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MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Department of Labor has released preliminary, seasonally adjusted unemployment rates for June. The department says the unemployment rate in the state is 2.9%, down from May 2024′s revised rate of 3.0%. It says June’s rate is higher than June 2023′s rate of 2.3%...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — President Joe Biden announced Sunday on X that he will not be running for a second term and is dropping out of the presidential campaign. Political figures and lawmakers of the Gulf Coast are expressing how they’re feeling after learning the news. Chairman of the Mobile County Democratic Committee, Ben Harris, […]

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — According to MCSO, Wednesday, July 17, 2024, Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Interstate Interdiction Deputies conducted a traffic stop on I-10 near the Alabama Welcome Center. MCSO Deputy observed the vehicle turning into the Welcome Center and followed. When Deputy was approaching vehicle, the driver appeared to be attempting to flee while the passenger was reaching towards the floorboard area. Additional MCSO Deputies arrived to assist and secured the scene.

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - Recent heavy rains have caused sanitary sewer overflows in several cities in Mobile County this week, according to the Mobile County Health Department. The Saraland Water and Sewer Service reported an overflow that occurred on July 17 and spilled into Bayou Sara. The spill was...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Two Montgomery men were arrested after a traffic stop near the Alabama Welcome Center found they were in a stolen vehicle with an illegal gun, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. Deputies with MCSO arrested 28-year-old Lemarco Quentez Burkett and 18-year-old Wilvontae Jerrell Tallie after a traffic stop on […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - An attorney for a Prichard man charged with murder and assault in connection to a shooting at a home that doubled as a nightclub asked a judge Thursday to dismiss the case. The shooting took place at a home Sweeney Lane nicknamed the “Hit House” over...

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - Two Montgomery men in a stolen car were arrested on gun charges during a traffic stop near a rest stop Wednesday in Mobile County after deputies found a loaded AR-15 on the floorboard, according to the sheriff’s office. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Interstate...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — After being closed to traffic for nearly two weeks as part of a road expansion project, Tanner Williams Road at Zeigler Boulevard is back open. LOCATION: The intersection closed on Tuesday, July 9, and was initially supposed to reopen on Friday, July 12. However, the intersection was closed for an extra […]

Two Montgomery men have been arrested in Mobile County for being in possession of a stolen vehicle and weapons. Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch tells Action 8 News that deputies conducted a traffic stop Wednesday on I-10 near the Alabama Welcome Center. As a deputy was approaching the vehicle, Burch...

Americans for the Arts (AFTA) and the National Association of Counties (NACo) recently presented Mobile County Commissioner Merceria Ludgood with the Public Leadership in the Arts Award for outstanding county arts leadership. Since 1997, the award has recognized elected officials who have advanced the arts within their community and whose vision and leadership provide heightened visibility of the value of the arts. Ludgood was awarded “for her extraordinary work in revitalizing Africatown and understanding the important role that arts and culture play throughout Mobile County and across Alabama in enlivening communities; connecting neighbors; and creating vibrant places to live, work, worship and play,” said Jamie Bennett and Suzy Delvalle, interim co-CEOs of AFTA. “Commissioner Ludgood has spent decades investing in arts and culture as a key public good. She stands as a model for any public official.” AFTA and NACo cited Ludgood’s efforts to build the Africatown Heritage House and its Clotilda exhibition and Memory Keeper sculpture. She has received numerous honors and awards, including being selected for Leadership Mobile, Leadership Alabama and the Kellogg National Leadership Fellowship. She has been honored for her public service by many community organizations, including Mobile United’s A.F. Delchamps Award for creating community by forging unity from diversity and the Mobile Bar Association’s Trailblazer Award.

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — An Eight Mile man was arrested after a search warrant found drug paraphernalia at a local home, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. MCSO deputies said they arrested Jason Roberts following a search warrant of a residence in Eight Mile on July 16. According to an MCSO press release, […]

THEODORE Ala. (WKRG) —A Mobile County Public Schools spokesperson has not provided supporting documents to prove an estimate she made on behalf of MCPSS to replace two cooling towers at Theodore High School. MCPSS spokesperson Rena Philips told WKRG on Monday that it would cost $600,000 to replace two cooling towers that have been down […]

Five athletes from the Mobile County-Baldwin County area were selected the Most Valuable Player (MVP) from their respective South team at the recent Alabama High School Athletic Association (AHSAA) North-South All-Star Week competitions in Montgomery. Competition was held in eight sports — volleyball, tennis, golf, basketball, cross country, baseball, softball...

SARALAND, Ala. (WKRG) — The Saraland Water and Sewer Service reported a sanitary sewer overflow that occurred on Wednesday, according to the Mobile County Health Department. According to an MCHD news release, the overflow occurred because of an isolated heavy rain event. The overflow was on the south side of Celeste Raod between Camelot Drive […]