Law enforcement officers from a pair of Gulf Coast agencies attended a law enforcement conference in Florida this week run by a controversial company that has been banned in some states and accused of teaching unconstitutional policing tactics.
A federal judge Friday sentenced two Mobile men to prison and probation, respectively for making social media posts threating a police officer recording on a livestream making a traffic stop.
A proposal to authorize a state lottery and allow casinos with slot machines, but not table games, at seven locations remains stalled in the Alabama Legislature.
The OBPD said the suspect vehicle was unable to negotiate the 90-degree turn at Tacky Jacks in Gulf Shores and crashed, coming to a rest submerged in the Intra Coastal Waterway.
A 58-year-old Theodore man is locked up on a murder charge Friday morning -- a day after a 52-year-old man was fatally shot on Dan Williams Road, the Mobile Police Department said.
The Mobile Police Department reports it has received several complaints from residents stating the MPD is calling them to address their compromised social security numbers.
Three live oak trees lining a particularly scenic portion of Mobile’s Springhill Avenue will be removed and branches from four additional trees will be cut back, the city has said.
Alabama lawmakers on Thursday gave final approval to legislation establishing a new high school focused on preparing students for careers in healthcare, science and technology.
The prosecutor, defendant and judge at a Mobile murder sentencing hearing Thursday all used the same word to describe the fatal shooing in May 2020 – “senseless.”
