Mobile, AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — According to Mobile Police, on Thursday, March 23, 2023, at approximately 4:30 a.m., officers responded to the 1000 block of Central Drive, regarding a reported carjacking. Upon arrival, the officers discovered that the victim had given a ride to an unknown male subject. Once they...

Mobile Police investigating carjacking on Central Dr.

Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) — A former Mobile Police Officer has been arrested and charged with domestic violence. According to the Mobile Police Department, former police officer Jacob Matthews resigned from the Mobile Police Department while under a criminal and administrative investigation. Matthews submitted his resignation on March 22, 2023,...

Former Mobile Police Officer arrested for domestic violence

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — The Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office was involved in a standoff on Houston St. in Mobile Wednesday afternoon. MCSO received a tip about a suspect with an attempted murder warrant at a home on 1105 Houston Street. MCSO Deputies went to the home and heard movement...

Mobile Co. Sheriff's Office searches for attempted murder suspect after standoff

Baldwin County, AL

Spanish Fort, AL

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (WPMI) — 25-year old-Trinell Brown was lead into the Baldwin County Courthouse where prosecutors were prepared to argue against allowing him to be released on bond. And once inside, they made their argument clear. Brown, they say, is a dangerous man. "Someone who is capable of...

Spanish Fort man, accused of killing parents in front of his 4 year old, denied bond

Georgia State

Flomaton, AL

FLOMATON, Ala. (WPMI) — A young woman killed when her car hit a building at Flomaton High School last week has now been identified. Family members say she's 21-year-old Shaneal Schifano of Georgia. Her parents live nearby in Atmore, and say she had just moved to Atmore for work.

Young woman killed when her car hit Flomaton High School identified

Alabama State

Pensacola, FL

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A Pensacola, Florida man was sentenced to 150 months in prison for a carjacking in Baldwin County. According to court documents, Billy Joe Burns, 34, was arrested by deputies with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office on July 12, 2022, after he carjacked a woman in Miflin, Alabama, and led deputies on a high-speed chase that ended in Gulf Shores.

Man gets more than 12 years in prison for Baldwin County carjacking

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile man was sentenced to 209 months in prison for committing several robberies, being a felon in possession of a gun, and brandishing a gun during crimes of violence. According to court documents, Lindell Vantel Dortch, 41, committed a series of four armed robberies...

Mobile man sentenced to over 17 years in prison for string of armed robberies

Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) — The Blue Bell Bombers, a local running team, will be taking part in Saturday's Azalea Trail Run. But they'll be missing one of their key members Victor Birch. The 61-year-old was killed last September in a hit-and-run crash. "It was at the Industrial Canal bridge,...

Local running group to honor slain member during Azalea Trail Run

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Officials with the city of Mobile say the new ShotSpotter system is working. The system pinpoints the location of gun shots using network sensors and software. "If you look at where we were since we started back through January, we were looking at almost 3,900...

Mobile ShotSpotter update: Increase in calls to 911, decrease in shots detected

Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) — A Mobile City Council member is asking the Altapointe Board to conduct a full investigation into alleged cases of negligence. This comes after Scott Jones called for the removal of the Altapointe CEO two weeks ago during a council meeting. That call to step down...

Mobile Councilman calls for full investigation into Altapointe's negligence allegations

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — Former stakeholders of the China Super Buffet in Mobile, Alabama, were sentenced for harboring aliens who were illegally employed at their restaurant and subjected to hefty forfeiture orders. Zheng Kong Zheng, 57, of Mobile, was sentenced on the charge of harboring aliens to two years’...

Former owners of China Super Buffet sentenced, forfeit over $1.5M for harboring aliens

Prichard, AL

During the pandemic, Prichard received $5,088,767.64 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding. Financial reports NBC 15 News obtained show city officials used part of that money to pay themselves. Records show the city formed a COVID team and paid team members nearly $175,000 in six months from June 2021 to January 2022. Prichard's mayor Jimmie Gardner, who was not on the team, defends the payments.

Prichard city officials paid themselves with COVID relief funds

Fairhope, AL

Baldwin County, Ala. (WPMI) — The DEA says fentanyl is the single deadliest drug threat our nation has ever encountered. And our area is not immune to this drug threat. Law enforcement and drug education experts are sounding the same warnings: fentanyl is here and the crisis is getting worse.

Police, health officials plead with parents to stay vigilant at Fairhope fentanyl meeting

PENSACOLA, Fla. -- The Coast Guard is searching for a missing boater Tuesday morning in Pensacola Bay. According to the Coast Guard, two men left from the 17th Ave. boat ramp. Their boat overturned near NAS Pensacola. The Coast Guard was alerted around 6:20 a.m. that a man swam to...

Coast Guard searching for missing boater in Pensacola Bay

Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) — Tonight, one local representative wants to make sure parents know what their children are learning inside of our schools. Representative Jerry Carl says under a proposed bill, parents will get a say in what books their children are reading, and what curriculum is being taught. Parents I spoke with say they're all for it because they say their voices deserve to be heard.

Alabama Rep. Jerry Carl pushing for 'Parents Bill of Rights'

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WPMI) — The reenactment of the Battle of Fort Blakeley is scheduled for Saturday, April 1. The largest event of its type in our area, this historical commemoration will feature hundreds of skilled reenactors authentically reenacting the largest charge to take place in Alabama during the Civil War. Throughout the day prior to the battle there will be demonstrations of small arms and artillery firing.

Reenactment of the Battle of Fort Blakeley scheduled for April 1

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — NBC 15 is giving a salute to our veterans. Tonight we honor 1stLt Thomas Rainey who served in the U.S. Marine Corps. He lost his life during the Vietnam War. He was from Pensacola. Thank you for your service and for giving the ultimate sacrifice,...

Salute to our Veterans: 1stLt Thomas Rainey

Mobile, Ala. (WPMI) — A recent Federal court ruling out of Montgomery has impacted the City of Mobile’s panhandling ordinance. A federal judge determined that the State statute prohibiting panhandling was unconstitutional as a violation of free speech in a case brought by homeless residents of Montgomery. That...

Mobile's panhandling ordinance no longer in effect

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — A founder of a business that has become synonymous with Mobile Mardi Gras has died. Ann Toomey, along with her husband jack, founded Toomey's Mardi Gras out of the back of their home in the 1970's. This is video from 2000, when Ann shared with...

Mobile Mardi Gras pioneer Ann Toomey has passed away

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Police: Theodore High School student taken into custody for having gun on campus

MOBILE, Ala. (WPMI) — According to Mobile Police, on Monday, January 30, 2023, at approximately...

Police: Theodore High School student taken into custody for having gun on campus

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