Mobile, AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s a Mobile tradition to officially mark the end of Mardi Gras season! Augusta Evans School wants your beads and they’re giving out donuts in return. “All they have to do is show up here at the school and drive back there and drop...

Augusta Evans once again collecting Mardi Gras beads in exchange for free donuts

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - You can now order your next cup of coffee based on your zodiac sign!. Starbucks and the astrology app “Sanctuary” are teaming up to launch Starbucks signs. Customers can learn more about which drinks match their zodiac signs best. Just log onto the site,...

Starbucks Drink Based On Your Zodiac Sign

Alabama State

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - We are now in the middle of March Madness – Alabama faced off with San Diego State Friday night in the NCAA Tournament. According to the American Gaming Association more than $15.5-billion in bets are being made this year. Some fans placing bets at the Scarlet Pearl Casino & Resort Sportsbook.

Fans placing bets on March Madness at Scarlet Pearl

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mulherin Home is getting a big boost this week. They’re the 2023 recipients of Impact 100 Mobile’s first-ever grant. The Mulherin Home has served men and women with disabilities since 1952. Executive Director Vickie King says she’s still processing the news. “There’s...

Impact 100 Mobile awards Mulherin Home with a $102K grant

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 reimburse them for lost revenue arising from the repeal of a pistol permit law. The new law, which makes pistol permits voluntary for people...

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

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Healing Center on Airport Boulevard in Mobile is in need of some healing itself after a car punched into the building Thursday morning. According to the Mobile Fire-Rescue Department, the driver of the car simply drove into the building. The driver was all right and no one inside the building was injured, authorities said.

Car crashes into building on Airport Boulevard

Prichard, AL

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - The Prichard Water Works and Sewer Board voted Wednesday to end service for new accounts in the dilapidated Alabama Village community. Board Attorney Jay Ross told FOX10 News that the moratorium doesn’t affect any of the 41 existing customers. He also said it allows people to transfer those accounts to others, such as if one renter replaces another. That was a concern that had been raised by residents there. According to Ross, the pipes are in such bad shape that rebuilding them would cost $ 6 million to $8 million.

Prichard water board votes to end new Alabama Village accounts

Orange Beach, AL

ORANGE BEACH, Ala. (WALA) - The Orange Beach Police Department is investigating a home invasion and is asking the public to be on the lookout for a stolen pickup truck. Police today took a report in reference to a home invasion that occurred shortly after midnight in the 28000 block of Canal Road. According to investigators, the complaint stated that an unknown white man wearing a blue hoodie, beanie and camouflage mask, between 5-foot-5 and 5-foot-10, in his mid 30s to early 40s, broke into his home.

Orange Beach PD shares photo of stolen truck after home invasion

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Franklin Primary Health Center will host a community health fair in Mobile Thursday, March 23 to offer some free services and resources. The event will be from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday at the Charles White Family Health Center, 990 Cody Road N. Services provided...

Franklin Primary Health Center to hold health fair

Fairhope, AL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - One local man’s dream came true when he got an extra special birthday surprise. It was a special delivery from the makers of his favorite beverage. Twenty-two-year-old James Kean says that his biggest dream is to be a Coca-Cola man, and he got to live that out on his birthday.

Local man surprised by Coca-Cola for his birthday

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police are investigating a shooting that left one person with life-threatening injuries. According to police, officers responded to University Hospital around 12:20 p.m. Thursday on a call regarding someone arriving with a gunshot wound. Authorities said he arrived at the hospital via personal vehicle after reportedly being shot at a nearby park.

MPD: 1 suffers life-threatening injury in Thursday shooting

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department is investigating a reported early-morning carjacking. Officers responded to the 1000 block of Central Drive around 4:30 a.m. today. The victim told officers he had given a ride to an unknown male subject, MPD said. Once they arrived at Central Drive, the...

MPD investigating reported carjacking

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Last summer the City of Mobile launched ShotSpotter as part of Operation Echo Stop which is the city’s approach to cut back on gun violence. The gunshot detection software uses cameras and microphones to pinpoint the exact location of a gunshot and sends that information directly to officers to help with faster response times. So far, they say it’s paying off.

Mobile sees more community participation with ShotSpotter

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police are searching for several suspects after shots were fired Wednesday night at an apartment complex on Airport Boulevard. According to the Mobile Police Department, officers heard gunshots coming from Hillcrest Estates Apartments, 4031 Airport Blvd., around 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers spotted a vehicle leaving the area at high speed and tried to conduct a traffic stop, but the driver evaded them, authorities said.

MPD: 3 escape on foot after shots fired, crash

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department is seeking the public’s assistance in locating Deangelo Laparis Jenkins, 26, who was reported missing by his family on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. According to police, Jenkins suffers from medical conditions that may impair his cognitive abilities and he has a...

MPD asking public’s help in finding missing man

Mobile County, AL

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - A Prichard man was arrested late Thursday afternoon, deputies say he was selling drugs at a Mobile County High School. 38-year-old Herbert Burrell was arrested on Vigor’s campus Thursday. FOX 10 News confirmed this information with Mobile County Sheriff Paul Burch. Sheriff Burch says Burrell...

Volunteer football coach accused of selling drugs at Vigor High School

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 22-year-old man faces a theft charge for allegedly stealing a motorcycle. According to the Mobile Police Department, officers were called to Fulton Grocery, 1288 Dauphin Island Pkwy., around 6:30 a.m. Thursday on a theft of property complaint involving a motorcycle. While on the scene, the officers spotted man across the street in possession of the victim’s motorcycle, police said.

Mobile man accused of stealing motorcycle

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s been almost two weeks since a 2-year-old boy was hit by a car and left for dead in Mobile. According to Mobile Police, the toddler ran into the road on Haas Avenue near Hemley Avenue...the driver hit him and kept going. No one has...

Family provides update on 2-year-old struck in hit and run, still no arrests

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - MPD said a female juvenile has been taken to Strickland Youth Center for striking an assistant principal at the Mobile Continuous Learning Center. Officers said they responded to the center at approximately 10:30 a.m. in reference to an assault and discovered the female juvenile was attempting to enroll in school when she struck the victim and threatened to kill her.

Juvenile taken to Strickland Youth Center for striking an assistant principal

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police arrested a teen who they say was in possession of a stolen gun. Jarius Houston, 18, of Mobile, was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail Wednesday afternoon on a charge of second-degree receiving stolen property. Officers pulled over a car at the intersection...

Teen arrested in connection with stolen gun

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - An arrest has been in connection with a 2022 fire that burned half an apartment building. The Mobile Police Department on Thursday arrested 38-year-old Morris Douglas of Mobile on an arson warrant. He is accused of starting a fire at the Berkshire Apartments on Seabreeze Rd North. Investigators allege he started the fire because of a domestic dispute.

Authorities say man started apartment fire because of domestic dispute

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two Jackson, Ala., teens face robbery charges after Mobile police say they stole a man’s wallet at a gas station last week. Antonio Desean Goleman Nettles, 19, and Jada Shantel King, 18, were each arrested Friday on one count of second-degree robbery. On March 18,...

MPD arrests 2 Jackson teens accused of robbery

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A teen accused of driving a stolen car was booked into the Mobile County Metro Jail Friday morning. The Mobile Police Department said 18-year-old Kamren Buford of Mobile was spotted on Pecan street in a suspected stolen car Wednesday night. When officers chased after him, Buford bailed out of the car and ran away, police said.

Mobile police arrest teen accused of driving stolen car

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) -Charles Payne decide to inflict “pain” on his own stepfather, last week. That’s according to Mobile Police. They tell us the 51 year old Payne, kicked in the door to the man’s apartment on Sage, last Friday, around 2 in the morning. It was clear he wasn’t there to do a welfare check.

Mobile police: Man pistol-whips his stepfather

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 28-year-old Prichard man faces an assault charge after he shot allegedly shot a relative, according to authorities. The Mobile Police Department arrested Maurice Fowler on Wednesday in connection with the weekend shooting. According to MPD, officers responding to the 1000 block of St. Stephens Road...

Man accused of shooting relative

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Beautiful weather for Saturday

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Hi, this is FOX10 News Meteorologist Matt Barrentine. Pretty much perfect weather for all the fun events going on today! If you’re...

Beautiful weather for Saturday

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