2nd UAB Police Officer Arrested For Illegal Use of Police Databases and Fraud
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 5, 2026BIRMINGHAM, Ala. A second University of Alabama police officer has been arrested on several felonies after an investigation revealed that he used his position as a law enforcement to unlawfully access police databases and to steal cars.Solomon Dion Moss Jr. has been charged in […]
Missing Mobile Fisherman Recovered in Mississippi
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 5, 2026DAUPHIN ISLAND, Ala. On Tuesday, March 3, 2026, at approximately 11 a.m., Troopers assigned to the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s (ALEA) Marine Patrol Division responded to a call for service concerning a missing boater who was last seen in the area of Dauphin Island […]
US Coast Guard Buys Birmingham Southern College
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 5, 2026BIRMINGHAM, Ala. Birmingham Southern College and its 192-acre campus has been sitting empty since May 31, 2024, after 168 years of operation due to insurmountable financial debt of more than 36 million dollars. There have been several offers to purchase the property during that time, […]
Woman Accidentally Shoots Herself While Shooting at Boyfriend in Loxley
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 5, 2026 LOXLEY, Ala. Loxley police were called to an incident on Saturday night, February 28, 2026, at around 11 p.m. in the 14000 block of Wolf Run in the Loxley Heights community. Police said that a woman had shot into an occupied vehicle during […]
Foley Fire Department Responds to Business Fire
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News March 5, 2026 UPDATE: Foley Fire Chief Joey Darby stated that the building is a total loss and that no one was injured.The cause of the fire is still under investigation. FOLEY, Ala. Several fire departments responded to a structure fire early Thursday […]
Fairhope Police Charge Man with Domestic Violence Strangulation
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026FAIRHOPE, Ala. Police officers with the Fairhope police department responded to an incident of domestic violence on March 1st, 2026, where a man was accused of strangulation among other offenses.Israel Jafar Williams, 31, faces multiple domestic violence charges after allegedly strangling, beating and shooting […]
Armed Man Entered USA Campus Dorms Hold Students at Gunpoint
By Dale HinesBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026MOBILE, AL. Students say that it was very scary when a man armed with a gun walked into the University of South Alabama’s dorms and held a gun to several students and on himself.One student, who asked not to be identified said that doors […]
New Businesses Coming to State Highway 181
By Isabella GomezBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026FAIRHOPE, Ala. The stretch of State Highway 181 near State Highway 104 is becoming a bit crowded as new businesses continue to pop up on both the east and west sides of the highway.Currently a new group of businesses are in line to be […]
Mobile Police Charge Three People in Recent Homicide
By Dale HinesBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026MOBILE, AL. On Monday, March 2, 2026, at approximately 11:18 a.m., officers responded to the intersection of Valdez Drive and Skipper Drive in reference to a shooting.When police arrived at the area, officers discovered a male victim deceased in the roadway. It was discovered […]
Mobile Sheriff’s Office Charge Man with 5 Counts of Possession With Intent to Distribute Child Pornography
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. The ICAC Unit received a Cyber Tip from The National Center for Missing and Exploited Children.The investigation led to Terrence Kaleb Handy-Jones of Chickasaw.On March 3, 2026, the ICAC Unit along with Special Operations, executed a search warrant at his residence.Jones […]
Police Involved in at Least Eight Pursuits in Five Days
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. During the anti-police movement that blanketed the nation just a few years ago, many police departments put extreme limits on when police officers could initiate a pursuit, allowing suspects in minor crimes, including most traffic offenses and even suspects wanted […]
One Dead, Semmes Police Officer Injured in Wreck
By Rick McCannBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026SEMMES, Ala. A two-vehicle motor vehicle collision involving a Semmes police officer that has resulted in a fatality has been reported in Mobile County.The crash occurred at approximately 5:46 a.m. Wednesday, March 4, 2026, on Alabama 217 near John Paul Road.At this time, we […]
Two Former Mobile Firefighters Plead Guilty to Retail Thefts
By Dale HinesBlue RAM MediaMarch 4, 2026MOBILE, AL. Two former Mobile Fire-Rescue firefighters who were arrested in October of last year for theft, have pleaded guilty of those charges.Both Jameson Smith and Braxton Akridge were each charged with one count of organized retail theft, and 5 counts of theft of […]
New Fairhope Subdivision Put on Temporary Hold
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 3, 2026FAIRHOPE, Ala. The approval from a planning commission on a proposed subdivision just off State Highway 104, barely across the Fairhope city line, has been tabled for up to six months.Monday, during the planning commission’s meeting, Fairhope residents showed up to speak […]
Driver Faces Laundry List of Charges After Police Pursuit
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News March 3rd, 2026 MOBILE, AL. On Saturday, February 28, 2026, at approximately 11:35 a.m., officers were on patrol when they observed a vehicle driving recklessly traveling NB on the service road approaching Cottage Hill Road. Mobile police officers attempted to initiate a traffic […]
Driver Charged With Felony After Mobile Police Pursuit
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast News March 3, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. Police officers patrolling an area of Airport Boulevard spotted a moving violation and attempted to conduct a traffic stop on Friday, February 27, 2026, at approximately 1:05 p.m. The police officer activated his blue lights and siren at […]
Man Shot in the Head Near the McGowan Bridge in Escambia Alabama
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 3, 2026ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Ala. The Escambia County Sheriff’s Office in Alabama said that they were called to an area off the McGowan Bridge on Highway 29, where a person had been shot.The unidentified person was on a sandbar when the shooting occurred.Deputies stated […]
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2 Dead in Murder-Suicide at Baptist Hospital
By Rick McCannBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 3, 2026HOMEWOOD, Ala. The Homewood police responded to a shooting at the Baptist Health Brookwood Hospital located at 2010 Brookwood Medical Center Dr at approximately 9:25 p.m. Sunday evening on March 1st, 2026.Officers were called to the medical center for gunshots being fired […]
Saraland Man Receives Two Life Sentences for Robbery-Homicide
By Dale HinesBlue RAM Media/Gulf Coast NewsMarch 3, 2026MOBILE, Ala. A man who was found guilty in found guilty of murder and first-degree robbery in January of 2026 has now been given two life sentences.Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said that Tre’Vion Collins Smiley will probably spend the rest […]
