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  • 2 weeks ago | wkrg.com | Beata Furstenberg |Rose Ann Haven |Joshua Harlan

    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (WKRG) — Did you know you may be on the child abuse registry and not even know it? “I’ve had corporate professionals, all the way up to a medical doctor, come to me and say, ‘I went to apply for this job, and they said I came up on this Child Abuse and Neglect Registry and I had no idea,” said attorney Jacy Fisher, of Greg Warner Law Firm in Birmingham.

  • 3 weeks ago | wkrg.com | Beata Furstenberg

    by: Beata Furstenberg Posted: Jun 5, 2025 / 12:50 PM CDT Updated: Jun 5, 2025 / 12:50 PM CDT MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A new charter school is coming to Mobile in the fall of 2027, News 5 has learned.

  • 3 weeks ago | wkrg.com | Beata Furstenberg

    Posted: Jun 3, 2025 / 05:33 PM CDT Updated: Jun 3, 2025 / 05:34 PM CDT MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Alabama Department of Public Health announced it has closed shellfish growing waters around Mobile Bay. According to an ADPH news release, areas I and II, including Dauphin Island Bay, Cedar Point, Heron Bay and Portersville Bay closed June 1.

  • 3 weeks ago | wkrg.com | Beata Furstenberg

    Posted: Jun 3, 2025 / 05:34 PM CDT Updated: Jun 3, 2025 / 05:36 PM CDT PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — The New Cahoots, an Escambia County-based band, will perform for free tonight in Pensacola Beach. The “Bands on the Beach” concert series is held Tuesdays from 7-9 p.m. The New Cahoots, an acoustic/electric group that calls Pensacola home, will perform at Gulfside Pavilion at Casino Beach, which overlooks the Gulf.

  • 3 weeks ago | wkrg.com | Beata Furstenberg

    Posted: Jun 3, 2025 / 05:29 PM CDT Updated: Jun 3, 2025 / 05:29 PM CDT FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — Repticon, an exposition featuring exotic animals and reptiles, is coming to Fort Walton Beach at the end of June. According to a Repticon news release, this family-friendly event will allow attendees to “walk among the wild things,” as vendors and breeders will showcase animals not normally seen in local pet stores.