Victim of fatal wrong-way Christmas week crash remembered
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - We’re learning more about one of three victims in the deadly two-vehicle crash on Interstate 65 just days before Christmas. Authorities say an 84-year-old wrong-way driver, Simon Hadley of Bay Minette, collided head-on with 21-year-old Amaya Williams of Albany, Georgia, and 49-year-old...
Daphne PD: Armed man barricades himself in home, threatens to harm self and neighbor
DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - A 66-year-old man is charged with making a terrorist threat after Daphne police say he stood on a neighbor’s porch holding guns, then holed up in his own home and threatened to hurt himself or his neighbor. It happened just before midnight Friday in the...
Power outage reported in part of Saraland
SARALAND, Ala. (WALA) - Saraland Fire-Rescue Department reports on its Facebook page a power outage in part of the area. Alabama Power is aware of the outage in the area of the old Big Lots building. A power pole broke near the top causing the outage. They are working to make repairs and get power restored.
1 officer in critical condition after man who barricaded himself in residence opens fire,...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police said that as of 12:40 p.m. today, a standoff on Tuscaloosa Street ended peacefully and the suspect is in custody, but three officers were injured. One of those officers was shot and is in critical condition at a local hospital, officials said. Police said...
Three officers hurt, two suspects in custody after midtown Mobile standoff
Mobile police say a suspect has barricaded himself inside a home in Midtown Mobile. The home is located on Tuscaloosa Street between Old Shell Road and Springhill Avenue.
City in Baldwin County updates plans for new fire station
FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - A new fire station is coming to Baldwin County. Officials with the City of Foley have put out a press release with the latest information on the new station. Here is the release:. FOLEY – Foley is expanding fire protection with a new station in the...
Mobile City Council scheduled to discuss another addition to new Arena
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile City Council has on its agenda for this week’s meeting the introduction of a resolution for another addition to the new Mobile Arena. The resolution is to approve issuance of a purchase order to Spec Seats International Corp for 2,200 folding chairs with storage pallets for the Mobile...
Police ask public to avoid Spring Hill and Tuscaloosa St. due to standoff
MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — A standoff continues on Tuscaloosa St. in Midtown Mobile. Police are asking the public to avoid the area of Spring Hill Ave. and Tuscaloosa St. If you live in the neighborhood, please heed this warning. Please shelter in place and avoid the area of...
Mobile Fire-Rescue responds to house fire on Conception Street
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Fire-Rescue responded to a house fire shortly before 10 p.m. Friday on Conception Street. Five families live in the building where the fire occurred. Marlena Compton, a resident of the building, said she had smelled something odd earlier that day. “I had sent (the...
Mobile house fire contained, cause under investigation
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Fire crews responded early Saturday to a blaze that consumed a home in Mobile. Mobile Fire-Rescue Department units arrived at the 7600 block of McKinley Avenue shortly after 2 a.m. and found the single-story house fully engulfed in flames. INCIDENT LOCATION: Firefighters battled the fire and...
