Mobile AL

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 25, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — The City of Mobile is inviting the public to a meeting where officials will update residents on the progress of the Africatown Welcome Center. According to a city news release, the meeting is set for Thursday, July 16, at […]

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 25, 2026 SPANISH FORT, Ala. (WKRG) — Infirmary Health has purchased property in Spanish Fort to redevelop as part of its healthcare network. According to a Baldwin Alliance news release, the healthcare organization purchased the old Kohl’s building at the Spanish Fort T

SUMMERDALE, Ala. (WKRG) — An inmate who authorities have been looking for since his escape Monday morning has been captured. Jackie Littrell, 62, left his assigned job at Magnolia Landfill in Summerdale, around 2:30 Monday afternoon. He is serving a life sentence for first-degree robbery. He was recaptured in Panama Ci

Video above: ‘News 5 Now’ — Top Stories from June 24, 2026 MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Mobile Police have released information on a traffic enforcement operation during two days in June, according to a press release. Police say their Traffic Safety Unit conducted an operation on June 11 and 23 across the city. They say […]

Video above: Van catches fire in Semmes parking lot SEMMES, Ala. (WKRG) — A van parked at a business in Semmes went up in flames Wednesday afternoon. According to Semmes Fire-Rescue Department officials, they received a call to Century Bank, located in the Walmart parking lot, just after 3:30 p.m. on June 24, reporting

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A federal grand jury has indicted a Prichard police officer accused of interfering in investigations, moving drugs, covering up crimes and framing a pair of innocent men. The seven-count indictment charges Emanuel Naman Dotch II, 50, of Mobile, with conspiracy to commit extortion, deprivation of r

Mobile is a deeply historic, fiercely independent, and intensely culturally rich Gulf Coast Alabama city that anchors the heart of the spectacular Mobile Bay region. With its sweeping French, Spanish, and Creole colonial heritage (Mobile is famously home to the original American Mardi Gras tradition, predating New Orle

The Baton Rouge Police Department has made an arrest in a 1987 cold case, after DNA evidence found on the cord used to bind the victim’s hands led them to a suspect in Alabama. Thomas L. Klotz, a local radio station employee, was found on April 18, 1987, by...

MOBILE, Ala. (NBC 15) — According to Mobile Police, on Sunday, June 21, 2026, at approximately 12:11 a.m., officers responded to The Grounds in reference to a shooting. Upon arrival, officers discovered two male victims were struck by gunfire in the parking lot. An occupied vehicle was also struck, but those inside wer

MOBILE COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - The Mobile County Health Department is offering its vector services to help residents with mosquitoes. Residents can scan the QR code to fill out a form and request the health department spray their area.