Mobile AL

In a world of turmoil, Mobile’s infamous Comic Cowboys opted to keep their grenade-throwing close to home for 2026. Mostly. New Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis got a particularly warm welcome. One of the group’s placards lamented that “Now we’ll NEVER get a TRADER JOE’S,” referring to Cheriogotis’ marriage to a member...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — One person was injured this afternoon after being struck by a car, according to Mobile police. The incident happened around noon Tuesday at the intersection of Michigan Avenue and Melrose Street. According to Mobile Police Department public information officer Joseph Brown, the victim was taken...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s always on the mind of Jim Tate. “I don’t think a day goes by when I’m not aware… in some way, shape, form, or fashion,” Tate said.  He isn’t talking about his more than 50 years of coaching, his 42 years at St. Paul’s Episcopal,  the 102 state track and […]

The City of Fairhope will host its annual Arbor Day Celebration on Saturday, February 21, at 10 a.m. at Coastal Alabama Community College. The Arbor Day Awards Ceremony will take place under the live oak on Bancroft Street by the John Borom Science Building. During the ceremony, officials will recognize Arbor Day...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Fat Monday brought a day full of revelry and parades as King Felix III arrived in downtown Mobile to kick off Lundi Gras celebrations. King Felix and his knights arrived by boat at Cooper Riverside Park this morning. Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis presented King Felix with a key to the city, starting...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Revelers are taking a ride on the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service to see the good times roll in Mobile, and for one New Orleans couple, they came over for their first-time Port City Mardi Gras experience. After stepping off the Amtrak Mardi Gras Service in Mobile from New Orleans last Friday, […]

Our Pet of the Week is a six-year-old Pomeranian mix named Sparky.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s Fat Tuesday in Mobile, the birthplace of Mardi Gras. Usually, when I get to downtown Mobile before dawn, I’m the only one up and around. That’s not the case today. When I arrived at Mardi Gras Park there were already at least four families who had set up tents, tables, […]

According to the Mobile County Major Crimes Unit, Argueta-Guerra was picked up in Texas for alien removal in 2015.

Sunday night, 11 pm on Dauphin Street. With the day's parades at an end, hundreds of Mobilians and visitors to the city continued celebrating a successful Joe Cain Day. But 9 minutes later- the police radio crackled with an urgent message:. "Rescue 3, Rescue 12, Engine 12, Engine 15, District...