Lawmakers, Survivors Back Bill to Fix Reconstruction Gaps
Surgeons, breast cancer survivors, advocates and State lawmakers recently met in Mobile to confront persistent gaps in access to breast reconstruction care after mastectomy. The forum underscored how coverage on paper does not always translate into timely, practical care for patients across Alabama. The January 10...
911 audio raises questions after Alabama police shoot man inside his own business
A pre-dawn police shooting inside a small Alabama business has become a test of whose story the public believes, the officers on scene or the wounded owner who dialed 911 while bleeding on his own floor. At the center of the dispute are recordings and transcripts of those 911 calls, which capture the man insisting...
Baldwin Co. adds 4 new voting precincts ahead of 2026 statewide elections
BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (NBC 15) — Baldwin County is sharing important information for voters as updated voter registration cards are delivered to mailboxes across the county in areas where changes to voting precincts were recently approved. These cards reflect precinct and polling location updates that took effect on...
Mobile County deputies working with Homeland Security, FBI in case of missing family
Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Feb. 4, 2026 MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — The Mobile County Sheriff’s Office is coordinating with multiple law enforcement agencies as the search for a missing family continues. According to a news release, the MCSO is working with Homeland Security Investigations, the...
Mobile man posed as police officer during murder, prosecutors allege
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - David Patrick Kyles was on the phone with his girlfriend in October 2014 when he saw a police car behind him, a prosecutor told jurors Tuesday. Only, it wasn’t a police car. Mobile County Assistant District Attorney Louis Walker said during his opening statements in...
Citing illness, judge declares mistrial in Mobile cold case murder trial
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A cold case involving a fatal shooting more than a decade ago will have to wait a little longer. Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Youngpeter on Wednesday cut short the murder trial of Jervoris Scarbrough. He cited illness in determining that a mistrial is a “manifest necessity,” despite the...
Business on the Parade Route: Inside Olensky Brothers
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - What does it really look like to leave corporate life and step into a family-owned business? In this episode of Entrepreneurial Shades of Gray, hosts Dani Dials and Chelsey Sayasane sit down with Faye Olensky of Olensky Brothers, a multi-generation, family-owned business rooted in Mobile and...
Gulf Coast Weather: Alabama–Louisiana Coast Braces for Freezing Wind Chills Until Thursday Morning
Country Herald is Local News, Independent Pulse. Covering breaking local news, sports, lifestyle and events. Mobile, Alabama – A sharp shot of winter air is set to grip the Alabama–Louisiana Gulf Coast overnight, bringing the coldest wind chills of the week and raising concerns for anyone spending time outdoors...
MPD: Woman arrested after throwing hot food during fight
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A 19-year-old woman was arrested Tuesday after throwing hot food at another woman during a fight, according to the Mobile Police Department. Officers responded to the 3000 block of Bay Crescent Drive at around 1:13 p.m. on Tuesday. Police said an adult female victim was found with a minor burn...
Meet the Queens and Leading Ladies of Mardi Gras 2026
Photos by Chad Riley • Shot on location at Mardi Gras Float Barns • Floats by Mirth Artists LLC. What do 18th-century British courts, Gilded Age New York and Mardi Gras all have in common? A time-honored tradition of presenting young ladies to society. If this practice sounds antiquated, that’s because it is — in a...
