Mobile woman faces domestic violence charge
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A Mobile woman faces a domestic violence charge after her arrest Wednesday. Mobile police said officers responded to the 2800 block of Belle Air Boulevard at approximately 8:53 p.m. in reference to a domestic complaint. Officers met with an man suffering from minor, non-life-threatening laceration
Mobile police investigate apartment shooting
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 4, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating after shots were fired into an apartment and a vehicle Thursday morning. According to MPD officials, they were called to the Creekside Apartments just after 1 a.m. on June 4 for a report [
City of Semmes employee injured after being hit by truck while on lawnmower
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 4, 2026 SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — A City of Semmes employee is in critical condition after being hit by a truck while cutting grass Thursday afternoon. According to Semmes Mayor Brandon Van Hook, the Public Works employee was on a lawnmower and cutting grass on […]
‘I thought I was fixing to die:’ Chickasaw teen says he was beaten and...
CHICKASAW, Ala. (WALA) - A Chickasaw teenager says he is terrified after a group of boys beat and pistol-whipped him on his way home. Joshua Gales, who is a freshman at Chickasaw High School, said he was walking to a family member’s house on June 2 in the afternoon when a group came up to him on Ninth Avenue.
Mississippi officials investigate fatal crash involving Wilmer man
STONE COUNTY, Miss. (WALA) - A Mississippi resident was killed and another was hospitalized following a crash Wednesday that also involved a truck driver from Wilmer, Ala., officials said. It was about 3 p.m. Wednesday when the Mississippi Highway Patrol responded to a fatal crash on Highway 26 in Stone...
Mobile PD makes fourth arrest in O’Donnell Street murder
MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — Kameron Norwood, 18, has been charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of 20-year-old Daniel Franklin on O’Donnell St. Norwood was booked just after midnight Thursday, and remains behind bars today. Previously Terrance Withers, 18, and two juveniles were also arrested.
‘I’m about to blow up Summerdale’: Baldwin County man charged with swatting
SUMMERDALE, Ala. (WALA) - A Baldwin County man is behind bars tonight, accused of sending a series of fake threats to a crisis hotline. The Baldwin County Sheriff’s Office arrested James Wesley McMeen today. He faces four counts of swatting, each a Class C felony under Alabama law. According...
New North Foley Industrial Site Backed By $3.33 Million Grant
The property was selected from 16 potential industrial sites in Alabama, according to state officials. Foley, Ala. — (OBA) — The City of Foley is moving ahead with a new industrial site. City leaders said it could create jobs and revenue for Foley and Alabama. State funding will help purchase the land. Officials called
Loxley traffic stop leads to 15-year sentence for felon
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 2, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Memphis man has been sentenced in a Mobile federal court following a 2023 arrest in Loxley, according to the United States Department of Justice. According to a United States Attorney’s Office, Southern District of Alabama news release, 4
2 murder trials underway in Mobile County
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Two separate murder trials are under way in Mobile County. Anthony Alston is accused of shooting Jamarcus Lewis at the M&M Food Mart on U.S. 90 in Theodore in 2022. According to testimony at an earlier hearing, surveillance video from a nearby gas station captured the shooting and the fight that l
