Mobile News Archives

July 31 -- The Alabama Wing, Civil Air Patrol, has suspended their search for an aircraft that may have disappeared Wednesday.

MOBILE, Ala. : A judge denied bond Thursday for a part-time evangelist charged with murder in the death of his wife, a mother of eight whose body was kept in a freezer for at least three years.

A Satsuma police officer fatally injured a drug suspect when he accidentally ran over him following a chase initiated by Baldwin County deputies.

July 24 -- Dozens of county leaders from aound the state are in Mobile for a two-day economic summit to learn more about the myriad of projects coming to the Port City.

Will be led. MOBILE, Ala. - Attorneys attempting to delay Thomas Arthur's execution have sent Gov.

Police believe a body found in a small-time evangelist's home freezer is his wife and a mother of eight, and arrested him on a murder charge as he preached at a small south Alabama church.

July 29 --A man is behind bars charged in the grizzly death of a woman. Mobile police have charged 37-year-old Anthony Hopkins with several counts including murder after a woman's body was found inside a ...

July 29 --A man is behind bars charged in the grizzly death of a woman. Mobile police have charged 37-year-old Anthony Hopkins with several counts including murder after a woman's body was found inside a ...

July 29 --A man is behind bars charged in the grizzly death of a woman. Mobile police have charged 37-year-old Anthony Hopkins with several counts including murder after a woman's body was found inside a ...

Yulanda Miller of Mobile searches the Internet for jobs at Ben May Main Library.

July 28 - A woman's body was found in a freezer inside a home in Mobile Monday night, police said.

July 23 - A suspected bank robber has a message for the people of Mobile-- he's sorry.

July 23 -- City leaders say hundreds of jobs could be coming to our area but aren't because there are not enough skilled workers to fill the positions.

Mobile Police are investigating a deadly shooting that happened in the Toulminville area Sunday afternoon.

The economy in Mobile County dipped in the first three months of 2008, while it grew just barely in Baldwin County, according to a report by Don Epley, a professor at the University of South Alabama.

The second Hawaii Superferry is cruising toward completion, and officials say it will be ready to provide service to the Big Island in May.

July 25, 2008 -A potential, unexpected business boom in Mobile, while an oil spill gets cleaned up in the Mississippi River.

Mobile fire fighters are trying to contain a fire that started at the Lowe's Hardware Store in Tillman's Corner Saturday evening.

State Farm insurance will raise homeowners insurance rates by 12 percent to 18 percent in Mobile and Baldwin counties, as well as drop wind coverage from almost 700 policies over two years.

State Farm insurance will raise homeowners insurance rates by 12 percent to 18 percent in Mobile and Baldwin counties, as well as drop wind coverage from almost 700 policies over two years.

Due to the closure of the Mississippi River, the current voyage of the 2,056-passenger Carnival Fantasy will end in Mobile, AL, on Saturday, July 26, instead of its regular homeport of New Orleans.

July 24 - " Mobile Police are looking for a bank robber after a hold-up at Compass Bank on Overlook Drive .

July 22 - Mobile leaders want your help making changes downtown. Downtown and midtown residents were able to share ideas at a community meeting Tuesday.

July 21 - As the sun sank below the horizon on Mobile Bay, one family's hope went with it.

July 23 - A 15-year-old boy shot in the back Wednesday evening is expected to survive.

Originally Posted by Well Fed on the Town on July 23, 2007.In 1985 a new restaurant opened for business on the causeway that traverses Mobile Bay connecting the port city of Mobile, Alabama, from its affluent ...

A judge has sentenced 26-year-old Garrett Dotch to death by lethal injection for the July 2006 shooting death of Dotch's ex-girlfriend, Timarla Taldon.

A Theodore women was killed Sunday when a car struck her as she walked on U.S. 90 west of Mobile, Alabama State Troopers said in a news release.

July 22 - Mobile Police say an officer was forced to shoot a bit bull that nearly attacked him Tuesday evening.

A federal judge in Mobile, Alabama has sentenced a couple to prison for using homeless people to cash bogus checks at more than 100 Wal-Mart stores as they traveled the country.

July 21 - Four men have been arrested for a string of robberies that left one of the alleged criminals shot in the arm.

July 21 -- The four men accused of shooting a six-year-old little boy and another adult male were in court Monday morning.

MOBILE, Ala.- Hank Aaron's childhood home is set to be moved to the site of the Hank Aaron Stadium in Mobile, where it will become an Aaron family museum.

July 21 - Officials are investigating a house fire that claimed the life of an elderly Mobile woman early Monday morning.

Originally posted at Azalea City Food Blog on July 20, 2008.When asked where Mobileans go for barbecue you will usually get one of the following answers: Dreamland, The Brick Pit, Dick Russell's, Saucy Cue, ...

A decision by the U.S. Department of Defense on whether Mobile, Ala., will get a $35 billion contract to build refueling tankers for the Air Force is still months away.

Authorities say Alabama Marine Police have arrested two people in connection with the theft of more than a dozen fishing boats along Mobile Bay.

A Whistler man was captured and charged with first-degree robbery after police said he robbed a bank in Mobile, then wrecked his car in the Creola/Satsuma area while fleeing police.

July 11 - Three people are behind bars Friday night and face being deported. Prichard Police say Bharat Patel paid thousands of dollars so he could get people into the United States illegally.

High school seniors and incoming college freshmen may be assured of a seat in the University of Mobile School of Nursing through the new Early Decision Program.

The Washington Nationals agreed to terms yesterday with second-round draft choice Destin Hood, a multi-sport talent whose option to play college football scared off some suitors and whose ultimate decision not to helped Washington land a bargain. Hood is the first of Washington's top five picks this year to sign.

By signing with the Nationals -- a deal that includes a $1.1 million bonus, spread over five years -- Hood, from Mobile, Ala., formally chose a professional baseball career over a football scholarship with the University of Alabama. 'He was certainly a first-round talent,' Washington General Manager Jim Bowden said, 'and he fell to us only because of football and signability.'

Police tonight arrested a third man accused in the June shooting death of a Mobile man.

MOBILE, Ala. - Alabama offered incentives worth over $385 million but decided any more would be too steep for a Volkswagen car plant awarded this week to Tennessee, Gov.

WASHINGTON - Second-round draft pick Destin Hood agreed to terms on a contract with the Washington Nationals today, bypassing playing college football at Alabama.

The Museum of Mobile, 111 S. Royal St., will host a traveling exhibit, "America I Am Across America," Sunday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibit will help visitors understand the contribution for 400 years of ...

Webb was gunned down in June on Bonnie Lane in Mobile . Police arrested Kevin Crosby and Marvin Morris Tuesday.

July 16 -- Mobile County health officials now say that 45 people have been admitted to the hospital following an outbreak of food poisoning at a family reunion.

Three men and a woman were arrested Monday following the armed robbery of Cash Max in the 1900 block of Dauphin Island Parkway near Old Military Road, authorities said.

July 14--In a story you'll only see on NBC 15, we investigate water towers in our area.

July 15 --A two alarm fire torches a vacant home near Midtown Mobile. The blaze gutted the two story structure at 101 Michael Donald Avenue and Old Shell Road but no lives were lost.

July 14- Latrenda Rankins is kind of old school when it comes to getting information to prepare her seven-year-old son for school.

July 14 -- The collection of empty beer cans at the bottom of the boat was Marine Police Officer Brian Owens' first clue that something might be wrong.

July 14 -- It wasn't on the menu but a fast food restaurant served up an armed robber, that's according to Mobile Police.

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For years, Violet Robinson rode the bus from her home on Dauphin Island Parkway to work at the Brookley Field Industrial Complex.

Local leaders are heading to another air show in England. It's an effort to keep the KC-45 tanker contract in Mobile.

Mobile police arrested a man today in connection with an early morning robbery and shooting at an apartment complex off New Jersey Street, according to a news release.

The Mobile County Industrial Park Board, which runs Mobile Commerce Park off Rangeline Road, voted this morning to sell 2 acres of land to environmental consultant Barry Vittor for $74,000. Vittor plans to move ...

The Mobile County Personnel Board on Thursday morning unanimously approved a policy that will cost Mobile city employees an estimated $1.7 million annually in overtime pay.

July 10 - In the midst of an economic slump, police say robberies are on the rise in Mobile.

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TANKER DEAL Americans work hard in Mobile, too I find it interesting that every angle to eliminate Northrop Grumman's investment in Mobile, Ala., has been brought up, but no mention that Sen.

Police discovered a vehicle smashed into a tree shortly before midnight , near Springhill and Lyons Park Drive .

July 8- "I'm still, still in denial," Tiffany Grove said. Her dose of reality comes with a visit to the battered tree her husband drove into.

The regret lives in the survivors, the pain is on the pages. "We were only three years apart," Dot George said of her sister as she leafed through a spiral notebook, its yellow cover now dog-eared and aged.

Walter T. Shaw meets with Linda Cooper of Mobile earlier this year in Palm Beach.

A Charlotte businessman has paid $21,000 for a short letter written by a 17-year-old Hank Aaron, telling the owner of a Negro League baseball team that his parents approve of him joining the team.

Driving around Saraland Alabama you have about four or five choices for paint and body shop.

Three thirtysomething doctors are experts in emergency rooms, but plan to treat urgent matters in a new clinic beginning in late October.

July 3 - A Mobile police officer was rushed to the hospital Thursday night, after he was hurt in a traffic accident.

July 2 -- Police are investigating the deaths of two sisters. Luisa White, 35, was killed in April, her little sister was murdered this week.

June 25 -- A six year old boy shot three times Monday night is now in stable condition at a local hospital.

July 1 -- A key player in the effort to bring the KC-45 tanker to Mobile is out of a job tonight.

Police arrested a Mobile man Tuesday in connection with the theft of approximately 1,500 feet of copper, according to a news release sent today.

June 30- Allyson Sexton was a mother of four and at one point a nurse, but her sister, Jennifer Ritter, says she lived a hard and troubled life.

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.

A Mobile woman is facing theft charges in several Alabama cities as well as Pascagoula and Mississippi.