Semmes News

August 19 - Local leaders say they were caught off guard. Neighbors in Semmes are outraged.

More than 4,000 people will have a chance to become part of the city. Annexation supporters say people and business will benefit from police, fire and sanitation services.

The town of Dauphin Island paid almost $1.1 million for four waterfront lots with 180 front feet on Aloe Bay off DeSoto Avenue, according to Linda Henderson of Dauphin Island Real Estate , who represented the ...

Mobile Mayor Sam Jones' plan to annex a commercial stretch of Moffett Road could hamper the Semmes incorporation effort, residents and officials said Friday.

Aug. 13 -- Detectives investigating the case against Anthony Hopkins spoke in court Wednesday about information they gathered.

Itinerant preacher Anthony Jujuan Hopkins killed his wife and buried her in a shallow grave, but dug her up and put her in a home freezer when her bloating body began to crack the ground, police told a Mobile ...

The Semmes Public Library fund got another big boost July 26 when River of Life Church on McCrary Road held a community concert fundraiser.

Four Mobile County public schools must give students an opportunity to transfer to better-performing schools under the federal No Child Left Behind Act, according to state information released Monday.

From the War of 1812 to World War I, Prohibition and the stock market crash to Smoke-Filled Rooms, numerous presidential whistle-stops, political grandstanding, and the Obama-Clinton lovefest, historic ...

Some people living in Semmes are still in an uproar after an historic school house was demolished.

The River of Life Church on McCrary Road is holding a community concert Saturday at 6 p.m. to benefit the proposed Semmes Library.

The River of Life Church on McCrary Road is holding a community concert Saturday at 6 p.m. to benefit the proposed Semmes Library.

An Alabama woman is in jail this morning, charged on outstanding warrants with one count each of commercial burglary and credit card use with the intent to defraud, Jackson County Sheriff Mike Byrd said.

July 17th -- China City Buffet, a the popular hangout in Semmes typically packs in hungry patrons looking for a blend of American and Chinese cuisine.

A 41-year-old woman was killed late Tuesday night while walking along a road in the Semmes area, state troopers said this morning.

A Wilmer woman died after being struck by a car while walking on a roadside. Family members say 41-year-old Tresa Marie Dockery had been raising a boy whose mother died two years ago when she was also hit by a ...

Alabama state troopers say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle overnight.

Family members returning from a crabbing trip after midnight last week found a toddler wandering alone on Jack Williams Road in northwest Mobile County, according to the Sheriff's Office.

Wilson Burton, who put a lens on Mobile and its people for more than 50 years, left behind a treasure trove of photographs at the time of his death in 1994 at age 82.

To keep pace with all the jobs coming to Mobile County, developers are gearing up to build places for people to live.