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A homicide detective who had been with the Mobile Police Department for 43 years resigned Friday after pleading guilty to charges of tax evasion.

View full sizeLyric Nicole Russell, 20, was arrested for perjury on May 8, 2014, stemming from her testimony in a rape trial. DAPHNE, Alabama – A student who testified in the rape trial of a former high school football star...

A detective focused on getting child predators off the streets was honored Thursday as the Mobile Police Department's 2013 Officer of the Year. Among his notable cases are the arrests of three people related to missing mother Brittney Wood.

Mobile couple lost their home after the April 29 rainstorms after a retention pond was breach sending a rush of water into their property. One dam safety official said the situation might have been avoided if Alabama had a dam safety program in place.

Electronic cigarette users in the city may soon have to start "vaping" outside public establishments as the council mulls adding the battery-operated devices to its existing smoking ordinance

An inflatable BB gun shooting range has been donated to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office.

Pursuant to Section 9-12-46, Code of Alabama, as stated by Rule 220-3-.01, as of 6 a.m. May 12, some following waters will close to shrimping.

Rep. Bradley Byrne, who this week tweeted artist renderings of what such a bridge might look like, will join local leaders on Monday at the Alabama Industrial Development Training Center on 360 Addsco Road to discuss the Interstate 10 bridge proposal.

Because of the threat of rain, Spring Hill College officials have moved the May 10 graduation ceremony to the campus's Arthur R. Outlaw Recreation Center. The ceremony will start at 10 a.m., with 292 graduates.

With the help of a private donor, the University of South Alabama Board of Trustees has agreed to purchase and renovate a presidential residence for $1 million.