City of Prichard to replace remaining officers on leave; city vows to rebuild department
PRICHARD, Ala. (WALA) - Only 14 police officers remain at the Prichard Police Department after several officers, including the police chief, were charged with criminal offenses. The remaining officers on the force will soon be placed on leave. In a statement, Mayor Carletta Davis said, “As part of our next...
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True crime tales from Mobile in “Sinners Above All Others: Seedy and Sordid Tales...
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mobile Press-Register journalist Arch McKay was gunned down in a sun-baked parking lot on Government Boulevard in 1973. It remains unsolved despite a mysterious car trunk full of clues. In 1980, a hitman murdered well-to-do Elizabeth Leverett in her bedroom. The killer claimed he was hired...
Car crashes into Mobile business
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 26, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A car has crashed into a Mobile tool store. According to the Mobile Fire Rescue Department, the vehicle crashed into the Harbor Freight store on Airport Boulevard. Officials said no injuries have been reported.
Prichard council members want public safety transition plan after police officers placed on leave
Three Prichard City Council members issued a joint statement expressing concern over Mayor Carletta Davis's plan to place police officers on paid administrative leave while the Mobile County Sheriff's Office prepares to end its service to the city.
Mobile police investigating an attempted murder
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 26, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating an attempted murder. According to MPD officials, they were called to the 2800 block of Pages Lane around 9:15 p.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 25, for a report of shots fired. Officers arrived on […
Mobile man accused of assault, theft attempt at Cricket Wireless
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Aug. 26, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers have arrested a local man accused of assaulting another man after an attempted theft. According to an MPD news release, 36-year-old Chad Singleton of Mobile was arrested and charged with third-degree assau
Mobile man charged after Prichard shooting leaves victim hospitalized
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A man has been charged with assault after a shooting in Prichard that left another man hospitalized, according to the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office. The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office responded to the 700 block of Elba Avenue in Prichard at 6:15 p.m. Tuesday after a report that a man had been sho
Mobile man sentenced in Pensacola murder
PENSACOLA, Fla. (WKRG) — A Mobile man has been sentenced to prison time for a 2025 Pensacola murder. According to a Department of Justice news release, 31-year-old Charles Carson-Dowdy was sentenced to life in prison on charges of cyberstalking, interstate domestic violence, murder through use of a firearm, and possess
Alabama Man Sentenced to 27 Years in Federal Prison for Armed Convenience Store Robbery
MOBILE, Ala. – A 39-year-old man has been sentenced to 27 years in federal prison for the armed robbery of a Baldwin…
