Mobile AL

PRICHARD, Ala. (NBC 15) — The Port of Africatown kicked off its new Community Beautification Initiative Saturday with a volunteer-led planting project in downtown Prichard. The effort marks the first phase of a long-term plan to enhance public spaces and offer residents meaningful volunteer opportunities. Volunteers...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 22, 2025 FOLEY, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Foley is partnering with Alabama highway officials to coordinate traffic signals around town, including upgrading a signal on Miflin Road. A City of Foley news release said the signal at Miflin Road between Alabama Highway 59...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Millions of people are traveling to their holiday destinations with just days remaining until Christmas, creating busy conditions on roadways across the region. Popular travel stops like Buc-ee’s are seeing heavy traffic as people make pit stops for fuel and snacks on their way to spend...

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Christmas is one of those moments when families finally slow down, come together, and actually see each other again. And often, that’s when people notice things they may not see day to day—like Mom struggling a bit more getting around the kitchen, or Dad forgetting medications, or a grandparent...

The City of Daphne has been awarded a $61,061 grant from the State Energy Program to install an energy-efficient chiller system in City Hall, which will help reduce energy waste and lower energy costs.

Our Pet of the Week is a 4-month-old Fox Terrier mix named Pixie.

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Mobile Animal Shelter brought Chief Bogo on Studio 10. He’s looking for his forever home, just in time for the holidays!

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A routine traffic stop turned deadly when a driver crashed into a tree on South Fulton Street in midtown Mobile, police said. The incident began around 8 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 20, when Mobile police officers observed a stolen vehicle traveling in the area of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue...

Brothers Abraham and Joseph Neisner founded a five and ten-cent variety store in Rochester, New York, in 1911. Another up-state entrepreneur, Frank Woolworth, had opened his “Great Five Cent Store” in Utica in 1879. By 1913, New York’s Woolworth Building was the tallest in the world. There was money to be made in...

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from Dec. 19, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — A Mobile County Sheriff’s Office Facebook post is warning residents about skimmers at local businesses taking customers’ numbers. “While finishing up your last minute Christmas shopping, please take extra precautions when checking out,”...