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The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office said Maxwell was taken into custody and admitted to shooting Douglas.

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 13, 2026 STOCKTON, Ala. (WKRG) — A Tennessee-based energy company has added to its website a plan to build a solar farm in Baldwin County. Silicon Ranch has purchased 4,500 acres of land in Stockton. Residents are primarily concerned about sediment runoff into the...

The state’s newest airport is on track for opening this fall as construction crews are entering the final months of the project. A lot of the progress can be seen from the outside of the new Mobile International Airport but there is more work to be done on the inside of the terminal. The airport said more than 100...

PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - A man is accused of biting two Mobile County deputies during warrant service today. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office said the deputies were injured while assisting the FBI with warrants on Cheha Drive in Prichard. The MCSO said the suspect, 25-year-old Delando Perkins, flipped his...

Video above: Fat Tuesday 2026 proclaimed Hosea London Day MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mayor Spiro Cheriogotis has declared this upcoming Fat Tuesday as Hosea London Day, recognizing the longtime Excelsior Band trumpeter for his decades of contributions to Mobile’s Mardi Gras traditions and Port City culture. Cheriogotis...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Ashland Place Health and Rehab held its annual Mardi Gras parade today. It’s the second year of the event. The parade included groups from across the city, including schools, hospice groups, the Azalea Trail Maids and even the mayor, who came by to enjoy the festivities.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal judge on Thursday sentenced two men who admitted to participating in a drug conspiracy involving child couriers and a day care center. The case came to light in 2024, when law enforcement investigators raided a house in Mobile and found a 3-year-old boy wearing a backpack full of...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Nearly 5,000 veterans have been laid to rest at the Alabama State Veterans Memorial Cemetery since it opened in 2013. The cemetery sits on State Highway 225 in Spanish Fort, where veteran employees work to maintain the sacred grounds where their fellow service members are buried.

The Mobile Airport Authority board welcomed former Mobile mayor Sandy Stimpson as a member this week, then promptly elected him board chairman. Stimpson had recently spoken about his desire to join the board, and Treasurer David White had offered to step down so that Stimpson could be appointed to fill the remainder...

New details were released during a bond hearing for the man accused of kidnapping a family from Theodore.