Semmes News

By Emily Forrester and Rose Ann Haven

Published: Fri, July 03, 2009 - 4:19 pm

Last Updated: Fri, July 03, 2009 - 8:16 pm

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This week, Free Fridays is taking on a patriotic theme.

We start with free fireworks and fun. Celebrate Freedom just kicked off in Semmes. Orchard Assembly of God is providing free music and a big fireworks show at the MGM Football Field.

Fireworks blast off between 8-30 and nine tonight.

Posted by Jillian Kramer, Staff Reporter

July 04, 2009 9:17 PM

Categories: Breaking News

WILMER, Ala. -- Two children driving a go-cart this afternoon in Wilmer were hit by a car, according to State Troopers. The children suffered minor injuries.

State Troopers spokesman Cpl. Joe Piggott said that a 10-year-old was driving the go-cart onto Grady Dunn Road, near Natchez Road, when he was hit by an oncoming Cadillac sedan.

His passenger, a 12-year-old girl, was also hit, according to Piggott.

Both children were transported to the University of South Alabama Medical Center as a precaution, Piggott said.

The driver of the Cadillac, a 28-year-old woman, was not cited in the accident, Piggott said.

The wreck occurred about 2 p.m.

The Sweet Corn Support Group of Lower Alabama is very much out in force and not afraid to make its opinion known.

Teenagers and adults flexed their muscles Saturday night during the second annual NPC Hub City Fitness Quest Bodybuilding, Figure and Bikini Championship.

Rodney Stanberry has been in jail since 1992 for a crime he may not have committed.

The first things Joey and Allie Presley noticed about their future home were the granite countertops, hardwood floors and 9-foot ceilings.

It was 1941, and World War II was raging in Europe when Tom and Lib Dodd got married.

Mobile Police arrested 37 year old George Ralph Leverette just after six o'clock last night in Semmes.

A Home Depot employee is accused of stealing more than $40,000 worth of merchandise from the store over the last year, Mobile police said.

SEMMES, AL, June 10, 2009 /Cambridge Who's Who/ -- Nan Turner, Secretary, Treasurer and Co-Owner of Triple 'A' Fire Protection, Inc., has been recognized by Cambridge Who's Who for showing dedication, leadership and excellence in all aspects of business management.

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

Mobile Fire-Rescue is investigating the cause of a fire that caused $250,000 in damage to Cato's Fashions on Moffett Road in Semmes and nearby businesses.

June 3 - Investigators with the Mobile Fire-Rescue Bureau of Fire Prevention on-site of a fire at CATO Fashions say there is preliminary evidence the fire could have been intentionally set Tuesday night.

June 2 -- A fire erupted at a local shopping center Tuesday night. Investigators are trying to figure out what sparked that fire at Cato Fashions on Moffett Road in Semmes.

Mobile County School Officials are positive Wilmer Elementary School will be fully repaired by the start of the school year.

A woman charged with throwing her two young children off a bridge Saturday in Portland, Oregon, had recently lost custody.

A truck going northbound on Interstate 165 hit and wrecked a Prichard police car this afternoon.

May 21 -- Fairview Express is a small mom and pop convenience store that's satisfied more than a few weary travelers looking to fill up and a quick bite to eat.

A bizarre accident in Chunchula has left behind a big mess and kept traffic tied up for hours.

Prominent Semmes horticulturist and nursery operator Thomas Henry Dodd Jr. died this morning at Mobile Infirmary at age 94.