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Holtville’s Price hits two home runs in final game
Taylor Price will never forget her final high school softball game. Playing in the AHSAA Class 5A South Regional held in Gulf Shores, Price and her Holtville softball team saw their season come to an end after a 2-2 week. While her team was eliminated and her senior season ended,...
Softball Game Recap: Jasper Comes Up Short
It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Jasper can now relate to. They fell just short of the Gulf Shores Dolphins by a score of 5-4 on Wednesday. Jasper's defeat signaled the end of their six-game winning streak. For Gulf Shores' part, Anna Leigh Price...
Greek Orthodox Monk builds, installs mosaic above Gulf Shores chapel
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s been said that a picture is worth 1,000 words, but to a local Greek Orthodox community, a newly installed mosaic means much more. Father Athanasios, born Demetrios Clark, is an Abbot Monk of the Sacred Monastery of St. Iakovos in Oklahoma. He built and installed a mosaic above the […]
Dauphin Island man killed in Mobile County crash
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — According to ALEA, a single-vehicle crash that occurred at approximately 12 a.m. Friday, May 10, has claimed the life of a Dauphin Island man. Thomas H. Clough, 36, was fatally injured when the 2015 Ford F-350 he was driving left the roadway, struck a culvert head wall and overturned.
Baldwin County sisters charged in murder-for-hire plot
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — Baldwin County sisters have been charged with conspiring to kill a man married to one of their daughters. Sandra Grimes, aka Sandra Johnson, Mitzy Smith, and Judy Owen, are all charged with Conspiracy to commit murder for hire, use of interstate commerce in the commission of murder for hire, and transfer of a firearm to be used to commit a crime of violence.
Flood advisory for Mobile County until Monday midday
On Monday at 9:25 a.m. the National Weather Service issued a flood advisory in effect until 12:30 p.m. for Mobile County. The weather service describes, "Flooding caused by excessive rainfall is expected." "Minor flooding in low-lying and poor drainage areas," explains the weather service. "Turn around, don't drown when encountering...
Gulf Shores soccer takes 5A title, Galvan earns MVP for clutch performance
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WKRG) — It’s been a historic school year for Gulf Shores! Months after capturing the school’s first state title in football — the Dolphins boys soccer team claimed the program’s first blue map, as well. Gulf Shores defeated Guntersville 3-2 in the Class 5A Boys final in Huntsville. The Dolphins were led by […]
Hangout Fest organizers keeping a close eye on storms
GULF SHORES, Ala. (WPMI) — Hangout Fest organizers say they are paying close attention to the storms that are forecasted for Friday and Saturday. It's a rain or shine event in Gulf Shores, but if there's lightning in the area, festival goers have to evacuate the beach. A statement...
Swimming advisory issued for Mobile Bay at Fairhope Beach: ADPH
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Baldwin County health officials issued a public swimming advisory for the waters of Mobile Bay at Fairhope Beach. According to a release from the Alabama Department of Public Health, two recent successive tests of swimming water quality were poor. This means swimming in the area could lead to an increased risk […]
Gulf Shores weighs bringing Hangout Fest back, agreement up after 2025
After this weekend’s Hangout Music Festival, in which thousands will descend on Gulf Shores’ public beaches, the city will decide whether it wants to continue its relationship with the 14-year-old festival, which brings A-List musical talent—and national attention— to the beaches. “The producers of the Hangout...
Tree crushes, destroys mobile home in Theodore: ‘All of our memories are in there’
THEODORE, Ala. (WKRG) — A family in Theodore is trying to figure out what to do after a tree crushed their home during the storms that rolled through Mobile County Friday morning. It happened at the Delabe Forest Mobile Home Park on Carol Plantation Road at about 3 a.m. Friday. “So this was our living […]
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