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Tiger Captured After Escape From Zoo by Jamie Burch Published: Thu, December 10, 2009 - 6:10 pm CST Last Updated: Thu, December 10, 2009 - 6:37 pm CST 1933 Views Short URL: http://wkrg.com/564518 Wilmer, Alabama - BREAKING NEWS 6:37 p.m. The Mobile County Sheriff's Office says the tiger has been captured.

Dec. 10 - The Mobile County Sheriff's Office responded to calls that a tiger escaped fro the Mobile County Zoo in Wilmer, but the zoo owner says it never happened.

Confronted Saturday night by Mobile County sheriff's deputies, five people barricaded themselves into a shed with a suspected methamphetamine lab inside, set the shed on fire and then tried to escape, spokeswoman Lori Myles said.

A pickup truck and a tractor-trailer collided at a traffic light near Wilmer early Friday, killing a 27-year-old Semmes man, Alabama State Troopers said.

Main subcontractor John G. Walton, Mobile, Ala., has a variety of equipment on its $5.2 million portion of the $13.4 million project, all of which is company owned.

Larry Godfrey, owner and operator of Escatawpa Hollow Campground on U.S.. 98 just northwest of Wilmer, walks through the Escatawpa River on Sept.

Title: FEARS OCCULT CENTRE WILL TARGET STUDENTS Church leaders fear an occult centre due to open on Christmas Eve will target Cambridge University students.

A 16-year-old surrendered Wednesday on a charge he struck and killed a pedestrian with a pickup truck Sept.

GOP gubernatorial candidate Bradley Byrne has selected Mobile native Evelyn McCafferty as his campaign manager.

SEMMES, Alabama - Update 9/13/09 11:40 AM Alabama State Troopers have released the name of a man found dead along Moffett Road Saturday night.

Two men and a woman, who were among Mobile County's 10 most-wanted fugitives, have been arrested, the Sheriff's Office said Monday.

Authorities are searching for a hit-and-run driver who struck and killed a 31-year-old man in the Fairview community Saturday afternoon near here, leaving his body in a ditch by the side of U.S. 98, State Troopers said.

The state of Alabama plans to spend more than $6 million in federal stimulus money in an effort to control a pesky, grass-like weed that much like kudzu has spread across the state.

An anonymous tip about a meth lab on Vacumaid Drive in Wilmer led to the arrest of four people today, Mobile County Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Lori Myles said.

Aug. 4 -- Mobile County Sheriff's Deputies need your help to identify two men suspected of trying to steal meat from a grocery store.

Aug. 4 -- Mobile County Sheriff's Deputies need your help to identify two men suspected of trying to steal meat from a grocery store.

It's almost time for school again, and, in the current economic climate, more students than ever may be without sufficient school uniforms or school supplies.

A 23-year-old Mobile man was killed late Wednesday night when he lost control of his sedan and ran off U.S. 98 near Wilmer, State Troopers said today.

Two children driving a go-cart this afternoon in Wilmer were hit by a car, according to State Troopers.

June 1 -- This is a case where a mop was used not to help clean up a mess, but to cause one.