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Michael Figures Community Center hosts 4th Annual Gulf Coast Back to School Bash
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Rain didn’t stop hundreds of kids coming out and enjoying themselves Saturday at the 4th Annual Gulf Coast Back-to-School Bash at the Michael Figures Community Center in Mobile. Although the rain pushed activities indoors at the facility on Donald Street, those in attendance were still...
Alabama lawmaker wants to change permit requirement for assault weapons
MONTGOMERY, Ala (WIAT) – An Alabama lawmaker wants to make carrying permits a requirement for carrying assault weapons. Alabama has not made it a requirement to carry a permit when carrying a concealed weapon since 2022. State Rep. Kenyatté Hassell (D-Montgomery) pre-filed a bill for the 2025 session that would require a permit to carry […]
Mobile native places 6th in Women’s 400m Freestyle Olympic swimming event
(WALA) - Mobile native Paige Madden placed 6th in the finals of the Women’s 400m Freestyle swimming event at the Olympic Games in Paris Saturday. Madden, one of two Americans in the field of eight in Saturday’s event, swam the distance in 4:02.26, coming in 4.77 seconds behind Australia’s Ariarne Titmus.
Toodle is a Tiger: 4-star 2026 LB Shadarius Toodle commits to Auburn at Big Cat
Shadarius Toodle, a Top247 linebacker in the Class of 2026 from Cottage Hill Christian Academy (Ala.), has announced his commitment to Auburn. It comes at Auburn's Big Cat Weekend recruiting event, keeping the festivities going strong after landing a commitment earlier in the day from Hezekiah Harris. "It's just the...
Deadly mosquito disease found in Mobile County
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Alabama Department of Agriculture and Industries has confirmed two positive cases of Eastern Equine Encephalitis detected in horses in both Mobile and Covington Counties. Eastern Equine Encephalitis, or EEE is a mosquito-transmitted disease that is more severe than the West Nile Virus. Dr. Zach Nettles works at First Equine Veterinary […]
Bryan Norcross: Some computer forecasts continue to show a possible tropical threat late this week
The National Hurricane Center is painting a large potential development area from the Atlantic waters well east of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands to Florida. They are calculating that there is a medium chance of at least a tropical depression developing in that area over the next seven days.
Chapel Hart sets memorial concert for late Orange Beach restaurant owner (featuring exclusive video interview)
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — Chapel Hart took the world by storm in 2022 after their golden buzzer performance on “America’s Got Talent.” Since then, the country girl group from Poplarville, Miss., has performed worldwide, including on the famous Grand Ole Opry stage. But a performance in Orange Beach on Sunday is extra special to […]
ServisFirst Bank Holding Company Named To Top List
ServisFirst Bancshares, Inc., bank holding company of ServisFirst Bank, a regional bank headquartered in Birmingham, with locations in Mobile and Baldwin counties, has ranked fourth in the top publicly traded banks with $10 billion-$50 billion in assets based on year-end 2023 data. ServisFirst Bancshares is the only bank in Alabama that made it into the top 10, and this is the third year in a row it has achieved a top-five ranking. The annual list is compiled by consultancy Capital Performance Group, which uses each institution’s three-year average return on average equity (ROAE) to determine rankings, which are published annually by American Banker. The $16 billion-asset institution ServisFirst Bancshares had a 3-year average ROAE of 18.38%, a return on average assets of 1.37%, a net interest margin of 2.81%, nonperforming assets/total assets of 0.13% and core deposits/total deposits of 91.30%.
Perspectives Preview: Warrior Legacy Ranch
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - In this week on Perspectives, our Eric Reynolds discusses what the Warrior Legacy Ranch in Baldwin County is doing to help veterans along the Gulf Coast. Their mission is to offer military veterans the opportunity to reunite with members of their unit to reconnect in a single location to improve mental health and prevent veteran suicide. You can watch the episode Saturday morning at 9 AM on FOX10. You can also watch it on our streaming platforms.
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