Mobile AL

Some places make you pull off the highway without a second thought, and Nelson’s “Barnyard” Buffet in Saraland is at the top of that list. With a wallet friendly price, a crowd pleasing spread, and Southern comfort done right, it turns a quick stop into a full on memory.

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Officials in Prichard will hold a press conference at 11:30 a.m. Monday to address public safety concerns after a recent spate of hit-and-run crashes, the city has announced. Mayor Carletta Davis and Prichard Police Chief Walter Knight will provide updates about current investigations...

Fairhope has The Grand Hotel. Downtown Mobile has The Battle House Hotel. Gulf Shores and Orange Beach are filled with luxurious beachfront condominiums and townhouses, a new Embassy Suites, and the Lodge at Gulf State Park. But when it comes to boutique accommodations in one of the largest cities in...

Watch for a Dollar General store to be built at 25255 Ala. 59 in Loxley, according to Baldwin County Planning Commission records. The 9,100-square-foot store would be constructed on 2.31 acres. That development is one of several real estate deals across coastal Alabama in recent days. Additionally:. A...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - Work is set to begin Sunday night to pave a major thoroughfare in one Baldwin County city. The news was posted on the City of Daphne, Alabama-“The Jubilee City” Facebook page. Here is the post:. NOTICE OF ROAD WORK - County Road 64 Paving...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary announced the latest unemployment figures this week. Alabama’s Unemployment Rate Drops to 2.7% in November. Mobile County’s unemployment rate for November 2025 was 3. 3%, down from 3.9% in November of 2024. Baldwin County’s unemployment rate for...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - The United States Department of Agriculture has designated 19 Alabama Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. Here is a news release from the Alabama Commissioner of Agriculture. USDA Designates 19 Alabama Counties as Primary Natural Disaster Areas. MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Alabama...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Mobile City Council Member Samantha Ingram posted in her District 2 newsletter sent out January 9 a report on the community meeting she attended last week regarding a proposed concrete batch plant planned for the Africatown area. Here is a portion of what was included:. Community Update:...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Prichard Mayor Carletta Davis says in her weekly e mail Weekly Newsletter from Mayor Carletta Davis that she and Prichard city officials have discussed strengthening the city’s animal control and dangerous dog ordinances. Mayor Davis also discussed the removal of seven dogs from a property.

Residents of a historic Black community in Mobile, Alabama are protesting the construction of a concrete plant in a neighborhood known as Africatown, reports Margaret Kates for AL.com. The plant would make concrete for the Mobile River Bridge and Bayway project for five years, then it would be dismantled. “But...