaming about escape during your commute or while paying bills that seem to multiply like rabbits, let me introduce you to Fairhope, Alabama.
American Legion Post 199 celebrates reopening in Fairhope
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - American Legion Post 199 celebrated its reopening Thursday morning with a VIP breakfast for veterans, marking the completion of a new building that replaced the facility destroyed by Hurricane Sally in 2020. The celebration highlighted the completion of phase two of the reconstruction project,...
‘I carried him on my back’: Teen describes hit-and-run that injured him and his...
PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — A normal walk home from Bible study turned into a nightmare for two Prichard teenagers after they were hit by a truck. Gianni Tyson, 17, and his brother, Kristian, 16, were walking along Turner Road last Wednesday when the crash happened. With no sidewalk available, the brothers were walking...
