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GRITC being held in Baldwin County as we get closer to the new school year
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - Educators in Baldwin County are getting ready for the new school year. A conference is happening this week in Fairhope. It’s the annual Gulf Regional Innovative Teachers’ Conference. And Fairhope Middle School is the host. Over the next few days, over a thousand attendees...
Ty Watkins of Fairhope High School
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — This week, we honor Ty Watkins as the WKRG News 5 Scholar Athlete of the Week. Watkins is a senior at Fairhope High School where he plays football and runs on the track and field team. He is a member of the Adidas National Track & Field. Watkins broke his 100-meter […]
Price swells as the process to replace Theodore High School’s cooling towers inches along
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Public School System continues to spend $15,000 a month for a temporary replacement of two damaged cooling towers at Theodore High School. School Board Member Johnny Hatcher said a loose bearing caused a fan to bust out the top of one tower, damaging the inside of the nearly […]
University of South Alabama lab to study ‘understudied’ protein in Alzheimer’s disease after grant funding
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A University of South Alabama laboratory is starting a study into what scientists say is a “highly understudied protein” linked to Alzheimer’s disease as USA researcher Dr. Amy R. Nelson received grant funding. The $300,000 grant from the Coins for Alzheimer’s Research Trust that was awarded to Dr. Nelson at the […]
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