Mobile AL

The following letter was written by Henry Baird (1824-1863), the son of William Baird (1765-1863) and Nancy Harbison (1787-1855). Henry’s father emigrated from Northern Ireland and settled in Pennsylvania where most of Henry’s numerous siblings remained and raised families of their own. However, Henry—born in 1824 in...

UPDATE (7:23 p.m.) — Mobile Police say Williams has been found and is safe. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police need the public’s help to find a missing man, News 5 has learned. Gerald Williams, 77, “should be considered missing/endangered, and it’s important he’s located soon,” a Mobile Police Department news...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - The community is coming together after a triple murder suicide ended the lives of a Daphne family. Kenneth Smith Jr. is suspected of shooting his wife Larrica Gaines Smith and their two children 15-year-old Kristian and 11-year-old Kensley Smith. The loss of these precious lives have...

Council approves larger facilities, pavilion replacement, and new ballfield fencing. Foley, Ala. — (OBA) — Foley officials are moving forward with new plans to improve Aaronville Park in the city’s southwest area. The Foley City Council approved an updated project in a meeting earlier this month, that will expand...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A homecoming 20 years in the making, as city and state leaders gathered in downtown Mobile Saturday to welcome Amtrak’s special arrival. Amtrak’s Mardi Gras Service, the first passenger train to return to the Port City in more than two decades, made its first run from New Orleans to Mobile. This...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Volunteers gathered on Saturday to clean up parks and waterways along south Mobile County. Nonprofit organization Peninsula of Mobile and city residents helped pick up litter scattered south of I-10, in areas including Mobile Bay, Alba Beach, Dog River, and McNally Park. Volunteers...

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Bay Minette man was critically injured Saturday morning in a two-vessel crash on the Tensaw River near Byrnes Lake in Baldwin County, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. Officials said the incident began around 8:50 a.m. Saturday, when the 42-year-old was operating an...

An Alabama family of four has died in what police believe was a murder-suicide. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office (BCSO) posted on Facebook that officers were investigating a “suspected murder-suicide” after four family members, including two children, were found dead from “apparent gunshot wounds” in a home in...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s college move-in day at the University of South Alabama, and the school is housing more students than ever. 3,000 students are unpacking this weekend as they move into their on-campus housing at USA, which is a new school record. But on campus housing isn’t the only record that could be […]

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Prichard has announced plans to partner with a developer to build two Sportsplex facilities in Prichard. The City of Prichard has entered into a transformative partnership with The P3 Group, Inc. to develop two advanced sportsplex facilities featuring integrated AI technology. This...