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After 8-year legal battle, Peace Through Meditation approved for 2nd Mobile location
MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A win for the Meditation Center of Alabama nearly a decade after the city of Mobile's planning commission denied the group's application to build a Buddhist Meditation Center on Eloong Drive on Dog River. The city council later upheld that decision when the meditation group...
Build your worlds: Mobile’s Azalea City Con serves hands-on fandom
Pass through the vicinity of the Holiday Inn in downtown Mobile during the weekend of July 20-21 and you might wind up feeling like you’ve stumbled into an alternate dimension. Fear not. It’s just the Azalea City Con, a fan convention that made its debut in 2023 and is...
Mobile Police arrest man after chase: MPD
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Officers with the Mobile Police Department have arrested a man they said led them on a chase Wednesday night. 24-year-old Javon Cleon Davis was arrested and charged with felony attempt to elude and first-degree possession of marijuana. Around 10 p.m. on July 17, officers tried to stop a vehicle in the […]
This Escambia County program helps people living in homes beyond repair
ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WKRG) — Long-time Escambia County resident Mary Simpkins is enjoying life in her new Cantonment home. “Everything’s built nice,” Simpkins said. “I never had a home like this before.” Simpkins received the keys to the brand-new home constructed through Escambia County assistance programs last week. Simpkins experienced several issues in her old house […]
IMPACT 100 Makes $30 Million Contribution to Local Economy
IMPACT 100 Pensacola Bay Area (IMPACT 100) members have contributed $29.8 million to Escambia and Santa Rosa economies over the past 20 years. This report comes from the Haas Center at the University of West Florida. Nicole Gislason, Executive Director of the Haas Center said, “IMPACT 100 has made a substantial contribution to the economic health of our communities. Their additions to employment and taxes, as well as direct, and indirect dollars spent, have helped strengthen our economy. Escambia and Santa Rosa counties are fortunate to benefit from their philanthropic work.”
Who's a good boy? ECSO K-9 Streeter awarded for chasing suspect over Escambia River Bridge
Escambia County Sheriff Chip Simmons awarded the Medal of Courage Thursday to the K-9 who leapt over the Escambia River Bridge trying to catch a drive-by shooting suspect in June. ECSO K-9 Streeter, named after Cpl. Eric Streeter who died in the line of duty in 1984, was presented the...
2 Montgomery men arrested after traffic stop revealed them driving stolen vehicle with illegal gun, MCSO officials say
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 […]
Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo Has a Couple of Special Visitors
Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – The Alabama Gulf Coast Zoo is one of the "must visit" locations for visitors and residents alike. It has provided animal conservation lessons and amazing, up-close animal encounters since 1989. Now it will be hosting two very special visitors for the next six months.
Blue marlin hits man during fishing trip near Orange Beach: ‘I couldn’t believe it’
ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WKRG) — A deep sea fishing trip took a scary turn when one of the crew members was hit by a blue marlin on Sunday. The crew was fishing off the Gulf of Orange Beach near Perdido Pass. Six men left out of Orange Beach aboard a 68-foot Hatteras Fishing Boat. Part of […]
Foley Plans News Aquatic Center For City
Foley residents will have a chance to provide input on plans for the city’s indoor-outdoor pool facility to be built in Max Griffin Park. The city will hold a public input meeting Tuesday, July 23 on the proposed Foley aquatics center. The meeting will start at 6 p.m. in the Foley Civic Center at 407 East Laurel Ave. The discussion will allow residents to comment on the project before the design of the center is completed.
1 person killed in Gulf Shores Parkway crash: GSPD
Editor’s Note: News 5 has corrected this article to reflect the victim’s status. UPDATE (3:03 p.m.): The Gulf Shores Police Department has confirmed a Thursday morning crash on Gulf Shores Parkway resulted in the death of one person. Gulf Shores Police and Fire Rescue responded to a two-vehicle crash on the 3700 block of Gulf […]
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