Hound Dog Music Fest
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Hound Dog Music Fest is the best dog gone event of the year with all proceeds going to the Baldwin Humane Society! They will have live music and food trucks from 4-9 pm on April 25th at the Halstead Amphitheater in Downtown Fairhope. NO WILL CALL.
Chickasaw man sentenced to 7 years for federal gun charge
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Chickasaw man who barricaded himself inside a home last year will go to prison for seven years on a federal gun charge. A judge handed down the ruling today. Ronald Coley Jr. pleaded guilty in January to possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
Pattern shift could bring much-needed rain to drought-stricken central Gulf Coast
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Central Gulf Coast’s intense drought is about to get some help. A significant shift in the upper atmosphere is underway, and Chief Meteorologist Jason Smith says it could bring showers and thunderstorms to the region by the weekend and into next week — news that comes as a relief to an area now facing an 11.5-inch rainfall deficit for the...
Case dropped against man who allegedly entered Big Creek Lake while shut down
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from April 21, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A nolle prosequi has been issued in the case of a man accused of illegally entering Big Creek Lake. According to a spokesperson with the Mobile County District Attorney’s Office, DA Keith Blackwood spoke with the Mobile Area […]
Mobile County DA’s office holds victims’ remembrance vigil
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office held a victims’ remembrance vigil this evening at Government Plaza. The night was dedicated to honoring the lives of those taken by violence and showing support to their families, whose lives were forever changed. Mothers, fathers, daughters and...
Local Children to Sell Homemade Goods at Coastal Alabama Kid Entrepreneur Day
What started as a national lemonade stand franchise has grown into a homegrown program letting local kids dream up and sell their own coastal creations. Gulf Shores, Ala. – (OBA) – Local kids will take to the streets again, selling their wares at homemade stands at various locations around Gulf Shores, Orange Beach, and south Baldwin County. Several are planning stands at The Wharf. Coastal Alabama...
Scam texts spark warnings from Baldwin County police departments
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from April 21, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Several Baldwin County cities have issued warnings about a new scam being sent to phones via text. According to a number of Facebook posts, including Daphne, Fairhope, and Orange Beach police departments, residents are receiving a text that […]
Wilmer triple homicide victim remembered by her former softball coach
SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — The former coach of a teenager shot and killed in Wilmer shares memories of a life lost too soon. Keziah Luker’s former softball coach, Briauna Capps, was heartbroken to hear what happened to an athlete she says had a promising future. The softball coach said she loved 17-year-old Keziah Luker. Capps […]
Close friend of murdered Wilmer family ‘heartbroken’ for brother planning funeral: ‘We all have...
Editor’s note: The article below mentions graphic descriptions of violence. Readers’ discretion is advised. WILMER, Ala. (WKRG) — A close family friend is searching for answers as no arrests have been made after a woman, her pregnant teenage daughter, and young son were found murdered inside their Wilmer home on Auble Moody Road just west […]
Mom who lost two sons in separate homicides speaks at Crime Victims’ Vigil in...
Mobile and the nation are observing Crime Victims Awareness Week. Each year, District Attorney Keith Blackwood and staff invite families who have lost loved ones to violent crime to attend a special vigil and remembrance. That event happened Tuesday evening in the atrium of Government Plaza. Each year one of...
