Creola, AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police are investigating after a woman was stabbed early Saturday morning at home in Theodore. According to Mobile Police, the suspect contacted the victim asking her to pick up her son from a home in the 6900 block of Cary Hamilton Road in Theodore at about 12:30 Saturday morning. “When […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department responded to a “shots fired” scene early Saturday morning, marking the seventh similar situation since Monday, June 27. At around 2:19 a.m. Saturday, July 2, officers responded to the 5900 block of Westhaven Drive after a report of gunshots, according to a release from the MPD. Police […]

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police are investigating a knife attack that wounded a woman early Saturday morning. According to police, the 30-year-old female suspect contacted the 30-year-old victim around 12:20 a.m. asking her to pick up her son from a home in the 6900 block of Cary Hamilton Road. When the victim arrived, the suspect attacked the victim with a kitchen knife, police said.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – As we begin the month of July, the tropics remain active as two tropical storms and one development in the Caribbean. Tropical Storm Bonnie made landfall late last night, and it is now moving over portions of Nicaragua and Costa Rica where heavy rainfall and gusty winds are impacting the area. Bonnie is expected to move into the Pacific where it will be renamed and is expected to strengthen again. This storm still has no threat to the Gulf Coast.

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A new TikTok trend is threatening wildlife and leaving a bad impression on beachgoers along the Gulf Coast; The challenge is to see how deep you can dig a hole along the shore. Holes up to five feet deep and four feet wide are becoming...

Each year, police warn revelers ahead of the Fourth of July and New Year’s Eve to avoid walking outside, raising their gun to the sky and shooting off rounds of ammunition out of celebration. The activity is illegal. And in a year where gun-related crimes continue to be problem,...

Megan Lasker is used to celebrating Fourth of July holidays with fireworks and fun with friends and family. “There is nothing to celebrate,” said Lasker, 39, of Mobile. “We’re not independent when people are making choices for our bodies.”. Lasker’s opinion was shared by others who gathered...

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Everyone in Alabama knows her name. Aniah Blanchard was kidnapped and murdered back in 2019. Her accused murderer is Ibraheem Yazeed. At the time of Blanchard’s murder, he was out on bond for an earlier kidnapping. Last year, Alabama lawmakers passed a bill named...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - No injuries were reported after shots were fired into an unoccupied vehicle early Saturday morning, authorities said. Mobile police responded to the 5900 block of Westhaven Drive around 2:19 a.m. to a report of shots fired. Investigators said a 22 year-old woman told officers that a known male suspect showed up unannounced and fire several rounds into an unoccupied vehicle belonging to a 20-year-old male visitor.

JACKSON COUNTY, Miss. (WLOX) - The life of one woman was taken in a car crash Thursday morning. Carrie Gwen Drounette, who is 47 and from Wilmer, AL, received fatal injuries from the crash and was pronounced dead at the scene. Drounette was traveling west on Highway 614 when her...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Three of four suspects involved in the shooting death of the February shooting death of a teenage boy in Mobile were granted no bond at their hearings Friday. The suspects are being charged for the murder of 14-year-old Daniel Blackmon, who was shot and killed Feb....

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — A popular Fairhope restaurant will be closed this weekend after lightning struck one of their buildings.  Locals at the Alley announced in a Facebook post that they will remain closed until Tuesday, July 5. The restaurant is closing to make repairs after lightning struck their main building, frying their printer, cables […]

It was reported that 47-year-old Carrie Gwen Drounette of Wilmer Alabama was headed westbound on the highway in a motor vehicle. Drounette crashed into an eastbound car driven by 44-year-old Michael Urban. Drounette suffered fatal injuries and was later pronounced dead. No additional information has been provided. An ongoing investigation...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Four of the six suspects involved in the Cheshire shooting that killed 14-year-old Daniel Blackmon, appeared in court Friday, July 1 for a bond hearing. Three of the four suspects charged with murder were denied bond: Sidney Collins, Kentrell Freeman and Kelvin Estell. All were denied bond. Ryan Kidd, also charged […]

PRICHARD, Ala. (WPMI) — As of 5:01 p.m. on Friday, July 1, the Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board has not found someone to fill it's sewer plant operator position, which puts the utility in violation by the Alabama Department of Environmental Management. A board member confirmed that information...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -One restaurant in Fairhope will be closed this holiday weekend after it took a direct lightning hit. The owner of “Locals” on Fairhope Avenue, says it happened during Thursday’s storms. Luckily the building only suffered minor damage to the roof with a few tiles...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The push for peace gets another push in downtown Mobile this week. A non-profit group is hosting its annual “Push For Peace” to try and help curb violence in Mobile. “Push for Peace” was co-founded by husband and wife Dannie and Danielle Pledger. Cathedral Square is mostly quiet this weekend, in […]

An Alabama woman died Thursday in a two-vehicle crash in Jackson County, Mississippi Highway Patrol reports. About 7:30 a.m., troopers responded to a call about a fatal crash on Highway 614. A 2009 Chevy HHR driven by 47-year-old Carrie Gwen Drounette of Wilmer, Alabama, was traveling west on Highway 614...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The city hit a decade-long high in homicides last years, and the bloody pace continued to the halfway mark of 2022. But Mobile Police Chief Paul Prine told FOX10 News that the city is making progress, evidenced by a 3 percent decline in the overall violent crime rate compared with the first six months of last year.