Third Gun in a Month Turns Up on a Mobile County School Campus, Student Arrested
A loaded gun found at Mae Eanes Middle School marks the third weapon discovered on a Mobile County school campus in a month, following incidents at B.C. Rain and Mary…
Alabama Attorney General Indicts Mobile Homicide Detective On Tax Charges
A veteran Mobile police homicide detective has been indicted on federal tax charges, the Alabama Attorney General’s Office announced Monday. Cpl. Donald Pears, who has spent more than 42 years…
Man Fatally Shot During Home Invasion Near Kenny Street in Mobile
A 25-year-old Mobile man was shot and killed Thursday afternoon during what police describe as a home invasion near Kenny Street and Pleasant Valley Road, according to the Mobile Police…
A Phantom Website Pushed Steve Nodine for Mayor. He Said He Wasn’t Running.
An anonymous website urged Mobile County Commissioner Steve Nodine to challenge Mayor Sam Jones in 2009. Nodine said flatly that he would not run, and his allies accused the mayor's…
Mobile Police Solve Twice as Many Car Thefts as the National Average, Chief Says
Mobile's clearance rate on stolen vehicle cases stood at 28.8 percent, more than double the national figure, and Police Chief Phillip Garrett said false reports and scrap yards were both…