Mobile AL

Turning an idea into a business takes more than ambition. It takes knowledge, guidance and opportunities to put both into practice. At the University of South Alabama, the Melton Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation brings those elements together, nurturing entrepreneurship on campus and throughout the Central Gulf Coast. Its work has earned the Center the Mobile Chamber’s 2026 Reverend Wesley A. James Minority Business Advocate Award.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Neighbors shared concerns during a public safety forum at the community center Monday night. The meeting comes after two incidents. The first happened in July when a woman was shot in the head and survived. The next happened last month when gunfire hit a home and multiple vehicles.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Convicted cop killer Marco Antonio Perez will go on trial again, but this time, the stakes are decidedly smaller than the last time he was in a Mobile County courtroom. A jury found Perez, now 27, guilty of capital murder in 2024 and then sentenced him...

GRAND BAY, Ala. (NBC 15) — GRAND BAY, Ala. — What was supposed to be a birthday celebration turned tragic when Gabriel Rogers was shot and killed inside his home on his 21st birthday, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. Rogers was celebrating with friends Friday...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Oct. 19, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A New York man has been sentenced in federal court on a nationwide bank fraud conspiracy. According to a Department of Justice news release, 31-year-old Curtis Jackson of Staten Island was sentenced to 5 years in prison for participating […]

Video above: What to do if a loved one goes missing MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police are looking for a missing man. According to a Mobile Police Department news release, 20-year-old Samuel Spencer Jr. has been missing since Friday, Oct. 16. He was last seen around 10:10 p.m. in the area of the Cochran […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Oct. 19, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers arrested a teenager after responding to reports of two Sunday morning robberies just over an hour apart. According to an MPD news release, officers responded to the 400 block of Government Street just after 4 […]

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - A Coast Guard veteran received a new roof at no cost Monday morning as part of a volunteer construction effort. Work began early Monday on the home of John Joyce, a Coast Guard veteran living in Fairhope. Alpha and Omega Construction installed the roof as part of the Owens Corning “Roof Deployment Project.” Joyce was selected for the program through a partnership with the nonprofit Purple Heart Homes.

FOLEY, Ala. (NBC 15) — According to the Baldwin County Sheriff's Office, on October 18th, 2026, at approximately 0300 hours, Deputies with the Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office responded to Baldwin Health Hospital regarding a 35-year-old male who drove himself to the hospital and had multiple gunshot wounds. Shortly after contact at the hospital, the subject was life-flighted to Sacred Heart Hospital in Florida for further treatment and evaluation of his wounds. The victim was unable to identify h

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Oct. 19, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Multiple emergency agencies are currently on the scene of a serious accident on the Baldwin Beach Express that required two medical helicopters. According to Robertsdale Police Department chief Daniel Steelman, the accident happened around 3 p.m. on Monday, […]