Mobile, AL

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

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) -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) - No one was injured after shots were fired into a home and vehicle on 13th St. in Mobile. Mobile police responded just after 9 p.m. Monday to the 7000 block of 13th St. in response to the incident. The investigation continues.

MPD says no injuries reported after home, vehicle are shot up

Mobile County, AL

Prichard, 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) - 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

Baldwin County, AL

Pensacola, FL

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced a Pensacola man to 12½ years in prison for a carjacking that was sandwiched in between two separate car chases. Billy Joe Burns, 34, pleaded guilty in December to the federal offense. According to court records, Baldwin County sheriff’s...

Pensacola man sentenced to 12½ years for Baldwin County carjacking

Alabama State

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - An unsolved murder in Prichard has family members demanding answers from police. According to investigators 34-year-old Christopher Duncan was gunned down New Years Eve night, on Grant Avenue. So far, there have been no arrests or suspects named. Duncan’s fiancé, Lauren Bowling, feels his death is...

Fiance to Prichard murder victim pleads for answers as case remains unsolved

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile man charged with capital murder pleaded guilty Tuesday morning to intentional murder. Mobile County Circuit Judge Ben Brooks accepted the plea bargain and sentenced Greg Hackett to life in prison. He’ll be eligible for parole but will have to serve at least 15 years before his first shot at early release.

Hackett pleads guilty to intentional murder

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

PENSACOLA, FL. (WALA) - FOX 10 News spoke with a family member of the Pensacola Christian College student who was killed by a suspected DUI driver. Nineteen-year-old Jadon Goins was doing yard work near the college Tuesday when a truck ran off the road and hit him. It’s a tragedy...

Family devastated after Pensacola college student killed by suspected drunk driver

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A jury on Tuesday found a former Mobile neurosurgeon guilty of reckless murder in the death of a passenger during an August 2020 high-speed car wreck. Jonathan Pishoi Nakhla, 38, was a prominent doctor at Mobile Infirmary at the time. He went for a ride in his 2018 Audi R8 Spyder convertible with 24-year-old University of South Alabama School of Medicine student Samantha Thomas. According to testimony, he was intoxicated past the legal driving limit and traveling at 138 mph on the Interstate 65 service road at about 12:40 a.m. on Aug. 1, 2020, when he lost control.

Jury reaches guilty verdict in Nakhla trial

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A capital murder defendant on Tuesday accepted a plea bargain, admitting to intentional murder. Mobile County Circuit Judge Ben Brooks sentenced Greg O’Neal Hackett, 34, of Mobile, to life in prison. Unlike capital murder, the intentional murder conviction gives the defendant a chance for parole. But he will have to serve at least 15 years before his first shot at early release.

Mobile capital murder defendant accepts plea bargain, gets life sentence

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Discolored water in the Springhill area is safe to drink, according to the Mobile Area Water & Sewer System. The utility said it has received a number of calls about water having a yellow tinge in the McGregor Avenue/Old Shell Road area. Failure of a pump...

Discolored water in Springhill area not harmful, MAWSS says

Escambia County, FL

ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. (WALA) - A Pensacola Christian College student was performing yardwork at a house on Airport Boulevard in Escambia County when a truck drifted off the road and killed him, according to Florida Highway Patrol. Authorities said the incident occurred at 3:40 p.m. today and the 19-year-old student...

Pensacola Christian College student killed while doing yardwork

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Some lawyers are challenging the prosecution of pistol permit charges that predate last year’s repeal of the law, and they are citing a precedent from the Prohibition era. The state Legislature passed a law in February last year doing away with the requirement that people...

Citing Prohibition precedent, some Mobile lawyers are challenging old pistol permit charges

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

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) - 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

PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) - The Coast Guard along with other first responders are searching for a missing boater near Naval Air Station Pensacola. The missing 29-year-old and a friend were reportedly on the water in a 14-foot-skiff which capsized. The Coast Guard said the other man managed to swim to shore on the base.

Coast Guard searching for missing boater near NAS Pensacola

Fairhope, AL

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - The city of Fairhope is encouraging residents to go easy on irrigation and water use this spring. Last year, the city had to restrict use because of a low water table and excessive use. The city’s already seen some high daily usage totals and a system expansion that’s underway won’t be finished until next year.

Fairhope encouraging responsible water use

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Take a ride through Downtown Mobile with Mobile Pedal Tours! Grab your friends, family, or coworkers for a fun two hour ride. This ride can be completely customizable. You are able to stop at three Downtown locations in the entertainment district. Whether its a local bar or restaurant, it is sure to be a good time. Joe, Chelsey, Jennifer, and the Studio10/FOX10 Midday crew took to the streets for a fun ride.

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MPD arrests suspect in LongHorn Steakhouse robbery

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - MPD said they are looking a suspect involved in a robbery at Longhorn Steakhouse Saturday night. Police said they responded to LongHorn...

MPD arrests suspect in LongHorn Steakhouse robbery

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