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
Federal grand jury in Mobile indicts 4 on steroid trafficking charges
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal grand jury has indicted four Arizona residents on charges of running a years-long conspiracy to sell anabolic steroids in southwest Alabama and eleswhere. Laura Stratton, 43, of Phoenix; Brenna Eppley, 48, of Buckeye, Arizona; Benjamin Stratton, 39, of Avondale, Arizona; and Karissa Stra
Back to school dates: Local schools return next week
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Several area school districts are set to return to class next week, with students heading back on staggered dates beginning Monday.
Alabama appeals court denies rehearing in death sentence for killing of Mobile PD officer
MONTGOMERY, Ala. (NBC 15)— The Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals on Friday denied a request for rehearing from Marco Antonio Perez, leaving in place his capital murder conviction and death sentence for the killing of Mobile police Officer Sean Tuder. The court previously upheld Perez’s conviction and death sentence...
Former Tallahassee Mayor Gillum arrested on drug charge again
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. -- Jail records obtained by Fox 49 News show former Tallahassee Mayor and Florida gubernatorial candidate Andrew Gillum is in the Baldwin County Jail in Alabama tonight. The "TMZ" website quotes Baldwin County Assistant District Attorney John Oxford as saying the 46-year-old Gillum was jailed after
Prichard man arrested in Mobile after allegedly assaulting a woman
Video above: Also on WKRG.com — Mobile police report 32 homicides in 2025, decrease in violent crimes overall MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Prichard man has been arrested after he allegedly assaulted a woman, according to the Mobile Police Department. According to an MPD news release, officers responded to the 500 block of S
