Mobile woman faces manslaughter charge in connection with 2024 Christmas deadly crash
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 8, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile woman who was previously arrested on a DUI charge has now been indicted by a grand jury on a charge of manslaughter in connection with a Christmas night crash in 2024. 52-year-old Angela Mae Waltman was arrested […]
Grand jury to hear case of Chickasaw man accused in Prichard murder
A judge found that prosecutors have enough evidence to move forward with a murder charge against a Chickasaw man.
Mobile woman accused of cutting another woman during argument
Video above: Violent crime statistics MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers arrested a local woman after she allegedly cut another woman during an argument, News 5 has learned. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to Bay Terrace Apartments around 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 9 for a report of...
Mobile County rejects expansion of Chastang Landfill
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 8, 2025 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Commission has voted against a proposal to expand Chastang Sanitary Landfill. A proposal from Waste Management introduced in November would have nearly tripled the amount of trash allowed in the landfill and would...
Mobile mayor signals willingness to move City Hall amid $3M rent standoff with county
Mobile Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis opened the week with a blunt warning: if negotiations over Government Plaza’s soaring rent don’t improve, the city might pack up and leave downtown. Speaking from his tenth-floor office at Government Plaza, the space the city has occupied since 1995, the mayor made clear...
Woman injured in three-car wreck on Government Street
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 8, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A woman was injured after a three-car wreck in Mobile over the weekend. The wreck shut down Government Street between Georgia Avenue and Ann Street yesterday afternoon. The three cars involved and the clean-up shut down the street for […]
I-65 Southbound down to two lanes after six vehicle crash
Video above: Is driving safer than other modes of transportation? MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A six-vehicle crash on Tuesday morning has left Interstate 65 Southbound down to two lanes. The crash happened near the Old Shell Road overpass. Mobile Police Department officers are on the scene. Officials said there is no word...
Winn-Dixie leaving Alabama in early 2026, has yet to find buyers at 6 locations
Six Winn-Dixie stores in Birmingham, Opelika, Tuscaloosa, Millbrook and Fairhope have not found buyers and will close in early 2026. Winn-Dixie leaving Alabama; 6 locations without buyers. In mid-October, Winn-Dixie Stores, Inc. announced it planned to exit the entire state of Alabama by the end of 2025 to focus on...
Mobile County gas prices drop below state average
Video above: What’s the cheapest day to buy gas? MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile County is seeing gas prices below the state average. Triple A says prices in Mobile County are averaging $2.60 per gallon. The state average is around $2.65 per gallon. For the first time since 2021, the national average for a […]
Mobile police arrest juvenile over accidental gun discharge: MPD
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers arrested a juvenile who allegedly accidentally shot another juvenile male while handling a gun. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to the 5200 block of Fletching Court around 5 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 7, for a report of a shooting.
