Purple Heart recipients honored at ceremony in Daphne
Friday’s Purple Heart Salute ceremony was hosted by the Mobile Bay Area Veterans Commission and the South Alabama Veterans Council.
Fire-Rescue members called to an abandoned apartment building fire in Mobile
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 7, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile Fire-Rescue Department said it responded to a call of a fire in the Birdville Community. According to an MFRD news release, officials responded to the call of a fire at an apartment complex around 9:36 p.m. Friday, […]
Marco Perez rehearing denied in capital murder conviction
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The Alabama Court of Appeals has overruled an application for rehearing in the capital murder case of Marco Perez. Perez was convicted in 2024 of shooting and killing Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder in 2019. Perez was 19 at the time and was on probation, wanted for multiple car thefts and for ste
Citronelle man sentenced for possession of firearm as a convicted felon
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 7, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala (WKRG) – A Mobile County man has been sentenced for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, Andre Jerrard Davis Sr. was sentenced to 46 months in federal prison stemming from an […]
Mobile man and woman found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud totaling $25...
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 7, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala (WKRG) – Two Mobile residents have been found guilty of conspiracy to commit bank fraud involving $25 million. According to the United States Department of Justice, 45-year-old Kartarius Dewan Johnson and 39-year-old Danisha Anita Foster consp
Baldwin County Courthouse dedicates new sally port for increased safety
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 7, 2026 BAY MINETTE, Ala. (WKRG) — A new sally port has been dedicated at the Baldwin County Courthouse in Bay Minette. According to a Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post, city and county officials held a ribbon cutting for the new facility on Tuesday, […]
Corps refuses public hearing on Mobile Bay dredging plan that keeps “mud dumping” option
MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — The Army Corps of Engineers is refusing to hold a public hearing on a controversial plan that would allow dredged material from the Mobile Harbor shipping channel to continue to be pumped in Mobile Bay as a future option - a practice critics call "mud dumping." Environmental advocates say the de
Prichard issues Emergency Residential Garbage Collection Services Update
PRICHARD, Ala. (NBC 15) — The city of Prichard has issued an Emergency Residential Garbage Collection Services Update. Emergency residential garbage collection services are now underway following the Prichard City Council's approval of a 90-day emergency garbage collection contract. Beginning Saturday, August 8, 2026,
Mobile City Council to consider new city clerk
MOBILE, Ala. — The Mobile City Council will consider appointing Lana Pafenbach as city clerk, succeeding longtime City Clerk Lisa Lambert following her retirement. Under the council-sponsored resolution, Pafenbach’s appointment would take effect Dec. 26, 2026. Pafenbach currently serves as Mobile’s assistant city clerk
Mobile homicide suspect denied bond
Video above: Also on WKRG.com — Mobile neighbor says screams rang out before deadly domestic violence shooting MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A man accused of shooting and killing a woman on Glen Acres Drive in Mobile has been denied bond, News 5 has learned. Wesley Moody, 34, is accused of killing 33-year-old Kayla Stewart in
