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Foley, AL

FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - A Chicago-based energy company is investing nearly $100 million dollars in a new solar farm in Baldwin County. Hecate Energy has purchased a 620-acre turf farm in Foley to build on. Alabama Power will purchase the energy and that should happen by the end of next year.

Foley to be home to first large-scale solar farm in Baldwin County

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Daphne, AL

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - Ben Trione was born and raised in Daphne. He’s known to many in the community. And now, he’s using his time to deliver flowers to nursing homes across the area. “I’m getting up in that age and I know if I was in a...

Daphne man spreads joy by delivering flowers to nursing homes across Baldwin County

Prichard, AL

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Prichard PD said they are investigating a homicide involving a domestic dispute. Authorities said they responded to the 500 block of East Turner Road on Tuesday afternoon. Investigators discovered Waylyn Webb, 44, had got into an argument with a woman he was living with when her...

Prichard PD investigating domestic homicide

Ocean Springs, MS

OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (WLOX) - A beloved English teacher at Ocean Springs High School, Kennon Barton, 41, was killed in an early morning crash on I-10 in Jackson County. The wreck happened just before 1 a.m. Wednesday on westbound I-10 between Escatawpa and Gautier and involved an 18-wheeler. According to...

Ocean Springs teacher, musician killed in I-10 crash

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department is investigating a fire in a mobile home off Gunn Road Tuesday night as a suspected arson case. The incident happened at the Ponderosa Mobile Home Park in the 5700 block of Gunn Road. Officers responded around 11 p.m. to reports of a fire in one on the mobile homes. Police said a man was spotted near the mobile home before the fire ignited but he ran from the scene before officers arrived.

MPD investigating suspected arson at mobile home park

Theodore, AL

THEODORE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile County is updating another local park. Renovations are underway at Memories Fish Camp in Theodore. Construction started this week and is expected to take about four months. Memories, which is located at 4901 Fowl River Road, will be closed to the public until the work is complete.

Memories Fish Camp in Theodore closes for renovations

Citronelle, AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - After two hung juries, former Citronelle Police Chief Tyler Norris pleaded guilty Thursday to a lesser federal charge. The offense, deprivation of rights under color of law without injury, carries a maximum penalty of a year in jail. Under the deal, prosecutors will not oppose probation. Norris admitted to twice kneeing a driver in the abdomen after a high-speed chase in 2021.

Former Citronelle police chief pleads guilty to misdemeanor; probation likely

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Bullets barreled through a Mobile neighborhood overnight. Police told residents it was a drive-by shooting, and neighbors tell FOX10 News some neighbors returned fire. Thankfully, no one was injured, but it’s left one family really rattled. “It was like a warzone out here, so we...

Family rattled after bullets riddled their home

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -A woman decided to end an argument she started, by taking shots at the guy she was arguing with. That’s according to Mobile Police. They say they’re looking for 29 year old Sarah Maxwell, with whom they are familiar, saying she has a quick temper, and a colorful record.

Mobile police: Woman with ‘short fuse’ goes off, shoots victim

Mississippi State

Chatom, AL

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A man in Chatom has been charged with attempted murder after stabbing a victim during an altercation, according to police. Chatom PD said two men got into an argument that turned physical on May 31 around 7:30 p.m. off Martin Luther King Avenue. Officials said...

Chatom man charged with attempted murder

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -This is 40-year-old Thanh Nguyen on his way to metro jail. Mobile police say he was responsible for taking in several stolen catalytic converters at his business, NBR recycling. “That was problematic for us. It’s one thing to drive up our larceny numbers,” said Mobile Police Chief...

Mobile police arrest business owner accused of taking in stolen catalytic converters

Washington State

Mcintosh, AL

WASHINGTON COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A 52-year-old McIntosh man died Tuesday morning in a motorcycle crash, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. The single-vehicle crash occurred at approximately 10:50 a.m. Benjie A. Covington, 52, was fatally injured when the 2004 Harley-Davidson motorcycle he was operating left the roadway and struck an embankment, ALEA said.

McIntosh man dies in motorcycle crash

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two men accused of threatening a police officer during a livestream of a traffic stop are scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday on federal criminal charges. Mobile residents Justin Leeland Gormon, 20, and Jamarcus Jahleel Manuel, 19, have been indicted on charges of making interstate communication of...

Mobile men charged in federal court with threatening cop during Instagram livestream

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police said they have arrested a 50-year-old man in connection with a road rage shooting incident last month. The Mobile Police Department on Thursday arrested Albert Issac of Mobile on a charge of shooting into an occupied/unoccupied vehicle. Officers responded to the 3000 block of...

MPD makes arrest in alleged road rage shooting incident

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A former police officer accused of assaulting his girlfriend gave up his right to a preliminary hearing Tuesday. A grand jury now will consider whether to indict Jacob Matthews, 33, on a charge of domestic violence-strangulation, a felony that carries a possible punishment of two to 20 years in prison. The criminal complaint alleges that Matthews gripped the woman’s neck so tightly that she lost consciousness while she was holding her 5-year-old daughter.

Grand jury will consider indictment of ex-Mobile cop charged with assaulting girlfriend

Robertsdale, AL

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. (WALA) - First responders were treated to lunch Wednesday afternoon courtesy of the Robertsdale High athletic department. It’s a tradition that started three years ago and it continues to get bigger. “We just wanted to do something to show our appreciation and I forget how many people...

Robertsdale High School athletics department hosts annual lunch for first responders

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A multi-vehicle crash that occurred Tuesday night has claimed the life of a Theodore man. Christopher D. Balthaser, 21, was fatally injured at about 7 p.m. when the 2019 Kawasaki Ninja motorcycle that he was operating was struck by a 2006 Chevrolet Avalanche driven by Jonathan V. Wheeler Jr., 21, also of Theodore, according to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency. After the initial collision, an 18-year-old juvenile, operating a 2003 Yamaha motorcycle was also struck by the Avalanche and transported to a local area hospital, ALEA said.

Theodore man dies in crash involving motorcycle, other vehicle

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Police in Prichard are investigating after a man was wounded in a shooting Wednesday evening at a gas station on St. Stephens Road. Prichard authorities say the 26-year-old man was found inside the Velero Gas Station at about 6:30 p.m. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds.

St. Stephens Road shooting leaves man with multiple gunshot wounds

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A fire ravaged the inside of Navco Community Outreach Wednesday night. Alice Donoghun, the director of Navco Community Outreach, says she helped open the nonprofit in 2002. She says folks would come by for food, clothing and other items. Now, the future of her mission hangs...

Local woman refusing to let mission be extinguished after fire engulfs nonprofit

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Former Citronelle Police Chief Tyler Norris has agreed to plead guilty to a federal crime, resolving a case that was a week away from a third trial, the defense indicated Wednesday. Norris, 44, had been charged with deprivation of rights under color of law and witness...

Former Citronelle police chief to plead guilty to federal crime

Semmes, AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Semmes man accused of orchestrating an elaborate scheme to defraud COVID-19 relief programs – while he was still in federal prison on a previous fraud conviction – pleaded not guilty Wednesday. Adrian Lemoyne Lacey, 44, is one of a half-dozen people named in...

Semmes man pleads not guilty to COVID fraud charges; prosecutors seek detention

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s been a year since 14-year-old Ciara Jackson was shot and killed in Mobile. Police say the gunmen opened fire on the car she was riding in with her friends. Jackson’s grandmother is still grappling with the tragedy. “Grief has no boundaries. I don’t...

‘Grief has no boundaries’ family of 14-year-old shooting victim grieving a year later

New York City, NY

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Have you seen the smoke? The Big Apple looked more like the big orange. Canadian wildfires ripped across millions of acres, and it pushed bad air into the Midwest and northeast, like New York City. A thick haze settled over New York City, which resembled more...

Saraland native talks about startling orange haze over New York City

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‘DIP math’ vs. ‘Montgomery math’ – Mobile-area sheriffs say reimbursements falling short of pistol fee losses

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Sheriffs on both sides of Mobile Bay say they are getting far less than they expected from a grant program meant to...

‘DIP math’ vs. ‘Montgomery math’ – Mobile-area sheriffs say reimbursements falling short of pistol fee losses

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