Mobile AL

IRVINGTON, Ala. (WALA) - A devastating house fire in Irvington has left a family with nothing. Melissa Ray says she, her husband, and their son have lived in this home on Foxland Drive for about a year. She says they had it remodeled and made countless memories here. But Wednesday...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - With a trial date quickly approaching, the lawyer for a murder defendant is seeking sanctions against the state for failure to turn over key evidence. Prosecutors allege that DeAngelo Demetrius Merrill, 33, kicked in the door of a home at Pathway Place Apartments near Florida Street in 2021 and...

Hamdija Alukic, 70, is accused of committing two murders during the country’s civil war in the early 1990s.

Master Boat Builders Inc., Coden, Ala., has signed a contract with Austal USA to fabricate hull modules for the U.S. Navy’s Navajo-class towing, salvage and rescue ship (T-ATS) program, expanding the yard’s role in defense shipbuilding. The agreement marks Master Boat’s first formal production contract under a...

Join the fun at Bingo Night on Friday, March 20, 2026, at the VIA Health Fitness and Enrichment Center, 1717 Dauphin Street, Mobile. Doors open at 5:30 PM, with Early Bird Bingo at 6:30 PM and regular games starting at 7:00 PM.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - IN-DEPTH WITH SARAH WALL: A new safety campaign is designed to keep drivers safe at railroad crossings. This comes after officials say six people have been killed in just the last 7 months on the Gulf Coast. We’re taking a look at what this new campaign is, why officials say it’s so important...

Video above: First responders work a house fire on North Lafayette Street in Mobile. MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Officials are investigating a Friday morning house fire in midtown Mobile. Firefighters said they were able to quickly put out the flames at a home on North Lafayette Street around 11:45 a.m. They said everyone...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from March 19, 2026 BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Baldwin County students will soon have a new superintendent following the current one’s announcement of retirement. According to an email released to parents in Baldwin County Public Schools, Superintendent Eddie Tyler is set to...

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Emotional testimony filled a Mobile County courtroom Friday as a mother came face-to-face with the man accused of killing her son during a shooting in downtown Mobile on New Year’s Eve in 2022. The mother of JaTarious Reives asked a judge to impose the maximum sentence on Thomas Thomas Jr....

UPDATE: PERSON HAS BEEN FOUND DOTHAN, Ala (WDHN) — The Robertsdale Police Department is asking Alabama residents for help locating a missing elderly man. ALEA has issued a missing and endangered person alert for William Richardson, 89, who was last seen March 20, 2026 around 12:05 pm in the 2100 block of Alabama Hwy...