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Playground Project 2024 Whitley Elementary in Prichard
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Playgrounds are more than just a place to play. They help build a child’s self-esteem, teach them how to work with others, enhance their critical thinking skills and help their bodies stay healthy. Playgrounds are a great place for families and neighbors to create memories together. So we are putting our commitment to the community to work and building playgrounds together! FOX10 is teams up with The United Way of Southwest Alabama, Miracle, and Make an Impact to build brand new playgrounds.
Passenger Rail to the Beach from Louisiana – Big News Revealed
The last time a train left the city of New Orleans, Louisiana heading eastward toward stops in Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida was during the month of August 2005. We know that because that service was suspended during the final days of August 2005 when Hurricane Katrina roared ashore, wrecked tracks, mangled bridges, and basically left all of the Gulf South in a major state of disrepair.
Federal judge could rule soon on Alabama lawsuit over threats of prosecution to abortion aid
A lawsuit aimed at stopping Alabama from potentially prosecuting those who help Alabamians seek out-of-state abortion care could soon reach a resolution. A round of briefing concluded on Monday, with plaintiffs — who include Yellowhammer Fund; Alabama Women’s Center and WAWC, formerly West Alabama Women’s Center — reiterating an argument that Alabama Attorney General Steve […]
Miracle Baby From Alabama Turns One Year Old After Being Given a 1% Chance to Live
Nationwide — Tripp Abney, an African American baby from Chickasaw, Alabama born at just 21 weeks, recently marked his first birthday. He was initially given only a 1% chance of survival, but he has proved to be a little fighter. Herron Abney III, known as “Tripp,” was born on...
Okaloosa and Walton counties retain A ratings in new Florida school district ratings
Okaloosa and Walton counties retained their A ratings in the most recent school district ratings released by the Florida Department of Education. The 2023-24 school district grades were released Wednesday under a new grading scale approved by the State Board of Education. With the new scale, elementary schools in Florida reverted to a grading scale from 2014 to 2022, and all other school types used the new scale. ...
West Florida's Natalie Nicks is tackling the challenge of women's football – and she's excelling
Natalie Nicks thrives under pressure. In high school, while at West Florida and playing for the Jaguars’ girls basketball team, Nicks had the goal of attending the United States Air Force Academy. Every day, she talked her head coach, Ieasha Stallworth-Ridgeway, about her collegiate goals and how she was going to get there. ...
Rich history of jazz, art, poetry celebrated in Mobile through four-day festival
A yearly event showcasing poetry readings and jazz performances is back in Mobile. The annual Gulf Coast Ethnic and Heritage Jazz Festival kicks off on July 25 and runs through July 28. The experience is billed as a celebration of the rich history of jazz and art in the Port City and is meant to promote different types of jazz styles like Southern swing, Latin and bebop.
Alabama MAN SENTENCED TO 71 MONTHS FOR DEFRAUDING Investors of $4.7 Million in Business Scam
BIRMINGHAM, Ala – A Pell City man has been sentenced in a plan to defraud more than 40 investors in his different businesses out of more than $4.7 million, according to U.S. Attorney Prim F. Escalona and Federal Bureau of Investigation Special Agent in Charge Carlton L. Peeples. Chief...
Mobile announces plans to dredge lake in Langan Park
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Officials with the city of Mobile announced plans to dredge the lake in Langan Park, also known as Municipal Park. Mobile Mayor Sandy Stimpson said the city just finalized an agreement with the Alabama Department of Conservation and Natural Resources to move forward with the project at the park on Zeigler Boulevard.
Mobile city officials share progress update on 3-year construction project
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — City officials say drivers on one West Mobile Road won’t have to wait much longer for some relief from the construction. Many Mobile drivers are familiar with the construction project that’s been going on since 2021 on Ziegler Boulevard. The traffic that results from that construction seems to have become routine […]
Waterfront Rescue Mission celebrates 75 years of delivering hope, healing and support
On Aug. 1, 1949, Waterfront Rescue Mission’s founder, the Rev. Vernon Hozey, opened the doors to the Gulf Coast's homeless and addicted. Since then, the organization has provided over 2.3 million nights of shelter in Pensacola and Mobile, Alabama. This marks a momentous year for Waterfront Rescue Mission as they commemorate 75 years of delivering hope and healing to the community from 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 1 at First Baptist Church of Pensacola, 500 N....
Alabama man charged with trying to rape elderly woman
An Alabama man was arrested Thursday morning in Mississippi after prosecutors said he broke into an elderly woman’s house and attempted to rape her before a neighbor heard her cries for help and came to her aid. Elvis Dewayne Henderson was indicted by the December 2023 Mobile County Grand...
Flood advisory issued for Mobile County early Thursday evening
On Thursday at 2:57 p.m. the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory in effect until 5 p.m. for Mobile County. The weather service adds, "Urban and small stream flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected." "Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas," explains the weather service. "Turn around,...
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