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PRICHARD, Ala (WKRG) – Mobile County deputies are investigating a potential shooting before dawn in Prichard Sunday morning. Deputies were called to an area around Lovejoy Loop just before 3 am. Crime scene tape cordoned off one section of the street. It appeared at least one man was being detained in an MCSO cruiser.

I grew up in Alabama. My brother and his family call Mobile County home. So, when a fight breaks out over land near the Delta, I don’t read it as an abstraction. I know the land, I respect it, and I understand why the community wants to use its land right. I also know what good jobs mean to a rural Alabama county, beca

Video above: From the WKRG.com Archives MOBILE, Ala (WKRG) – The Alabama Department of Transportation is closing the Bankhead Tunnel on Government Street. It will be closed overnight on Sunday for maintenance, according to a Facebook post. The Bankhead Tunnel will be closed on Sunday night from 9 PM to 4 AM Monday. The

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 26, 2026 MOBILE, Ala (WKRG) – Members of the Original Dragons hosted their third annual Feeding The Needy event on Friday to provide help and food to people in need. The organization says they prepared and gave out meals to nearly 150 individuals on Broad […]

Alabama has more burger spots than anyone could count, but these 15 are standout stars. Independent burger joints in Alabama are doing the kind of work that makes fast food look like a rough first draft. From Grand Bay to Birmingham, these spots are turning simple ingredients into meals worth...

STOCKTON, Ala. (WKRG) — Celebrate the ecology and history of North Baldwin County at the first Spirit of the Tensaw Festival! The event will take place on Saturday, June 27, at 10 a.m. Meagan Fowler and Scarlet Weatherford with the nonprofit “Friends of the Tensaw River” joined News 5’s Cherish Lombard on the Red Couch

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. -- New U.S. Census data shows a population boom in Baldwin County. The new numbers show increases in Foley, Daphne, Gulf Shores, Fairhope and Loxley. And an especially big increase in the town of Silverhill. In just the past five years, Silverhill has gown from an estimated...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 26, 2026 MOBILE, Ala (WKRG) – Mobile Fire-Rescue crews responded to a multiple vehicle crash Friday night around 10 PM on South University Boulevard. A News 5 crew was on the scene of a three-vehicle crash just north of Cottage Hill Road. One of the […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 26, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police Department officers are investigating a shooting that left a man injured. According to MPD officials, they were called to the 3000 block of Heather Street just after 5:00 p.m. on Friday. When they arrived, a man was […]

Foley, Ala. – (GSN) – Downtown Foley is undergoing a vibrant transformation, evolving from a historic district into a dynamic hub that Baldwin County locals are increasingly claiming as their own. Balancing historic charm with a fresh, energetic pulse, the Main Street district has become a go-to destination for those l