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1 week ago | 
wlox.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile man has been found dead after he went missing in Kentucky. According to the McCracken County Sheriff’s Office, the body of Robert Daryl Dennis of Mobile was found floating in the Tennessee River Wednesday night in Paducah, Ky.Dennis was just 32 years old and leaves behind his wife and two young children in Mobile.
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2 months ago | 
fox5vegas.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - A father and his son survived after the boat they were on capsized in Alabama on Saturday. The father and his 2-year-old son, who have not been identified, were on a 17-foot John boat with another man when the boat capsized, according to Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber. Barber said the father rescued his son by swimming back to the boat and using it as a flotation device.
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2 months ago | 
weau.com | Ashlyn Mitchell |Amanda Alvarado
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) - A father and his son survived after the boat they were on capsized in Alabama on Saturday. The father and his 2-year-old son, who have not been identified, were on a 17-foot John boat with another man when the boat capsized, according to Spanish Fort Police Chief John Barber. Barber said the father rescued his son by swimming back to the boat and using it as a flotation device.
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2 months ago | 
weau.com | Mike Brantley |Kim Lanier-Hunt |Ashlyn Mitchell |Debra Dolan
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) – A man was arrested in Alabama after police say he led them on a low-speed chase in a small, stolen construction vehicle. People who saw the bright orange track skid loader with police hot on its tail said it was a bizarre sight. “That’s not something you see every day-- that was definitely crazy,” Scott Stockton said. Authorities said the track loader, which had been reported stolen, was used to try to hit someone. The vehicle had been on and off the roadway.
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2 months ago | 
actionnews5.com | Mike Brantley |Kim Lanier-Hunt |Ashlyn Mitchell |Debra Dolan
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA/Gray News) – A man was arrested in Alabama after police say he led them on a low-speed chase in a small, stolen construction vehicle. People who saw the bright orange track skid loader with police hot on its tail said it was a bizarre sight. “That’s not something you see every day-- that was definitely crazy,” Scott Stockton said. Authorities said the track loader, which had been reported stolen, was used to try to hit someone. The vehicle had been on and off the roadway.
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Aug 10, 2024 | 
wbrc.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - It’s been 10 days since an innocent Prichard grandmother was shot and killed while sleeping inside her home. There have been no arrests made in her death. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office and Prichard Police Department are still on the hunt for the person- or people- responsible for her death. Investigators say the shooting was likely gang-related.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
wlox.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile Interim Police Chief William Jackson is speaking out against gun violence in the Port City. His statements come after back-to-back shootings over the weekend. Three took place at apartment complexes, and the other one occurred outside a convenience store. Two people died, and one person was injured. “Resorting to gunfire is never acceptable,” said Mobile Interim Police Chief William Jackson. “There’s a better way to handle conflict.
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Aug 5, 2024 | 
wsfa.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for a missing man in the Gulf. USCG officials say 29-year-old Sterling Grover fell off of a fishing boat 80 miles off Sanibel Island on Saturday. Officials say the stormy weather was the determining factor in calling off the search. Officials say rescue crews searched more than 2,700 square miles which is about the area equivalent to the size of the state of Delaware.
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Jul 26, 2024 | 
wlox.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
LOXLEY, Ala. (WALA) - A Seminole woman has died after being struck by a vehicle on I-10. Authorities have identified the victim in the traffic collision as 57-year-old Donna Steagall. Donna’s family says she had an open door, open refrigerator policy and that her favorite thing to say was ‘have you eaten, yet?’ The family says her selfless heart knew no bounds, and that she was trying to retrieve a lawn chair from the middle of the roadway when she was struck.
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Jul 11, 2024 | 
wlox.com | Ashlyn Mitchell
GRAND BAY, Ala. (WALA) - A standoff in Grand Bay has ended peacefully Thursday, authorities said. The incident began when the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office received a call around 10:30 a.m. in reference to a shooting on Crawford Lane, according to Cpl. Lonnie Parsons. Deputies say there were the people inside the house. They helped two of those people out of the house. One of those people had been shot and was airlifted to a nearby hospital. At this time, the extent of his or her injuries is unknown.
