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Video above: Is driving safer than other modes of transportation? MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Two emergency vehicles were damaged Thursday while working a crash after someone ran into them, according to Theodore-Dawes Fire Rescue. According to a Theodore-Dawes Fire Rescue Facebook post, Theodore-Dawes Fire Rescue Engine 4 an

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 14, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — All City of Mobile Community Centers will be closed on Monday, Aug. 17. According to a city news release, the closure is due to mandatory staff training. The centers will reopen under normal hours on Tuesday, Aug. 18.

Shipbuilder Austal USA, Mobile, Ala., on Friday announced it has delivered the lead ship in a series of landing craft utility vessels for the U.S. Navy. LCU 1710 was launched in August 2025 and began sea trials in February. The 139'x31' vessel is the first in a series of up...

GREENVILLE, Ala. (WAKA) – A man wanted for murder in Mobile has been arrested in Greenville. It happened around 11:16 p.m. Wednesday in the 7600 block of Elm Court. Once officers with the Mobile Police Department arrived, they found 61-year-old Laurie Gilchrist dead from a gunshot wound. Officers also...

DAPHNE, Ala. (WALA) - A third suspect is in custody following an animal cruelty investigation that led to the rescue of severely neglected dogs earlier this month, Daphne police said. Nicholas Tyler Hanson, 29, surrendered at the Daphne Corrections facility on Wednesday on an active warrant for cruelty to animals.

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A Foley man was arrested following a cyber investigation that yielded what authorities called one of the largest digital evidence seizures in Baldwin County history. Douglas Smith, 27, faces charges after investigators executed search warrants on Thursday at his Foley residence and a vehic

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A judge has sentenced 76-year-old Walter Thames to 20 years in prison for the shooting death of 65-year-old Patricia Odoms. Thames was convicted in May of shooting Odoms with a shotgun on July 4, 2025, at a motel on Matzenger Drive near Dauphin Island Parkway and Interstate 10, where he was living

Residents packed the Prichard city council chambers Thursday night with one message loud and clear: they do not want a data center in their community. "Everybody has to be on one page. You all want the citizens to agree with you guys, you want us on the same page, but if the left hand doesn't know what the right hand i

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile police are investigating a deadly shooting at a Circle K on Dauphin Street that left one man dead early Friday morning. Officers responded to a shots fired call at the Circle K in the 3200 block of Dauphin Street around 3:45 a.m. “Upon arrival they...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 13, 2026 UPDATE (4:39 p.m.): ALEA said all eastbound lanes on I-10 in Mobile are now clear. PREVIOUS REPORTING: MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A portion of the eastbound lanes of I-10 in Mobile is blocked due to a multi-vehicle crash involving two emergency vehicles. According [