Mobile AL

Video above: Meet the 2026 Mobile Carnival Association King Felix III: Russell Crandle Buffkin Jr. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — This year’s Mobile Carnival Association King Felix III is a legacy in and of himself. Here are five things to know about His Royal Highness, Russell Crandle Buffkin Jr.:

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — As Fat Tuesday approaches each year, the staff here at WKRG News 5 spreads the love in the form of a Mardi Gras Care Package to our former staff members so they can share in the revelry in their new homes, far and wide. Haylee Kennedy Haylee, a former multimedia journalist […]

Video above: Mardi Gras Parade Safety MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A float rider with the Order of Myths was briefly detained by police during the parade. On Tuesday, Feb. 17, Mobile police say an Order of Myths rider was detained for allegedly tossing throws aggressively at the crowd. Though the person was detained, they...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 16, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department responded to a house fire in Mobile. The call for the fire came in at about 2:45 p.m. on Monday for a house on fire at 2111 Clement Street. Upon their arrival, firefighters found the […]

Foley, Ala. – (OBA) – A busy and growing corner in Foley is about to grow some more. Developers hope to add a gas station to the new Publix shopping center at the intersection of the Foley Beach Express and County Road 20/Miflin Road. The new store would be south of Progress, at the center's southern exit.

Legendary turkey hunter Fox Haas, who passed away at 95, was pivotal in turkey conservation and inspired future generations, including his son, Toxey, founder of Mossy Oak.

Seven people were injured when gunshots were fired near Dauphin and Joachim streets after large crowds gathered following Sunday’s Mardi Gras parade.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Countless MoonPies will not survive after being thrown, and a new group in Mobile, Protect The MoonPie, is hoping to stop this. “We really have to rally together as a community and protect the thing that we love. And that’s MoonPies,” said Theresa Webb with Protect The MoonPie. Webb says that […]

A Perdue Farms truck driver died after crashing off a bridge. (Source: WTKR, WBOC, Travis Smarr, Broadcastify, Luke Knickerbocker via CNN Newsource)

A grandmother was killed in a crash after a driver ran a stop sign. (Source: WPXI via CNN Newsource)