Vets to Cowboys Founder Talks About Organization and Mission
Vets for Cowboys founder Jeremy Clark recently spoke with ALPolitics.com about the organization he and his wife, Heather, founded on his return from serving in the Middle East. Based on Clark’s farm in Grand Bay, Alabama, Vets to Cowboys assists combat Veterans in returning to civilian life, as well as...
FBI, Daphne Police train school officials to spot online child exploitation
DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - The FBI and the Daphne Police Department partnered Wednesday to train Baldwin County school resource officers, school administrators and law enforcement partners on how to identify warning signs of online child exploitation. The training focused on equipping those closest to students with tools to
Mobile police arrest teen after juvenile’s shooting death
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from July 8, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man accused of murdering a juvenile over the Fourth of July weekend has been arrested. Mobile police arrested Jametrius Jackson, 19, on Tuesday in connection with a shooting that happened around 2 a.m. on Bayou Street near […]
New Spanish Fort waterfront park expected to open late this summer despite delays
SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) — A new waterfront park overlooking Mobile Bay is getting closer to opening in Spanish Fort, but summer weather has slowed construction slightly. Valor Park, a two-acre park along the Causeway, has faced a few delays since construction began. Spanish Fort Mayor Brad Bass said the summer rain
Two arrested in Fourth of July downtown Pensacola shooting; homicide suspect still sought
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WALA) - Two people have been arrested in connection with a Fourth of July shooting in downtown Pensacola that killed one man and injured six others, but neither faces a murder charge, police said. Pensacola Police Chief Eric Winstrom said three guns were used in the shootings. The...
Africatown festival honors 110 Clotilda survivors
As the United States marks 250 years of independence this summer, one Alabama community is posing a question that cuts to the heart of the celebration: whose stories get to define freedom? In Africatown, a historic neighborhood in the Plateau region of Mobile, the answer will unfold over four days of remembrance, celeb
SSUS ready, but permit modification and federal sign-off still needed before it can be...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The plan to sink the historic SS United States as what Okaloosa County leaders have promoted as the world’s largest artificial reef is still ongoing, as officials pursue a key permit modification needed before the massive ocean liner can be deployed offshore. Okaloosa County officials...
Fairhope begins breakwater construction to combat Magnolia Beach erosion
FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WALA) - Construction of three breakwater structures began this week at Magnolia Beach as the city of Fairhope moves to address a long-running erosion problem at one of its only natural sand beaches. Truckloads of heavy rock are being brought in and stacked at strategic points off the...
Parlor Doughnuts Fairhope unveils new July menu
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Parlor Doughnuts in Fairhope is rolling out a new July menu. Kata Kuch stops by to tell us more about this new menu.
‘It’s a sad situation’: Rescue group cares for cats after Bay Minette woman seriously...
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — A Bay Minette woman who spent years caring for cats now needs help caring for them after she was seriously injured in a storm-related crash last week. Robin Burcham remains in the ICU after a tree fell on her car on West 7th Street in Bay Minette, Last Tuesday. She […]
