Satsuma High Added Security After 2007 Threat Investigation
Archived WKRG coverage reported that Satsuma High added temporary security after authorities investigated an alleged threat against the school in 2007.
Mobile County Lands $450,000 Federal Grant to Fight Methamphetamine
The U.S. Justice Department awarded the Mobile County Commission $450,000 through the COPS meth program, money Sheriff Sam Cochran said would fund an awareness campaign, data analysis and enforcement over…
Locked in His Own Trunk: A Mobile Attorney’s Account of Surviving a Carjacking
A routine trip to a Government Street car wash turned into a life-or-death ordeal for Mobile attorney Richard Mather, who was forced into the trunk of his own Volvo at…
Mobile Earned a StormReady Designation From the National Weather Service
The city of Mobile was named StormReady by NOAA's National Weather Service, a certification that a community meets federal standards for warning systems, communication and severe weather planning.
Sheriff Sam Cochran Made a Crowded Metro Jail His First Order of Business
Mobile County's sheriff told a civic club he had cut the jail population by hundreds, won a raise for corrections officers and put technology at the center of his department,…
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…
Alabama’s Shelby Warned Justice Budget Would Cripple Local Police and Sheriffs
Chairing the Senate subcommittee that funds the Justice Department, Alabama's senior senator told Attorney General Alberto Gonzales the administration's budget would gut aid to state and local law enforcement.
Saraland Fire Rescue Lands a $54,526 Federal Grant for Operations and Safety
The Department of Homeland Security agreed to release $54,526 to the Saraland Fire Rescue Department in late 2006 under the Assistance to Firefighters Grants Program, money earmarked for operations and…
Sam Cochran to Take the Oath as Mobile County’s Interim Sheriff
Sam Cochran, the retired Mobile police chief and new Republican nominee for sheriff, was set to be sworn in Friday as interim Mobile County sheriff, taking over a department left…
Five Republicans for Sheriff: GOP Groups Set a Candidate Forum in Semmes
Area Republican groups scheduled a May 2006 forum at the Semmes Community Center for the five candidates seeking the GOP nomination for Mobile County sheriff ahead of the June primary.