DNA, firearms testimony take center stage as prosecution rests in Mobile capital murder trial
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Prosecutors called their final two witnesses Thursday in the capital murder trial of Jesse Patrick McClure – a pair of forensic investigators who examined DNA and firearms evidence. Prosecutors then rested their case against the 56-year-old Bay Minette man, who is accused of breaking into...
Bond set for Mobile man accused of killing his wife
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Bond has been set for a man accused of killing his wife last month on Labrador Run South in Mobile, according to court documents. Herman Peter Glaude IV, 41, was ordered to be held on a $350,000 bond today. He is due back in court on Monday. Glaude is charged with […]
ALEA: Driver with child passenger hits 118 mph during chase
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile man was arrested Monday, September 22 after an early morning high-speed chase in Baldwin County. According to ALEA, a State Trooper tried to pull over 30 year-old Yoelys E. Perez, who was driving a 2021 Honda Civic on I-10 near the 54 mile marker around 5:30 am.
Seafood owner who admitted to conspiring to sell illegally caught fish gets one day...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Nearly a year after pleading guilty to conspiring to sell illegally harvested fish, a Coden business owner on Friday learned his punishment – one day in jail. U.S. District Judge Kristi DuBose imposed the sentence on Richard Michael Collier Jr. and also ordered him to...
Swimming advisory issued for portion of Mobile Bay
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Alabama Department of Public Health has issued a swimming advisory for a portion of Mobile Bay in Baldwin County. According to an ADPH news release, the water of Mobile Bay at the Orange Street Pier was tested and the quality was determined to be poor. Officials said that swimming […]
3-year-old Jackson girl found dead in Alabama
UPDATE: JACKSON, Miss. (WJTV) – Interim Jackson Police Chief and Hinds County Sheriff Tyree Jones announced the body of three-year-old Janae McGill was recovered in Alabama. According to Jones, authorities in Alabama located Janae’s body in close proximity to where her mother’s body was discovered earlier this week....
Arsenic, cadmium leaks from coal ash in coastal Alabama rival 2008 disaster, study says
A new study has found that heavy metal contamination of the Mobile River, near Alabama Power’s Plant Barry, rivals the levels seen after the 2008 coal ash spill in Tennessee, one of the worst environmental disasters in U.S. history. “I think if you have something like that in your...
Woman found guilty of negligent homicide in 2021 Mobile crash that killed tow truck...
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile County jury has found Elizabeth Sprinkle guilty of Criminally Negligent Homicide, District Attorney Keith Blackwood announced today. On the morning of December 13, 2021, tow truck driver Jonathan Neesmith was removing a disabled vehicle from Interstate 65 when Elizabeth Sprinkle failed...
Column: Outgoing Mobile mayor makes case for SSUT changes
As I prepare to finish out the remainder of my three terms in office, I want to reflect on one of the questions I’ve been asked the most: Where do you see Mobile headed?. Generally, my answer is very positive. From economic development to major infrastructure investments and quality of life improvements, Mobile is in...
Robertsdale Police investigating, juvenile charged with rape
ROBERTSDALE, Ala. (WKRG) — Robertsdale Police say they’ve arrested a juvenile and charged them with rape. According to a Facebook post from Friday afternoon, police say a juvenile has been charged with two counts of 2nd degree rape and one count of “facilitating the travel of a child for an unlawful sex act.” Police...















