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USA Health welcomes new general surgeon
Emily M. Smith, M.D., will care for patients with various conditions that require general surgery including hernias, gallbladder disease and others. USA Health has expanded its surgical services with the addition of Emily M. Smith, M.D., a Mobile native who recently completed five years of residency training in general surgery at USA Health.
Fortunate Lottery Players Win Six-Figure Prizes in North Carolina
An incredibly fortunate player from Alabama, who recently visited North Carolina, scored a six-figure prize from a recent Powerball drawing. The lucky man identified as Christopher Baker from Leesburg, Alabama, visited the North Carolina Education Lottery Wednesday to collect his sweet $100,000 Powerball prize. The man recently visited North Carolina...
Alabama shrimpers set to rally Saturday
DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. (WALA) - Kerry Mitchell and her husband know the challenges that come with shrimping for a living. Her husband Michael is out dragging his net off Dauphin Island. Have you listened to this article via the audio player?. If so, send us your feedback around what we...
City of Foley, Baldwin County to remove debris in Magnolia River Basin
FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Foley is partnering with Baldwin County to remove debris that is clogging a waterway, according to officials. The waterway officials are focusing on is the Magnolia River Basin, a press release said. According to a news release from the City of Foley, the project aims to remove debris […]
Judge Lifts Social Media Gag Order on Heather Wyatt
PASCAGOULA, Miss – Chancery Court Judge Mark Maples lifted Heather Wyatt’s social media gag order during a hearing on Thursday afternoon in Pascagoula, Mississippi. Heather Wyatt, from Ocean Springs, claims that bullying led her 13-year-old daughter, Aubreigh Wyatt, who died by suicide. Earlier this week, the parents of the other children involved dropped their defamation case against the mother.
We found hundreds of silver coins in the ocean – it’s from a ship ‘broken to bits’ that sank in 1715 during a hurricane
A GROUP of treasure hunters has discovered hundreds of silver coins in the ocean from a long-lost ship. The discovery made by the Florida-based team is one of the most significant so far this year. In May, while diving off the coast near Brevard County on the east side of...
Mobile District completes project in historic Selma on bank along Edmund Pettus Bridge
MOBILE, Ala. – Sometimes, the work of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers finds them helping to preserve or protect historic locations and sites. The Mobile District participated in a ribbon-cutting ceremony with the City of Selma, Alabama, on July 8, 2024, to celebrate the completion of Project 14, which stabilized the bank behind the historic train depot.
Local athletes compete in AHSAA All-Star Week
Homewood’s Annie McBride (11) attempts a pass as Mountain Brook’s Sophie Hicks (16) blocks the ball during a Class 6A second-round playoff game at Waldrop Stadium on Tuesday, April 30, 2024. Photo by Erin Nelson Sweeney. The Alabama High School Athletic Association held its annual All-Star week in...
Alabama Executes man For 1998 Cherokee Co. Murder
A man convicted in a 1998 murder in Cherokee County, Alabama was executed by lethal injection Thursday evening at the William C. Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Ala. According to court records, Keith Edmund Gavin was convicted of murder in Illinois on June 9, 1982. In February 1998, just months after he was released from prison, he and his cousin, Dewayne Meeks, traveled to Fort Payne, Alabama, to pick up girls, and for Gavin to get away “because he had been gone a long time.” ...
Ready for fall? Here’s the Farmers’ Almanac’s 2024 autumn forecast for Alabama
Is it too soon to be ready for fall? Fall-feeling weather (cooler temperatures, less humidity) typically arrives in Alabama much later than the official first day. Meteorological fall begins Sept. 1, and astronomical fall will be Sept. 22, or the day of the fall equinox. What does the weather have...
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