Mobile AL

UPDATE (June 25, 7:20 p.m.): News 5 has learned that a formerly missing 52-year-old woman has been located. The Mobile Police Department sent a news release this afternoon announcing they were searching for Kara Megginson. According to the department, she has a medical condition that requires immediate attention....

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The sister-in-law of an alleged drug “kingpin” has asked to be tried separately from him and her sister in an upcoming federal trial. Exavieria Deagnes “D.D.” Maxie, 36, previously went on trial with Glennie Antonio “Little Man” McGree and Echandeza Dianca Maxie, but that ended in a mistrial...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - After a recent surge in gun violence, local pastors are calling on the community to help make a change. We had three pastors joining us this morning: Frederick Thompson, Pastor of Tabernacle Baptist Church; David Frazier, Revelation Baptist Church; and Clinton Johnson, New Shiloh Baptist Church.

The U.S. Navy accepted delivery of the USNS Point Loma (EPF 15), the second of the Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport (EPF) Flight II configuration, from shipbuilder Austal USA in Mobile, Ala., June 24. This delivery will enhance the Navy’s ability to transport troops, cargo, heavy equipment, and vehicles...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Boys and Girls Clubs of South Alabama has been enriching the lives of our young people since 1957, creating a fun, safe, interactive place for students to thrive after school and during the summer. News 5’s Bill Riales sat down with the Boys and Girls Club Youth of the Year […]

After more than a month on the run, a murder suspect is in custody in Bay Minette- 28-year-old Decareus Mallory Andrews is wanted in the murder of 21-year-old Dyrontae Booker during a house party Memorial Day Weekend.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers were involved in a police chase shortly before 3 p.m. on Thursday, June 26. The chase ended in the 2600 block of Glass Avenue, near Main Street. WHERE THE CHASE ENDED: MPD officials said the chase began near Wolf Ridge Road after a traffic violation. Two people...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An arrest has been made in the May 20 Woodland Avenue homicide case. According to a Mobile Police Department news release, 19-year-old King Williams of Chickasaw was arrested and charged with first-degree robbery and murder. On May 20, at about 7:51 p.m., officers were called to the 1200 block...

AHEPA Senior Living has completed the $10 million revitalization of three HUD-assisted senior housing communities in Mobile, AL. The project represented the organization’s first revitalization project through the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s RAD for PRAC, or Rental Assistance Demonstration for...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A judge on Wednesday sentenced a man to 15 years in a kidnapping case. But this was no ordinary kidnapping. Jaason Michael Leahr admitted that he took advantage of an elderly man who had hired him to be a caregiver and then put him through an ordeal that seems more like a Hollywood horror film –...