Eight Mile News

Fallon Jones, 10, takes a leap at a pool party for her ball team, the Knockouts.

A 16-year-old girl faces two counts of vehicular homicide in connection with a crash last month that left two people dead.

A Mobile County teen faces two-counts of vehicular homicide in the deaths of two people killed in a June 16 accident.

The Mobile County Public School System's Class of 2008 received $98 million worth of college scholarships, a record amount that's more than double what the graduating class received five years ago.

The FBI has captured a bank robbery suspect known as the "Billy-Goat Bandit." Gary Clayton Walker, 48, of Eight Mile, Ala., is suspected of robbing the Whitney Bank in Biloxi and possibly other banks along the ...

A 59-year-old Mobile woman was killed Sunday morning when her car struck a utility pole along Lott Road in Eight Mile, authorities said.

One person was killed Sunday morning after a one-car accident on Lott Road in Eight Mile.

The two-door 1955 Chevrolet Bel Air Nomad station wagon Danny Cummins once raced looks ready to line up on the drag strip once more, thanks to Cummins' friend, Peter Pearce, above.

Mr. and Mrs. Wesley V. Myers, Jr., of Mobile, AL, announce the engagement of their daughter, Christina Lonette Myers to Nathan Kyle Murphree, son of Mr. via Hattiesburg American

“We're still in working on cases. We're working closely with Mobile (detectives) so that we may can solve other robberies in the Mobile area.”

Posted by By SUSAN DAKER April 21, 2008 12:24 AM Categories: Breaking News Two brothers arrested Sunday morning shortly after a holdup at a Dollar General Store in Prichard could be linked to a spate of ... via Alabama Live

“Master burger with fries. That's right, all the way. Oh, and water to drink.”

Posted by David Holloway, Press-Register April 09, 2008 8:22 AM Categories: Dining - Mobile Setting out once more to find the best cheeseburger in the region Kate Mercer & Thom Dudgeon / Press-Register Nobody ... via Alabama Live

POLICE have charged a man with stealing a Taser stun gun after it was misplaced by an officer in Brisbane. via NEWS.com.au

“I understand you have to make a decision ... but our kids are not responsible for Florence Howard”

Posted by RENA HAVNER April 02, 2008 6:54 AM Mobile County schools Superintendent Roy Nichols said at a parents' meeting Tuesday night that he's not going to make any recommendations "tomorrow" to close Whitley ... via The Mobile Register Online

James and Barbara Wilkerson of Seale, Ala., announce the engagement of their daughter, Lisa Marie Lemons, to Christopher William Beverly, both of Phenix City, Ala. via Southeast Missourian

Local developers paid $6.75 million for the 192-unit North Pointe Apartments on Shelton Beach Road near U.S. 43 in Saraland, according to Richard Weavil of The Wea vil Co. via The Birmingham News

“I'm happy. ... I feel a whole lot better”

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reversed its earlier rulings and granted a rare disability claim by an Alabama veteran who said he suffered long-term emotional problems after being waterboarded at a Navy ... via Navy Times

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reversed its earlier rulings and granted a rare disability claim by an Alabama veteran from Eight Mile. via WAAY-TV Huntsville

Posted by Jillian Kramer, Staff Reporter March 14, 2008 5:59 PM A man was killed Thursday night after the vehicle he was driving went into a ditch in Eight Mile and overturned, authorities said. via The Mobile Register Online

On July 9, 2006, Prichard police, responding to a domestic disturbance in Eight Mile, arrested Garrett Dotch on two misdemeanor charges. via Alabama Live

Posted by Gary McElroy, Staff Reporter February 21, 2008 5:47 PM A Mobile jury deliberated for most of the day today before deciding that an Eight Mile barber was guilty of vehicular homicide in the 2007 Mardi ... via The Mobile Register Online