Mobile News

July 3 - The city of Mobile will celebrate the Fourth of July with a fireworks display at Battleship Park.

Officials say mains on Lloyds Lane and Hampton Oaks Drive were struck by lightening and burst.

The man critically wounded by an Mobile police officer Thursday afternoon has a criminal history, including charges of first-degree sodomy and identity theft, according to online court records.

Mobile police investigators conducting a search warrant at a home in the 800 block of Pettus Street Wednesday night found about $1,500 worth of marijuana and other drug paraphernalia, according to a news release sent today.

July 2 - It is the Thursday before a major holiday weekend, and traffic is already grinding to a stop in some places as holiday travelers work their way along major roadways.

MOBILE, Ala. a ' South Carolina is one of five states being considered for an electric vehicle manufacturing plant that would create 2,600 jobs during the next five years.

City Council members today agreed to apply for nearly $400,000 in federal funding to help local authorities target child sex predators.

Mobile police arrested a 19-year-old on Tuesday because he was in possession of a stolen laptop, according to a news release sent today.

June 29 -- A reminder for drivers Tuesday: McGregor Avenue at Old Shell will be closed until Thursday to install pedestrian cross walks.

June 30 --M ake sure you're following the rules of the road. Mobile Police will be conducting safety checkpoints Tuesday night in the second precinct, which is the southwest area of Mobile.

A Mobile County grand jury has indicted a 20-year-old man on murder charges that accuse him of driving at 100 mph when he bumped another car off the road, causing a crash that killed three people.

The Alabama Department of Public Safety is expanding its appointments scheduling for driver's license exams to its Dothan office starting Wednesday.

June 29 -- It was a close vote, but resource officers in Mobile County Schools will not be armed with tasers when kids head back to school in the fall.

June 29 - Looking for a job? Mobile will soon have a training center focused on the maritime industry.

June 29 - - T he Mobile County School board will vote Monday on a proposal to allow resource officers and security guards to carry tasers.

Biologists say this year's crop of Mobile Bay shrimp are too small for most of the bay to be opened for shrimping at this point.

Gov. Bob Riley inaugurated construction this morning on the $12 million Maritime Science Center, meant to train workers for shipyards in the Mobile area.

June 27 - Kentucky's Junior Miss, Michelle Rodgers wins America's Junior Miss Scholarship.

MOBILE - The Alabama Forestry Commission is investigating how a controlled burn in south Mobile County turned into a wildfire that scorched an estimated 3,000 acres.

June 23 - Mobile city leaders returned last week from the Paris Air Show. While there, they held strategy sessions with officials from Northrop Grumman and EADS, concerning a 35 billion dollar Air Force tanker contract.