Mobile AL

BIRMINGHAM — With the exception of the last three Super 7s, Saraland usually makes good teams look bad and bad teams look forward to next year. But now it’s the Spartans who must again look ahead. Does Friday night’s 38-21 loss to Clay-Chalkville in the Class 6A state championship game make them a bad team? Of course...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Austal USA has announced it is holding a keel laying ceremony December 8th for the U.S. Coast Guard’s Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter USCGC Pickering (OPC 919). Here is a part of the news release:. Austal USA will host a keel laying ceremony for the U.S....

Sami Steigmann was born in 1939 in what is now Ukraine. As a toddler he was imprisoned with his parents in a Romanian labor camp during World War II. Too young to understand what was happening but old enough to bear the lifelong effects.  “If you ask any survivor, how come you’re alive today? Everybody […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Port Authority says in a press release it is launching a general cargo modernization program. Alabama Port Authority Launches General Cargo Modernization Program with $100 Million Pier B South Redevelopment. Phase I of the investment program modernizes historic infrastructure and...

Since its launch in August, Amtrak’s restored Gulf Coast line has carried passengers through marshlands and mossy woods more than 46,000 times — a turnout that the Southern Rail Commission called “one of the most successful service launches in Amtrak's history.”. Between opening day and December, the...

Date(s) - December 7, 2025. Join the History Museum of Mobile on December 7th to welcome the Pelican Girls to Mobile! Colonial Fort Condé invites you to a reenactment of the landing of the Pelican, the ship that brought the first women from France to the capital of the French Louisiana territory, Mobile, in 1704. The...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Fox 10 News is compiling a list of Christmas-related events on Sunday and any possible impacts from the weather. ---5:00p.m. Magnolia Springs Christmas in the Park. ---5:30p.m. Pirates of Fish River Boat Parade. ---6:00p.m. Spanish Fort Tree Lighting Ceremony. TIME CHANGE. ---NOW 3:00p.m....

Quilts are warm. Quilts are comfortable. Quilts tell a story, spark memories and stand as works of art. But perhaps the greatest function a quilt can have is to bring peace and comfort to those who defend this nation. That’s the belief behind Quilts of Valor, an organization that started...

Play and Talk has opened in 8,450 square feet of space at 2370 Hillcrest Road in Mobile, according to Chris Harle and Leigh Dale Younce of White-Spunner Realty, who represented the landlord. Play and Talk offers video game repair services and a wide selection of new and used video games,...

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Department of Workforce says in a news release Alabama’s Unemployment Rate has dropped in September. It has also released individual county’s unemployment. Here is a portion of the release from December 5th. MONTGOMERY – Alabama Department of Workforce Secretary Greg Reed...