Downtown Mobile Apartment Fire Displaced 17 People in 2008
A March 2008 fire at the Garden District Apartments in downtown Mobile displaced 17 people, though all tenants escaped safely, according to WKRG.
Mobile Man Indicted on 2008 Federal Bank Robbery Charge
A federal grand jury indicted a Mobile man in March 2008 in connection with the robbery of a Regions Bank on Dauphin Island Parkway, according to WKRG.
2008 Report Described Growing Investor Interest in Mobile and Baldwin Counties
A 2008 WKRG report said investors from around the country were looking at property in Mobile and Baldwin counties amid major industrial-development expectations.
Baldwin County Pursuit Ended in Fairhope Arrest in 2008
A Baldwin County man was arrested after a March 2008 police pursuit from Loxley into Fairhope, according to WKRG.
Suspended Judge Ordered From His Home as Wife Files for Divorce
A judge ordered suspended Clarke County Circuit Judge Stuart DuBose to vacate his Jackson home and barred him from threatening his wife, their daughters or her attorney, then sealed the…
Mobile Police Announced First Precinct Checkpoints in 2008
Mobile Police announced evening checkpoints in the First Precinct for March 27, 2008, after officers wrote 230 tickets during prior weekend checkpoints.
2008 Report: Baylinc Buses Helped Eastern Shore Commuters Cut Fuel Costs
A historical WKRG report described how Baylinc bus riders from Fairhope, Daphne and Spanish Fort used transit to reach downtown Mobile as fuel prices climbed in 2008.
2008 Report: Mobile Businessman Received 80-Year Sentence in Child Sexual-Abuse Case
A historical WKRG report said a Mobile businessman was sentenced to 80 years in prison in 2008 after convictions involving the sexual abuse of a child.
One City Along I-65? North Mobile County Weighed a Merger It Knew Would Never Happen
With a steel plant rising at Calvert and a new school system drawing families to Saraland, developers and officials debated dissolving Chickasaw, Satsuma and Creola into a single north Mobile…
Boeing Praised the Tanker Competition as Fair — Right Up Until It Lost
As Boeing prepared to protest the Air Force tanker award that promised an assembly line for Mobile, its own executives' and allies' past statements praising the competition's fairness came back…