Bishop State Maritime Boot Camp students celebrate first milestone
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Students in Bishop State Community College’s new All Hands on Deck Maritime Boot Camp received their first paychecks Thursday, marking a milestone in a program designed to create a pipeline of skilled workers for Alabama’s shipbuilding industry. The first cohort includes 41 students earning...
Prichard water customer says he cannot get utility to fix water main break
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - The grass next to Michael King’s home off Martin Luther King Avenue is spongy. Water pools into puddles. It’s not from the recent rain, the longtime Prichard resident told FOX10 News. He said it is from a water main break next to his house that has been leaking since last year.
Daphne break-in, stolen truck and crash land Kentucky man behind bars — business owner...
A bizarre crime in Daphne has landed a Kentucky man behind bars, facing a laundry list of charges after an early morning break-in at a local business, and that was just the beginning.
City of Mobile to give update on Africatown Welcome Center progress
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 25, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile is inviting the public to a meeting where officials will update residents on the progress of the Africatown Welcome Center. According to a city news release, the meeting is set for Thursday, July 16, at […]
Infirmary Health expands with Spanish Fort building purchase
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 25, 2026 SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) — Infirmary Health has purchased property in Spanish Fort to redevelop as part of its healthcare network. According to a Baldwin Alliance news release, the healthcare organization purchased the old Kohl’s building at the Spanish Fort T
Inmate escapee from Summerdale recaptured
SUMMERDALE, Ala. (WKRG) — An inmate who authorities have been looking for since his escape Monday morning has been captured. Jackie Littrell, 62, left his assigned job at Magnolia Landfill in Summerdale, around 2:30 Monday afternoon. He is serving a life sentence for first-degree robbery. He was recaptured in Panama Ci
Mobile Police issue 808 citations, arrest 9 during traffic enforcement operation
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 24, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police have released information on a traffic enforcement operation during two days in June, according to a press release. Police say their Traffic Safety Unit conducted an operation on June 11 and 23 across the city. They say […]
WATCH: Van catches fire in Semmes parking lot
Video above: Van catches fire in Semmes parking lot SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — A van parked at a business in Semmes went up in flames Wednesday afternoon. According to Semmes Fire-Rescue Department officials, they received a call to Century Bank, located in the Walmart parking lot, just after 3:30 p.m. on June 24, reporting
Prichard officer charged with corruption offenses in 7-count federal indictment
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Prichard police officer accused of interfering in investigations, moving drugs, covering up crimes and framing a pair of innocent men. The seven-count indictment charges Emanuel Naman Dotch II, 50, of Mobile, with conspiracy to commit extortion, deprivation of r
5 Best Ice Cream Places in Mobile, Alabama that Locals are Obsessed With
Mobile is a deeply historic, fiercely independent, and intensely culturally rich Gulf Coast Alabama city that anchors the heart of the spectacular Mobile Bay region. With its sweeping French, Spanish, and Creole colonial heritage (Mobile is famously home to the original American Mardi Gras tradition, predating New Orle
