Mobile AL

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WKRG) — Travelers in Baldwin County will have a harder time getting to the beach this week. Southbound traffic on the Beach Express is being forced to detour for the next phase of the Intracoastal Waterway Bridge.  With dozens of orange barrels in place and a state trooper at the ready, this […]

Mobile County officers arrested a man this weekend and charged him with fatally stabbing a homeowner throwing a graduation party for his son. On Saturday, around 10:45 p.m., the Mobile County Sheriff’s Office responded to 2640 Coy Smith Highway in Mount Vernon, in reference to an altercation where shots were fired, acc

MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - A man accused of killing a disabled veteran in a mistaken-identity revenge killing is scheduled to go on trial for murder Monday – if a judge blocks a prosecution request to postpone it. The Mobile County District Attorney’s Office is seeking the delay, citing the...

FOLEY, Ala. (WALA) - The City of Foley says it is moving forward with a wetland preserve. It made the announcement in an e-mail this week. A new wetlands preserve in Foley designed to highlight stream restoration could open to the public in the coming year. Work is continuing at...

MOUNT VERNON, Ala. (WALA) - An Axis man was arrested in connection to a murder that occurred on Saturday, May 9, at a graduation party, according to the Sheriff’s Office. According to MCSO they responded to the 2600 block of Coy Smith Highway at 10:45 pm in reference to an altercation where shots were fired.

MOBILE, Ala. (WKRG) — Dropout Bakery on St. Louis Street is hosting a free Mother’s Day Market on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Downtown Mobile. The free market will feature local clothing, jewelry, and book vendors. Dropout Bakery will have sweet treats, croissants, and other artisans while Dropout Drip Co. will be […]

STOCKTON, Ala. (WKRG) — A local food pantry is expanding to include a new, permanent home in the northern part of Baldwin County.  Volunteers with the Prodisee Pantry put up a big sign in the rain along Highway 225 in Stockton at Lakeview Road. Next year they hope to have a building at that location. […]

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (WKRG) — Rick Gambino opened his restaurant in 1976, and this weekend, his family and friends are celebrating the milestone. “50 years went by in about three weeks it seems like,” he laughed. Gambino’s Italian Grill has been severing generations of customers since it’s opening. Rick told News 5 that his customers are […]

BALDWIN COUNTY, Ala. (WALA) - As the Alabama Department of Transportation (ALDOT) moves closer to opening the new Intracoastal Waterway Bridge in Baldwin County, a temporary detour is set to begin Sunday morning, May 10, for southbound SR 161, officials say. The detour will be in place for completion of...

The National Weather Service issued a dense fog advisory at 1:13 a.m. on Sunday in effect until 9 a.m. for Choctaw, Washington, Clarke, Wilcox, Monroe, Conecuh, Butler, Crenshaw, Escambia, Covington, Mobile and Baldwin counties. The weather service informs, "Visibility one quarter mile or less in dense fog." "Low visibility could...