Mobile Police Seek Public’s Help Identifying Suspect in Claridge Road Burglary
Mobile police are asking for the public's help identifying a man caught on video near the scene of a residential burglary in the 3800 block of Claridge Road on April…
Mobile Officials Weigh Shelter-in-Place Order as Alabama’s COVID-19 Restrictions Mirror Other States
Alabama has resisted issuing a formal stay-home order even as neighboring states adopt them, but a review of the state's existing restrictions shows Mobile and Alabama are already enforcing many…
33 Mobile First Responders Now Test Positive for COVID-19 Antibodies, One Active Case Confirmed
Nine Mobile police officers and seven firefighters tested positive for COVID-19 antibodies, prompting paid leave and expanded testing as city officials clarified rules for grocery and retail stores.
Mobile County Sheriff Launches Petition Drive to Strip City Council’s Supermajority Rule
Mobile County Sheriff Sam Cochran has launched a petition drive called "Grow Mobile Now" seeking to remove the City Council's five-vote supermajority rule, drawing pushback from the mayor's office and…
Mobile Church Repairs Damage After Attempted Murder-Suicide Outside Sanctuary
True Cornerstone Church on Halls Mill Road is moving forward with repairs after police say an attempted murder-suicide unfolded at the church, leaving a woman wounded and a man dead.…
Downtown Mobile Restaurants Feed Officers Working Long Mardi Gras Hours
While Carnival crowds fill downtown Mobile’s streets, a group of restaurant owners is making sure the police officers keeping those streets safe don’t go hungry. The effort, known as “Operation…
Man Questioned in Deadly Broad Street Convenience Store Shooting; Victim Identified
MOBILE — Mobile police have questioned a man in connection with a fatal shooting at a convenience store on North Broad Street, and investigators say the case will be handed…
Mobile Man, 73, Sentenced to 46 Months in Federal Bank Robbery Case
A 73-year-old Mobile man will spend nearly four years in federal prison after admitting to robbing a Mobile bank, the FBI’s Mobile field office announced in February 2020. Robert Bernard…
Mobile Council Weighs New Annexation Push as Sheriff Threatens to Poach City Officers
Mobile officials are again weighing annexation of roughly 13,000 West Mobile residents as the city council debates police and fire coverage in the surrounding jurisdiction, with Sheriff Sam Cochran threatening…
Mobile Defense Attorneys Say A&E’s ‘First 48’ Cameras Are Poisoning Juries Before Trial
Mobile defense attorneys say the unprecedented access A&E's "The First 48" gets to homicide investigations is undermining defendants' right to a fair trial, even as the Mobile County District Attorney's…