Semmes News

MOBILE, Ala. -- Mobile County school board member Reginald Crenshaw said the district has taken a good "first step" recently in hiring local and minority contractors to build schools.

After three long and crazy weeks of Herman Thomas' trial and some fairness issues with the tanker contract, Mobile decided she needed the day off.

October 30 - You never know who's on the other side of the door when the kids come calling for candy, but it's not hard to get an idea.

Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran, center, looks on Friday as Mary G. Montgomery High School senior Hannah Cagle, 17, makes a face when she sees her picture on a computer after it was rendered by Mobile County Sheriff's Deputy Vanessia Matthews using the Face2Face system Friday, Oct.

October 22nd--The Pantry also known as Kangaroo Express on Moffet Rroad was already on hot seat after employees were caught working without proper food handlers permit cards.

There's new information in the murder of a Saraland soldier. Family members identify the victim as 57 year old Anthony Embley, Sr.

Bahm was driving north on Ala. 217 when his 1995 Buick Lesabre crossed into the oncoming lane and struck a truck driven by Jacob Glenn Warren of Semmes, according to state troopers.

MOBILE, Ala. -- The Mobile County Commission will hold three meetings to get public input on the future of the area's parks, playgrounds and recreational opportunities.

A Semmes man died tonight when the pickup truck he was driving ran off Firetower Road and crashed into a tree, according to State Troopers.

Mary G. Montgomery High School freshmen repeater students in the "Strategies for Academic Success" class don hard hats at a Habitat for Humanity house under construction in Grand Bay, Ala., Friday, Oct.

A prominent Mobile chef, fired from his culinary teaching job at a junior college when it appeared he was a student in his own course, found the legal recipe for getting his position back.

Stephanie Chase LeGrone, a chemistry teacher at Mary G. Montgomery High School in Semmes, Ala., just outside Mobile, thought she was going to an assembly Thursday to celebrate the school's test scores.

A father and son were jailed on meth-related charges after a Wal-Mart employee told a deputy in the store that the pair purchased items used to manufacture the drug, according to Jackson County Sheriff's Department reports.

The Mobile County school board today spent $33 million in construction money, thanked Mobile County commissioners for $200,000 to help 4 schools and agreed to tear down an eyesore on Spring Hill Avenue.

MONTROSE, Ala. -- Moldy, leaky B.C. Rain High School won't be replaced, but will undergo extensive renovation costing $8.4 million, agreed Mobile County school board members.

Pain, center, performs at the 9th Annual BET Awards on Sunday, June 28, 2009, in Los Angeles.

A routine traffic stop just north of the Foley Beach Express led to the arrest of three people Monday night when Summerdale officers found signs of a rolling methamphetamine lab inside their vehicle, police said Wednesday.

US rapper Christopher Brian Bridges, alias Ludacris, performs on stage at the Music Openair Frauenfeld, July 12, 2009.

In this April 6, 2009, file photo, Alan Jackson performs "The Fireman" at the ACM Artist of the Decade All Star Concert in honor of George Strait in Las Vegas.

Check-out time for books goes from four weeks to three weeks. It'll be 30 cents a day instead of a quarter if you return a book late.