This Alabama Tunnel May Be The Most Unique In The State, With A History...
If you’ve ever blasted down I-10 with the windows up, music on, and momentum fully committed, then suddenly dipped beneath the waterline, you already know the strange, fleeting thrill of the George Wallace Tunnel. It lasts barely a minute, yet it has a way of imprinting itself on memory,...
Gunshot victim at Mobile hospital — police investigate
Video above: What to do if you witness a crime MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating after a man arrived at a local hospital with a gunshot wound. An MPD news release said they responded to the hospital around 11:20 p.m. on Dec. 11. Officers eventually found a crime scene at […]
Bay Landscaping Named 2025 Mobile Chamber Small Business of the Year
MOBILE, Ala. – Bay Landscaping has been named the 2025 Mobile Chamber Small Business of the Year. The announcement was made during the Small Business of the Year Awards Luncheon, presented by Voyager Lending, held Friday, December 12 at the Renaissance Mobile Riverview Plaza Hotel. Founded in 2007 by...
Here’s the cost breakdown of new $2.8 million annual rent rate for city at...
It was a stunning announcement... The City of Mobile, a tenant in the county owned Government Plaza, was being threatened by the county commission for not paying it's rent for August and September. The commission's action came after sending the city a notice that the monthly rent would be going...
MFRD presents checks from boot drive to 2 organizations
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Firefighters from the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department came together today to help present money gathered from their annual boot drive. Checks were presented to both the Dumas Wesley Foundation and the Muscular Dystrophy Association. Each organization received a check for $10,000 to be put towards...
Mobile airport terminal on track, under budget
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 11, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Airport Authority is substantially under budget for a new terminal project at the Mobile International Airport, News 5 has learned. MAA Chairman E. Luckett Robinson announced the project’s status during the Authority’s monthly...
The City of Mobile and HOPE for All Gulf Coast present the Holiday Food...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - HOPE for All Gulf Coast is partnering with the City of Mobile’s Department of Public Safety, which consist of the Homeless Outreach Team, Mobile Police Department and the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department, to provide holiday meal boxes to the 132 families currently enrolled in HOPE’s housing programs.
60 doctors have taken course needed to recommend cannabis in Alabama
MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — The first medical cannabis dispensaries in Alabama are preparing to open next year after four companies were awarded licenses on Thursday. One of the companies, RJK Holdings, plans to open dispensaries in Mobile and Daphne. Doctors have to be certified before recommending it to patients. Sixty...
Possible comeback for Mobile’s former Gayfers building
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A downtown Mobile landmark that has sat vacant for nearly four decades may finally be on the verge of a comeback, though exactly what’s planned inside the former Gayfers building remains under wraps. “We’re really excited about the possibilities,” said the CEO of the Downtown Mobile Alliance,...
Austal USA Lays Keel on First USCG Offshore Patrol Cutter
Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first US Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, AL, ship manufacturing facility. Pickering (WMSM 919) is being built under a contract that includes up to 11 cutters and has a potential value of $3.3...
