
Chad Petri
Anchor and Digital Journalist at WKRG-TV (Mobile, AL)
WKRG's Data Journalist and morning irritant.
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5 days ago |
wkrg.com | Chad Petri
Posted: Jun 22, 2025 / 11:57 AM CDT Updated: Jun 22, 2025 / 11:57 AM CDT MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — At least one person was hurt after a vehicle crashed into a small school in Mobile. It happened Sunday morning after 10 am on Downtowner Loop South. A vehicle crashed through a front wall at Remington College. An official at the scene said one person was transported to a hospital. We don’t know how badly they were hurt.
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6 days ago |
wkrg.com | Chad Petri
Posted: Jun 22, 2025 / 08:19 AM CDT Updated: Jun 22, 2025 / 08:19 AM CDT BAYOU LA BATRE, Ala. (WKRG) – People in south Mobile County are celebrating Alabama’s seafood capital. Bayou La Batre is marking 70 years since the city incorporated. A tugboat makes its way through the heart of Bayou La Batre, a reminder that the work in south Mobile County is never done and steeped in generations of tradition.
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6 days ago |
wkrg.com | Chad Petri
Traffic crash Posted: Jun 22, 2025 / 08:10 AM CDT Updated: Jun 22, 2025 / 08:10 AM CDT CHOCTAW COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) – A woman from Coffeeville is dead after an early morning crash Sunday.
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6 days ago |
wkrg.com | Drexel Gilbert |Chad Petri
KEY WEST, Fla. (WKRG) – Sometimes it takes a vacation, or just a little time away, to get perspective on the challenges life hands us. News 5’s Drexel Gilbert is discovering that, as she spends some downtime with her family in a familiar family vacation spot. Here’s this week’s Minute with Drexel:Well, today I’m coming to you from Key West, Florida. Quite possibly. My favorite is vacation spot in the United States. I’ve been coming here since I was nine years old.
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6 days ago |
wkrg.com | Chad Petri
Posted: Jun 22, 2025 / 05:36 AM CDT Updated: Jun 22, 2025 / 05:36 AM CDT PENSACOLA BEACH, Fla. (WKRG) — A man from Texas is dead after he was hit by another vehicle before dawn Saturday morning. According to the Florida Highway Patrol the crash happened after 3 am near the intersection of Via De Luna Drive and Avenida 19.
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