Mobile AL

Mobile police have arrested Barry Slay and charged him with assault first and shooting into an occupied vehicle in connection with an incident on Esau Street.

ROBERTSDALE, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Robertsdale posts on its Facebook page that E. Chicago Street is scheduled to close Monday as construction gets underway on a new entertainment project. Here is the post:. ROAD CLOSURE NOTICE – E. CHICAGO STREET. Beginning Monday, August 17, construction activity related...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The city of Mobile and the Mobile Parks and Recreation Department partnered with City Council District Two Councilwoman Samantha Ingram on Saturday for a back-to-school celebration and school supply giveaway at Mardi Gras Park. Organizers distributed 1,000 backpacks filled with school supplies to

The calendar may be turning a page, but that doesn't slow the Gulf Coast down—there’s still sunshine, live music, local flavor, a few scaly surprises, and plenty of fun to be had. Orange Beach, Ala. — (OBA) — If you thought just because we're halfway through August that...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 76-year-old Mobile man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of 65-year-old Patricia Odoms. Walter Thames was convicted in May of provocation manslaughter in connection with the July 4, 2025, shooting at an extended-stay motel on Matzenger Drive, where Thames was li

At least two people have sustained severe injuries after a car versus motorcycle crash near Canton.

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Days after a woman was killed and her two adult children were shot at a home in Mobile, a family member of the victims spoke out in an exclusive sit-down interview you’ll only see on News 5. Kevin Gilchrist Jr. recounted the moment he received a phone call from his […]

PRICHARD, Ala. (NBC 15) — Former Prichard Finance Director Kim Wilson turned herself in late Friday night and is facing one count of theft by deception. Wilson was booked at 10:19 p.m. Friday, Aug. 14, and released at 11:37 p.m. Wilson previously served as Prichard’s finance director before Mayor...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — An elderly woman crashed into four parked cars Sunday afternoon outside a Publix in Mobile, according to witnesses. The crash happened around 1 p.m. at the Publix on Florida Street off Old Shell Road. Witnesses said the woman’s vehicle first struck a barricade near the store entrance before accele

Becker’s Hospital Review reports that there are only six hospitals in the state that have a MRSA infection rate of zero, and three of them are in north Alabama.