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News from Dauphin Island — local reporting on government, courts, crime, schools, business and community life in Dauphin Island.
Every summer, the docks of Dauphin Island fill with anglers, spectators and the clatter of weigh-station scales as the Alabama Deep Sea Fishing Rodeo gets underway at the mouth of…
U.S. Sen. Richard Shelby wrote to NOAA in December 2009 arguing that federal red snapper limits were punishing Alabama's charter and recreational fishermen even as the stock appeared to be…
Dauphin Island police received a $25,000 state grant in 2009 to buy Tasers, firearms, ammunition and other equipment after local budget cuts delayed the purchases.
A McGill-Toolen soccer player and a Baker High School athlete were named players of the year at Mobile's annual Rotary youth sports awards, with their coaches on hand for the…
A 2008 WKRG report documented flooding, road closures and power outages in South Mobile County after a Gulf storm.
From Saraland to Bayou La Batre, voters across Mobile County prepared to choose mayors and council members on Aug. 26, with runoffs to follow. Seasoned observers offered their reading of…
A 2008 WKRG report covered a Mobile County chase involving a stolen vehicle that ended in a crash on Dauphin Island Parkway.
A University of South Alabama meteorologist relayed word that the 2008 hurricane season would likely run above normal, with elevated odds of a major hurricane striking the Gulf Coast.
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.
District Judges Charlie McKnight and Bob Sherling scheduled campaign kickoffs, while former Circuit Judge and District Attorney Chris Galanos explained, candidly, why he would not challenge for a circuit seat.