Mobile School District speaks out after students get sick at B.C. Rain High School
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Public School System is speaking out two days after several students became sick at B.C. Rain High School. The district says five of 25 students became ill on Monday after a class celebration. One parent, Brandy Watkins, says her son was among the students who became sick. She
“I just heard a bunch of gunshot:” 2 homes shot at on Mobile neighborhood
MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG)— Mobile Police are investigating after gunfire hits two homes. Police say two homes on Zeigler Boulevard were shot up Tuesday night. Several Bullet holes can be seen in a glass window of one of the homes. Mindi Smith lives around the corner. Smith said she heard around 10 gunshots when it happened.
Mobile Police say missing 11-year-old boy has been found safe
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 UPDATE (7:49 p.m.): Officers said the missing boy has been found and safe. PREVIOUS REPORTING: MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) – The Mobile Police Department said it needs help finding a missing boy. According to a news release, police are searching for missing 11-year-old
‘Something you don’t ever want to see:’ Witness recalls deadly crash involving cement truck
MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - A witness describes the scene on Kushla McLeod Road after investigators say a cement truck and another vehicle were involved in a deadly crash. Mobile County EMS confirmed one person died. This was the scene Wednesday afternoon. Smoke could be seen coming from a crushed...
Country duo Muscadine Bloodline announces song about Wilmer campground
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 WILMER, Ala. (WKRG) — Popular Mobile Country music duo Muscadine Bloodline is releasing a new song about a popular Wilmer campground. According to the group’s Facebook page, their new single “Escatawpa Hollow” will be released on Sept. 18. Escatawpa Hollow Park
Prichard to break ground on new Veterans Memorial Park
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 PRICHARD, Ala. (WKRG) — Officials will break ground on a new Veterans Memorial Park, planned for Prichard to celebrate all U.S. Armed Forces members from the area who served, according to Legacy 166 and the 92nd Infantry Buffalo Soldiers World War II-Alabama Ch
Mobile man sentenced to prison for illegal machine gun possession
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 1, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has been sentenced to prison time on a machine gun possession charge. According to a Department of Justice news release, 20-year-old Braedan Matthew Thomas was sentenced to a year and one day in prison on one […]
UPDATE: Man dies in fiery Mobile County crash
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 UPDATE (1:18 p.m.): News 5 has learned more about a crash on Kushla McLeod Road, just west of Highway 45 in Mobile County. First responders are at the scene of a fatal crash involving a cement truck. A witness tells News 5 that […]
Mobile police say 70 to 80 shots fired into home
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Sept. 2, 2026 UPDATE (10:45 a.m.): News 5 is learning more information about a shooting in Mobile Tuesday night. According to MPD officials, one of the homes was shot into 70 to 80 times. An officer said that home looked like “a cheese grater” after the […]
4 arrested after parents get into fight at school, authorities say
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile Police Department said four people were arrested after an incident at Fonde Elementary School today in which police confirmed one person was tased. Authorities have not yet released the names of those arrested or details about the incident at the school on Cottage Hill...
