Thomas Hospital Foundation Street Soirée
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Thomas Hospital Foundation is bringing a brand-new event to downtown Fairhope with Street Soirée on Sunday, October 4. The afternoon fundraiser will take over The Apiary and portions of Bancroft Street and Equality Avenue from 3 to 6 p.m., featuring live music, great food, signature cocktails and
Daphne marching band sets record with 98 freshmen: ‘It’s all a big machine’
After months of sweltering summer practices, the Sound of the Eastern Shore finally catches a break from the heat on a late Thursday afternoon. The cooler temperatures, however, don’t buy the band any extra time. From atop a tower overlooking about 250 student musicians at Daphne High School’s Faison...
A Mobile police officer crashed during a pursuit Wednesday morning
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 29, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile Police officer was involved in a crash Wednesday morning. According to the Mobile Police Department, the crash happened around 7:30 a.m. at the intersection of Cottage Hill and Hillcrest roads. The officer was not injured, but so
Mobile Police asking for public’s help to identify robbery suspect
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 30, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Police Department is asking for the public’s help to identify a robbery suspect. According to an MPD news release, on Sunday, Sept. 27, just before noon, officers responded to a carjacking in the area of Race Track […]
Montgomery woman sentenced to 25 years for boyfriend’s murder in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile County judge sentenced a Montgomery woman to 25 years in prison Wednesday for the fatal shooting of her boyfriend. Desiree Holiday received her sentence after a jury in August convicted her of murder in the death of Jacurtis Robinson. Robinson was shot in March...
Shots fired at Mobile apartment complex
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 30, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile police are investigating a shooting at an apartment complex Tuesday evening. According to an MPD news release, officers were called to Bay Towne Apartments at 601 Village Green Drive in reference to a shooting. When officers arrive
‘History of Criminality’: Former Alabama Cop Already Facing Federal Charges Sets Up Black Lawyer...
An Alabama cop already facing a federal indictment for various crimes now faces accusations that he fabricated felony drug charges against two Black men last […] ‘History of Criminality’: Former Alabama Cop Already Facing Federal Charges Sets Up Black Lawyer and His Friend by Planting Drugs in Car, Lawsuit Says
Mobile County woman charged with manslaughter in fatal motorcycle crash
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 30, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Semmes woman has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a crash that claimed the life of a Wilmer man. According to jail records, 46-year-old Tonya Renee Wadsworth turned herself in to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Offic
When it comes to show biz, Mobile is ‘like a backlot’
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - When a film crew shows up in the Port City to film a major motion picture, it often is the end result of a lot of legwork from a two-employee city office. The Mobile Film Office touted its work Tuesday at a City Council committee meeting.
Vehicle fire closes I-10 in Baldwin County
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 29, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A vehicle fire closed the eastbound lanes of I-10 in Baldwin County Wednesday morning. According to an Alabama Law Enforcement Agency news release, the incident happened just before 2:30 a.m. near the 57 mile marker and involved a
